‘A Catalyst for Change’
March 21, 2024
The 29th Annual Inclusive Excellence Awards ceremony honored recipients for their leadership and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
Your search for “marine life” returned 391 results
Second Seafloor Survey of Dumpsite off Coast of Southern California Completed
January 8, 2024
As part of ongoing efforts to understand the scale of the environmental impact from industrial waste dumping off the coast of Southern California, researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography revisited two industrial undersea dumpsites in April 2023.
Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien Dies, Age 64
August 31, 2016
Roger Tsien, PhD, co-winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry and professor of pharmacology, chemistry and biochemistry at University of California San Diego School of Medicine for 27 years, died August 24 in Eugene, Ore. He was 64.
Obituary Notice—Charles Cox: Esteemed Scripps Professor of Oceanography
December 4, 2015
Charles “Chip” Cox, a professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, passed away on Nov. 30, 2015. Cox conducted research on oceanic electromagnetic fields and the exploration of small-scale ocean structures, including measuring fine-scale fluctuations in temperature and salinity within ocean waters to understand the intensity…
New Study Holds Promise for “Critically Endangered” Giant Sea Bass
August 4, 2021
A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and colleagues suggests that the original assessment and current listing of the giant sea bass as a critically endangered species might be inaccurate, and recommends a reevaluation of the species’ status.
Seeing is Understanding
March 8, 2018
…bioluminescent jellyfish at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., and first identified the green fluorescent protein (GFP) that helps it glow. Douglas Prasher, also working at Woods Hole at the time, then isolated the gene that encodes GFP. Prasher sent the gene to Martin Chalfie at Columbia University,…
Shooting for the Moon
January 21, 2021
…received her Ph.D. in marine biology in 2009 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Kate Rubins, who earned a bachelor of science degree in molecular biology in 1999. As members of the Artemis Team, Meir and Rubins will help pave the way for NASA’s next lunar missions including sending the…
James Cameron to be Publicly Honored with Scripps Nierenberg Prize
May 15, 2013
Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
Nobel Laureate, Pioneer in Atmospheric Chemistry Mario Molina Dies
October 9, 2020
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awardee and Distinguished Professor Mario Molina will be remembered for dedicating his life to research and working to protect our environment.
A Slice of UC San Diego Student Life
October 29, 2020
A Slice of Student Life Campus’s largest class of students works toward earning degrees during hybrid of remote and in-person instruction this fall Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Communications They are working as peer mentors to veteran students. They are making friends with their new roommates. Some studying medicine…
