May 13, 2021
…Casebeer. Mara Casebeer, a biological physics student with a minor in chemistry, has been captivated by the power of physics since high school. “My junior year of high school I had an amazing physics teacher who showed me everything that physics could do,” she said. “We had one lab where…
April 11, 2017
A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed nanowires that can record the electrical activity of neurons in fine detail. The new nanowire technology could one day serve as a platform to screen drugs for neurological diseases and could enable researchers to better understand…
November 20, 2014
…support Moores Cancer Center, Biological Sciences and Cellular and Molecular Medicine; $3.8 million in grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support Family and Preventative Medicine and the Qualcomm Institute; $3 million pledge from the Gordon Foundation to fund the Bernard and Sophia Gordon Engineering Leadership Center at the…
May 18, 2023
Across disciplines and specialties, from cells to systems, artificial intelligence is on its way to altering how we understand and treat disease.
August 19, 2024
UC San Diego will open the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox on Aug. 29 as a unique world-class resource for science, education and training. Meet Uri Manor, the faculty director of the new facility, who comes to UC San Diego with a background filled with extraordinary challenges and successes.
March 19, 2020
Scientists, including UC San Diego researchers, recently relied on supercomputer simulations to better understand the reproductive mysteries of viruses and DNA.
October 28, 2019
Researchers are gearing up to hunt for blooms along California’s coast using a suite of technologies that can target and sample ocean microbes and sift through genetic code in real time. All of this is made possible by a new $4.9 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
January 7, 2021
Chemicals used for vaping break down zipper-like junctions between cells in the gut, leading to chronic inflammation and potential for other health concerns.
February 13, 2020
…in intellectual disability, seizures, heart and behavioral problems. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have launched a phase II research study to look for signs of another similarly devastating disorder, one that typically does not appear in seemingly healthy children until years later: autism spectrum disorder…
October 10, 2023
They flew through Category 2 hurricanes, helped develop antibody therapeutics for cancer patients, gained firsthand experience in the pharmaceutical industry and more. These five students are back on campus after gaining real-world exposure to their chosen career paths this summer.
