October 18, 2018
Steffanie Strathdee, PhD, associate dean of global health sciences at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, was named today one of TIME magazine’s 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for 2018, which identifies people who “have changed the state of health care in America this year, and…
November 15, 2011
…as electric vehicles, fuel cells, biofuels and photovoltaics. “UC San Diego generates more than 85 percent of our energy initially and has a unique microgrid. The energy initiative will focus on the technologies, the science and policies of the new energy economy and its role in replacing an oil-based economy,”…
July 17, 2024
UC San Diego researchers have uncovered the roots of group behavior in the brains of schooling fish. Glassfish, they found, depend on their sense of vision to coordinate social swimming behavior in schools and increase their ability to follow coordinated group movements as they mature.
February 17, 2022
…the cutting edge of single-cell cancer biology and artificial intelligence technology. His research focuses on using quantitative cell imaging techniques to identify metastasis—the leading cause of cancer-related deaths—early in the process. A Ph.D. student in biology, Nevarez has also been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow, a National…
September 23, 2021
Five graduate students working at the interface of engineering and medicine have been honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars. They are pursuing graduate degrees in bioengineering, electrical engineering, nanoengineering, and bioinformatics, all with a focus on advancing human health. Five graduate student
June 3, 2021
…and under-represented minorities in STEM and health care professions.” Multiple centers The Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion was established in 2019 with a $100 million gift from South Dakota businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, who had earlier donated to the creation of the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center…
September 24, 2015
…Sanford for the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center; $4.6 million from The G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation to support research in the School of Medicine and biological sciences; $4 million directed by Joan and Irwin Jacobs to provide endowed funds in support of the School for Global…
September 6, 2012
An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Yale University schools of medicine, have identified a form of autism with epilepsy that may potentially be treatable with a common nutritional supplement.
June 11, 2015
…they remained in a STEM major. The other four have switched to different campuses to be closer to home, but are still studying and graduating with an engineering degree. “We tell them: we’re here to see you through to graduation, to help you realize your dream and make it come…
November 8, 2018
…abilities of vibrissae literally stem from the brain, where each motor action reflects the participation of motor nuclei in cranial circuits, within closed loops, between sensors and muscle actuators. Critically, these loops are also nested and connected to feedback and feedforward pathways that underlie coordination between orofacial motor actions. To…
