News Listed by Faculty
Susan Ackerman
- UC San Diego's Susan Ackerman Elected to National Academy of Medicine (10-20)
- Overlooked 'Housekeeping' Gene Plays Unexpected Role in Seizures (09-20)
- Susan Ackerman and Bill McGinnis Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-19)
- Susan Ackerman and Yishi Jin Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (04-19)
- Researchers Identify Gene That Helps Prevent Brain Disease (05-18)
Omar Akbari
- New Genetic Technology Developed to Halt Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes (07-23)
- CRISPR-based Technology Targets Global Crop Pest (08-22)
- Researchers Develop CRISPR-based Rapid Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2 (11-21)
- New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-spreading Mosquitoes (09-21)
- Synthetic SPECIES Developed for Use as a Confinable Gene Drive (06-21)
- New 'Split-drive' System Puts Scientists in the (Gene) Driver Seat (03-21)
- Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms (12-20)
- Biologists Create New Genetic Systems to Neutralize Gene Drives (09-20)
- Mosquitoes Engineered to Repel Dengue Virus (01-20)
- Omar Akbari Honored with NIH New Innovator Award (10-19)
- New CRISPR-based Technology Developed to Control Pests with Precision-guided Genetics (01-19)
- Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest (04-18)
- Taking Aim at Mosquitoes and Disease (02-18)
Johnatan Aljadeff
- Detecting Odors on the Edge: Researchers Decipher How Insects Smell More with Less (05-24)
- New Insights into Brain Flexibility and Stability (08-22)
Eric Allen
- UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million for Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health (04-24)
- Study Finds Bacteria Living in Marine Sponge Produce Toxic Flame Retardant-Like Compounds (05-17)
Rommie Amaro
- Going Viral (11-23)
- A Deep Look Into The AI Revolution (12-23)
Vineet Augustine
- Early Career BioSci Faculty Members Selected to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships (02-24)
- Vineet Augustine Awarded Young Investigator Grant (11-23)
- What Happens When We Pass Out? Researchers ID New Brain and Heart Connections (11-23)
Timothy Baker
- Tim Baker Honored with Microscopy Society of America 2012 Distinguished Scientist Award (08-12)
- DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked (06-08)
- Neurobiologists Selected for National Awards (09-17)
Matthew Banghart
- National Organizations Announce Funding to Support UC San Diego Neurobiologists (07-19)
- Neurobiologists Selected for National Awards (09-17)
Andrew Barton
- Barton Receives Simons Foundation Early Career Award (06-17)
Marcus Benna
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
Eric Bennett
- Quality Control Mechanisms inside Cells Help Clear Collisions (03-20)
- Eric Bennett and Brenda Bloodgood Win NIH New Innovator Awards (10-15)
- Eva-Maria Collins and Eric Bennett Win Hellman Fellowship
Darwin K. Berg
- Three UC San Diego Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (05-18)
- Scents and Social Preference: Neuroscientists ID the Roots of Attraction (08-17)
- Elsa Cleland and Darwin Berg Win 2016 Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Awards (03-16)
- Named AAAS Fellow (12-08)
Ethan Bier
- New Genetic Analysis Tool Tracks Risks Tied to CRISPR Edits (03-24)
- Fly Toolkit Created for Investigating COVID-19 Infection Mechanisms (07-23)
- Researchers Create New System for Safer Gene-Drive Testing and Development (01-23)
- “Soft” CRISPR May Offer a New Fix for Genetic Defects (07-22)
- UC San Diego Biology Lab Receives $1.4M Grant to Fight Malaria Spread (03-22)
- Genetic Strategy Reverses Insecticide Resistance (01-22)
- New Research Helps Explain the Genetic Basis for Why We Look the Way We Do (11-21)
- New Genetic 'CopyCatchers' Detect Efficient and Precise CRISPR Editing in a Living Organism (05-21)
- New 'Split-drive' System Puts Scientists in the (Gene) Driver Seat (03-21)
