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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An Entirely New COVID-Related Syndrome
May 9, 2024
A group of UC San Diego researchers, centered at UC San Diego’s Institute for Network Medicine, teamed up with rheumatologists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom to solve a medical mystery.
Schmidt Futures Fellows Seek to Expand Promise of AI in STEM Fields
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
Class of 2021 Shining Stars
June 10, 2021
…Cage Biochemistry and cell biology, minor in psychology, Marshall College One of the top experiences Rachel Cage looked forward to in college is Greek Life. Yet when she began exploring the options at UC San Diego, she did not find a sorority dedicated to enriching Black student experience. Cage helped…
Discovery of Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Way to Treat Diabetes
July 12, 2012
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes.
Founders’ Symposium to Spotlight Innovative Work of Six Faculty, Graduate Students
October 31, 2013
…will be at the heart of this year’s Founders’ Celebration as we commemorate the founding of our campus in November 1960. The entire campus community is invited to join together to honor the visionaries who founded this remarkable institution and celebrate Tritons around the globe who have contributed to UC…
The Explorers: A Passion for Science Leads to New Territory
April 6, 2023
After decades of working in industry and academia, biophysicists Alex Savtchenko and Elena Molokanova still have big dreams.
Animal Encounters, Augmented Reality and More to be Featured at San Diego Festival of Science
March 6, 2012
…Imagine sliding into the heart of a volcano to discover the layers of the Earth and how volcanoes work, and then emerging into a rainforest. You pass through the different stages of rainforest succession and see how an ecosystem recovers from major environmental disturbances. Visitors at EXPO DAY will be…
UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million in Federal Community Project Funding
March 17, 2022
…that would help understand biological and physical processes which might transport sediment and contaminants on the deep ocean seafloor. Additionally, previous research suggests that the contaminants at the deep dumpsites have a distinct chemical fingerprint that could be traced into the marine food web including into marine mammals. With this…
Repurposed Drug Found to be Effective against Zika Virus
January 25, 2018
In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus — and blocked transmission of the virus to mouse fetuses. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil and…
