March 13, 2014
A new report from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, suggests that many people who track health-related data with wearable devices and smartphone apps are interested in sharing that data with researchers in medical and public health—provided adequate privacy controls…
November 7, 2019
…hotel rooms or even sleep on the streets, increasing their vulnerability for predation by organized crime or other opportunistic actors.” Later this month, Arvey and researchers from the center will publish a report that documents the termination of safe release—a policy change that left thousands of asylum seekers on the…
October 6, 2022
Facing extreme conditions such as starvation and stress, some bacterial cells enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Biologists have discovered how they assess environmental conditions for a return to life, carrying implications for evaluating life on Earth as well as other planets.
January 12, 2017
…to eight hours of sleep per night. Don’t give up on your dreams of studying abroad: If you have always wanted to study abroad and plan to you can still graduate early. There are a number of ways to earn college credit while studying abroad. Please contact UC San Diego’s…
April 21, 2023
UC San Diego researchers describe a key player in the defense mechanism that safeguards against excessive insulin in the body, which can be as harmful as too little.
October 13, 2016
…Farrell revolutionized the way sleep-related breathing disorders are treated. With his time and philanthropy, Farrell has proved an invaluable partner with UC San Diego, establishing a legacy of invention, improvement and progress. Farrell has contributed to a variety of multidisciplinary programs across campus. Through the Farrell Family Foundation, he has…
March 13, 2018
Each year, at precisely the same moment — 12 p.m. on the East coast, 9 a.m. on the West — thousands of graduating medical school students across the country simultaneously tear open an envelope. The single sheet of paper inside informs each graduate where he or she will do their…
December 6, 2018
Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.
December 17, 2020
…mating, aggression and even sleep. Further, it will allow chronic monitoring of neural activity from the same individual over days, allowing studies of long-term plasticity and aging in the nervous system, experiments that are challenging if not impossible to perform with current state-of-the-art methods. Halpain and her colleagues are using…
May 14, 2020
…functional properties to maintain sleep, wake, attentional and affective states, and how can this knowledge lead to treatments for psychiatric disorders; How memory T cell differentiation and function in the barrier mucosae works, leading to better vaccines and therapies; How archaea produces and consumes the greenhouse gas methane, and how…