- Researchers Unveil Detailed Genome of Invasive Malaria Mosquito (02-21)
- UC Researchers Pioneer More Effective Method of Blocking Malaria Transmission in Mosquitoes (11-20)
- Biologists Create New Genetic Systems to Neutralize Gene Drives (09-20)
- Fly Model Offers New Approach to Unraveling 'Difficult' Pathogen (02-20)
- New CRISPR-based Gene-Drive System in Bacteria Defeats Antibiotic Resistance (12-19)
- Next-generation Gene Drive Arrives (04-19)
- Active Genetics Technology Opens New Horizons (02-18)
- Pair of Discoveries Illuminate New Paths to Flu and Anthrax Treatments (10-17)
- Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders (09-17)
- UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes (07-17)
- Active Genetics Goes Global (10-16)
- Ethan Bier Named Allen Distinguished Investigator (03-16)
- Biologists Create Malaria-Blocking Mosquitoes (11-15)
- New Genetic Method Promises to Advance Gene Research and Control Insect Pests (03-15)
- Biologists Uncover Mechanisms for Cholera Toxin's Deadly Effects (09-13)
- Getting to the Heart of Down Syndrome (11-11)
- Fruit Flies Reveal Secrets of How Anthrax Kills (10-10)
- Evolution of Nervous System (09-06)
- Multiplex RNA labeling (05-05)
- Multiplex RNA labeling (10-04)
- Gene Visualization (8-04)
- Differentiation Triggers (01-02)
- Disease Genes (06-01)
- Beckman Scholars (04-00)
Brenda Bloodgood
- NIH Funds New Program to Broaden Diversity in Neurobiology (04-21)
- A New View for Protein Turnover in the Brain (08-17)
- Eric Bennett and Brenda Bloodgood Win NIH New Innovator Awards (10-15)
- Brenda Bloodgood and Kimberly Cooper Named Pew Scholars (06-15)
- Brenda Bloodgood Wins Inaugural Cal-BRAIN Funding (04-15)
- Brenda Bloodgood and 3 Others at UC San Diego Win Funding from Obama's BRAIN Initiative (08-14)
Steve Briggs
- Biologists Pioneer First Method to Decode Gene Expression (08-19)
- Lowering Tumor Risk in Stem Cell Therapies (07-10)
- Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move (05-10)
- Scientists and Investors Mingle at Summit (04-09)
- Algae is the Answer (09-08)
- Eureka! Undergrad Summer Research Program (09-08)
- UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02-08)
- Stephen Briggs Named to AAAS (10-07)
- Igert Training Grant Awarded (08-05)
Stuart Brody
- $2.5M Gift Targets Gaps in Circadian Biology and Medicine (05-23)
- Stuart Brody and Yunde Zhao elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (01-23)
- [BIO]rigins (02-21)
- Hannah Grunwald and Stuart Brody Honored at 2019 Founding Faculty Awards (12-19)
- UC San Diego Establishes Center for Chronobiology (03-10)
Madeline Butler
- 'Barcoding' Life (01-14)
- California - A Sunny State of Opportunities (05-06)
Lin Chao
- Taking out the (Life-threatening) Garbage: Bacteria Eject Trash to Survive (09-18)
- Lin Chao Honored for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (03-14)
- Do Bacteria Age? (10-11)
- Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste (10-09)
- Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10-07)
Andrew Chisholm
- Inside the Matrix: Nanoscale Patterns Revealed Within Model Research Organism (12-23)
- Andrew Chisholm Selected as New Allen Distinguished Investigator (11-23)
- Moderate Levels of 'Free Radicals' Found Beneficial to Healing Wounds (10-14)
- Worms Reveal Secrets of Wound Healing Response (11-11)
- UC San Diego Biologists Discover Genes That Repair Nerves After Injury (09-11)
Maarten J. Chrispeels
- Chrispeels Receives Gude Award from Plant Biology Society (11-19)
- Bringing Graduate Research to High School Classrooms (06-10)
- Bio Grad Students Bring Research into Classrooms (07-08)
- UCSD Organizes Biofuels Conference (02-08)
- Named an Inaugural Fellow of the ASPB (09-07)
- Partnership to boost Chile's biotech science (09-07)
- "Natural" Farming? (06-04)
- Named AAAS Fellow (10-03)
Elsa Cleland
