February 2, 2017
Comet, the petascale supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), an Organized Research Unit of UC San Diego, has easily surpassed its target of serving at least 10,000 researchers across a diverse range of science disciplines, from astrophysics to redrawing the “tree of life”.
September 5, 2016
Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample, in millisecond time intervals, proteins in their natural state of gyrating, bobbing, and weaving, a research team from UC San Diego and Monash University in Australia has identified promising drug candidates that may selectively combat heart disease, from arrhythmias to cardiac failure.
September 17, 2020
…of pathology and evolutionary biologist at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. “These range from the behaviors of their human hosts and the vectors that transmit them to environmental conditions and their own adaptations. “Coronaviruses have a genome almost three times as big as influenza A viruses so…
December 10, 2021
Few places in the country are better equipped to detect new virus variants than San Diego, where researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Scripps Research, working with county public health officials, health systems and others, collaborate to create a sort of viral early warning system.
August 8, 2012
The University of California, at San Diego and Yale University have been awarded a collaborative grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a Neuroscience Gateway (NSG) that gives neuroscientists broadened access to essential high-performance computing (HPC) and storage resources.
October 18, 2011
…Diego undergraduates majoring in biological sciences. “With increased budget cuts and current state of the economy, the State of California is investing less in the education of University of California students, so this gift is an attempt to sustain the stellar UC San Diego experience that I appreciated,” said Kwok.…
March 28, 2019
Developing how the heart forms and brain works. How to analyze sarcasm computationally. Harnessing computers to develop campaign rhetoric across the spectrum. Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute announced innovative undergraduate research scholarship projects across academic disciplines.
April 5, 2018
…how different types of cells contribute to visual perception. Garg is in the School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program that combines clinical training with research education in a graduate program. He will earn his M.D. and Ph.D. while gaining expertise in research, teaching and clinical care. “It was an…
January 31, 2023
The evolution of clinical trials is accelerating, driven by emerging technologies, social imperatives and the next public health crisis.
February 11, 2021
…hormones, antibodies and live cells in breast milk, and these bioactive components could hold the key to developing new therapies—not only for COVID-19, but also autoimmune diseases, diabetes and cancer. Yet, remarkably, we still don’t fully understand the composition of breast milk, or the biological basis for its many health…
