April 11, 2023
For the first time, large amounts of melatonin are being made by bacteria. Engineered E. coli are feeding on glucose and churning out melatonin, the hormone that controls circadian rhythms. This mode of manufacturing is growing thanks in part to bioengineering advances made at UC San Diego.
July 22, 2019
The T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego will investigate the neurological basis of compassion, design a compassion-focused medical curriculum and develop new methods to protect and promote the well-being of current clinicians and their patients.
May 13, 2021
…New UC San Diego biologist endeavors to communicate the safety and life-saving importance of COVID-19 vaccination in underserved communities A first-generation university student and the son of Mexican immigrants, Assistant Professor Fabian Rivera-Chávez was born and raised in Northern California. He joined UC San Diego’s faculty in the School of…
January 2, 2023
UC San Diego researchers describe a method for teaching a computer how to spot complex “mosaic mutations” using an artificial intelligence approach termed “deep learning.”
February 17, 2022
…proteins secreted by brain cells called astrocytes influence how neurons develop. But the field course was also a degree requirement, part of an optional specialization track organized by the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) to complement Caldwell’s graduate degree in neurosciences. The track is also available…
October 27, 2016
…Ethan Bier, Professor of Biology at UC San Diego and Paul Allen Foundation Distinguished Investigator, who has pioneered the field of active genetics with UC San Diego postdoctoral fellow, Valentino Gantz. “This understanding, combined with novel technology of gene editing, has opened new areas for exploration that have potential applications…
April 25, 2019
…Ibrahim. A biochemistry and cell biology major, Ibrahim recommended that students pursue their passion on campus, something Ibrahim does herself. She currently works two jobs and has an internship as an undergraduate research assistant at the Center for Aerosol Impacts on the Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE). In addition, Ibrahim…
April 18, 2019
…an early advocate of biological psychiatry, the concept that mental disorders could be studied and understood in terms of the underlying biological functions of the brain and nervous system. The approach encompasses multiple disciplines: neuroscience, psychopharmacology, biochemistry, genetics, epigenetics, physiology and more. It moved beyond the older practices of exploring…
January 15, 2020
Researchers say a gene known to be a biomarker of age plays a key role in age-associated functional and anatomical aging in mouse retinas, a finding that has direct relevance to age-related eye diseases.
September 3, 2020
…the genes in a cell or organism, proteomics is the study of all of the proteins. He uses leading-edge tools to identify the proteins in a mixed sample based on their molecular weights—a technique called mass spectrometry. UC San Diego researchers uncovered biomarkers associated with a patient’s risk of dying…