- Plant Consumers Play Unexpectedly Large Role in the Evolution of Seedling Success (05-21)
- Biology Professors Named World's Most Influential in Their Fields (01-18)
- Elsa Cleland and Darwin Berg Win 2016 Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Awards (03-16)
- 2010 Hellman Faculty Fellows (05-10)
- Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems (04-09)
Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins
- Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism Underlying Hydra's Regenerative Ability (12-17)
- UC San Diego Researchers Explain the Mechanism of Asexual Reproduction in Freshwater Flatworms (09-17)
- UC San Diego Biophysicists Discover How Hydra Opens Its Mouth (03-16)
- Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins Named 2016 Cottrell Scholar (02-16)
- Flatworms Could Replace Mammals for Some Toxicology Tests (07-15)
- Eva-Maria Collins and Eric Bennett Win Hellman Fellowship
- 2013 Sloan Research Fellow (03-13)
Heidi Cook-Anderson
- What Makes a Good Egg? (02-18)
Kimberly Cooper
- Scientists Expand CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Inheritance Control in Mammals (01-22)
- Natural loss of foot muscle in rodents shares mechanisms typically associated with disease and injury (10-19)
- Biological Sciences' Kimberly Cooper Selected for Renowned Awards (08-19)
- UC San Diego Researchers First to Use CRISPR/Cas9 to Control Genetic Inheritance in Mice (01-19)
- Kimberly Cooper Awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship (10-15)
- Evolution of Kangaroo-Like Jerboas Sheds Light on Limb Development (10-15)
- Brenda Bloodgood and Kimberly Cooper Named Pew Scholars (06-15)
- Kimberly Cooper and Byungkook Lim Named 2015 Searle Scholars (04-15)
Kevin Corbett
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons (7-24)
- Researchers Discover Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses (05-24)
Nigel Crawford
- Faculty Excellence Award (04-09)
Matthew Daughtery
- Researchers Find an Immune System ‘Trip Wire’ That Detects COVID-19 (06-23)
- Eye-opening Origin Story: Scientists Trace Key Innovation in Our Camera-like Vision to Bacteria (04-23)
- Lennice Castro and Matt Daugherty Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for EDI Initiatives (08-22)
- Matt Daugherty Named 2021 Infectious Disease Investigator by Burroughs Wellcome Fund (11-21)
- Immune System Sets 'Tripwire' to Protect against Viruses (02-21)
- Daugherty and Root Awarded Hellman Fellowships (04-20)
- A Deep Look into the Biology and Evolution of COVID-19 (04-20)
- UC San Diego Biologists Named New Pew Scholars (06-18)
Michael David
- Biologists Discover Source for Boosting Tumor Cell Drug Sensitivity (10-18)
- Discovery May Shed Light on Why Some HIV-Positive Patients Have More Virus (09-12)
- Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Cancer (06-09)
- New Antiviral Mechanism in Mammals (10-07)
- Anthrax Immunology (01-04)
Arshad Desai
- UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox (9-24)
- New ‘Atlas’ Provides Unprecedented Insights on How Genes Function in Early Embryo Development (05-24)
- Cell Division Quality Control ‘Stopwatch’ Uncovered (03-24)
- Two BioSci Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (05-22)
- Wait for Me: Cell Biologists Decipher Signal that Ensures No Chromosome is Left Behind (01-21)
- Cancers with High TRIM37 Enzyme Levels More Susceptible to Centrosome Blocker (09-20)
Sherman de Silva
- Elephant Ecosystems in Decline (04-23)
Jazz Dickinson
- HHMI Gilliam Fellowship to Andrea Sama and Jazz Dickinson Supports New EDI Initiative (04-24)
- Jazz Dickinson Named 2023 Moore Inventor Fellow (10-23)
- Groundbreaking Images of Root Chemicals Offer New Insights on Plant Growth (05-23)
- Assistant Professors Alexandra Dickinson and Diana Rennison Awarded Hellman Fellowships (06-22)
- Growth-promoting, Anti-aging Retinal at the Root of Plant Growth Too (08-21)
Beverly Emerson
- Gen-Sheng Feng and Beverly Emerson Named AAAS Fellows (11-15)
