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The Mechanism of Short-Term Memory

April 14, 2014

Insel’s quote appeared in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release that described a newly published study of monkeys in the journal Science, where researchers for the first time found that in-sync large-scale brain waves affecting various regions of the brain hold memories of objects just viewed. “This study…

Shu Chien Named San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering Chief Engineer

February 7, 2013

…San Diego professor of cell and developmental biology, who is returning this year as chief scientist for the festival. “The opportunity to forge a science and engineering career is within the grasp of every San Diego student.” In addition to providing the chief engineer and chief scientist, UC San Diego…

U.S. News Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Top 10 in Nation

March 29, 2022

U.S. News & World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, naming graduate programs and professional schools at the University of California San Diego among the best in the country. The rankings placed nine of the campus’s graduate programs among the top 10 in the nation.

UC San Diego Neurobiologist Part of $2 million Project to Study Brain, Motor-skill Learning

December 13, 2019

A multi-institutional research team has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to build an interdisciplinary research program that explores how the brain learns and stores information.

UC San Diego Leads Research that Earns Gordon Bell Special Prize

November 19, 2020

Computational Chemist Rommie Amaro, members of her lab win one of the most coveted awards in supercomputing for research related to COVID-19

Promising Clinical Trial Results for Drug for Rare Disease in Which Patients Can’t Eat Fat

August 7, 2019

In a Phase III clinical trial, the drug volanesorsen significantly reduced blood fat (triglyceride) levels in participants with a rare disease called familial chylomicronemia syndrome; finding could also help inform better prevention methods and treatments for many types of heart disease.

Calit2 Class of 2012: Undergraduate Scholars Begin Their Summer of Research

June 20, 2012

The UCSD division of Calit2 this week kicks off a summer of research opportunities for 30 undergraduates representing 17 academic majors. For the 12th summer in a row, Calit2 Summer Undergraduate Scholars are fanning out across campus to work full-time in the labs of Calit2-affiliated faculty members, doing research alongside…

Undergraduate Summer Research Projects to Be Showcased at UC San Diego Aug. 13

August 3, 2015

More than 300 undergraduates will present faculty-mentored research to peers, professors and the general public at the annual Summer Research Conference on Aug. 13 at the University of California, San Diego. This year’s event will feature presentations focusing on a range of topics including earthworm-inspired robotics and the early cotton…

Microbial DNA in Patient Blood May be Tell-Tale Sign of Cancer

March 11, 2020

From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stages.

Gene Therapy Finds New Life in an Old Home

November 10, 2022

An international symposium November 17-18, 2022 at UC San Diego will discuss current clinical trials using gene therapy, here and abroad.

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