Mark Estelle
- Biological Sciences Professors Among Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World (12-23)
- Biology Professors Named World's Most Influential in Their Fields (01-18)
Emma Farley
- Extra Fingers and Hearts: Pinpointing Changes to Our Genetic Instructions That Disrupt Development (02-24)
- Like Language, Genomes Are Encoded by Grammar Rules (03-23)
- Emma Farley Selected for NSF CAREER Award (03-23)
- Emma Farley Garners National High-Risk, High-Reward Award (10-17)
Gen-Sheng Feng
- New Cancer Therapy Target Stops Tumor Cells From Sharing Resources (10-23)
- A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease (11-21)
- Gen-Sheng Feng and Beverly Emerson Named AAAS Fellows (11-15)
Rick Firtel
- New Firtel Eureka! Scholarship Honors Longtime Biological Sciences Professor (7-24)
- Slime Mold Reveals Clues to Immune Cells' Directional Abilities (05-16)
- Study Finds that Fast-Moving Cells in the Human Immune System Walk in a Stepwise Manner (03-14)
- Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move (05-10)
- Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey (10-08)
- Cell Motility Regulation (08-07)
- Cell Steering (05-02)
Tim Gentner
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
Stacey Glasgow
- Stacey Glasgow Awarded Hellman Fellowship (01-21)
James Golden
- Researchers Uncover Importance of Aligning Biological Clock with Day-Night Cycles (04-20)
- Study Finds Bacteria Living in Marine Sponge Produce Toxic Flame Retardant-Like Compounds (05-17)
- In Love with Research, and with Each Other (02-10)
Susan Golden
- Dissecting the Circadian Clock in Real Time (03-23)
- Susan Golden Honored with Pioneer Award (07-22)
- Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How it Works (10-21)
- Researchers Uncover Importance of Aligning Biological Clock with Day-Night Cycles (04-20)
- Waking Up to Why Sleep Health Matters (11-19)
- Susan Golden Elected to American Academy of Microbiology Board of Governors (09-19)
- Coming to Light: Researchers Document Surprise Mobility in Wild Bacteria (12-18)
- Susan Golden to Receive International Research Honor (03-18)
- Ancient Biological Clockwork Revealed Using 'Secret Sauce' (03-17)
- Susan Golden Named HHMI Professor (06-14)
- Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04-10)
- Study Finds Bacteria Divide Like Clockwork (03-10)
- UC San Diego Establishes Center for Chronobiology (03-10)
- How Biological Clock Controls Cell Division in Bacteria (02-10)
- In Love with Research, and with Each Other (02-10)
- Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels (04-09)
Ananda Goldrath
- Enhancing Immune Defenses: Researchers Unveil the Secrets of Specialized T Cells to Conquer Tumors (08-23)
- Immune Cells Anchored in Tissues Offer Unique Defenses Against Pathogens and Cancers (07-22)
- Ananda Goldrath elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (04-21)
- Scientists Identify Promising New Approach for Immune System Defense against Cancer (12-17)
- Four Biologists Receive More Than $3 Million for Transformative Research (10-16)
- Professors Goldrath and Traver Receive Funding from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (09-12)
- Ananda Goldrath named Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar (12-11)
- Named 2007 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences (06-07)
Ralph Greenspan
- Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known (02-22)
- Flyception 2.0: New Imaging Technology Tracks Complex Social Behavior (02-20)
- First Jellyfish Genome Reveals Ancient Beginnings of Complex Body Plan (12-18)
Shelley Halpain
- Brain Cells Under Attack Don ‘Body Armor’ Response, Offering New Views of Stroke Damage(12-22)
- Shelley Halpain and Sonya Neal Honored with Inclusive Excellence Awards (02-21)
- Study Suggests Disruptive Effects of Anesthesia on Brain Cell Connections Are Temporary (07-14)
Randy Hampton
- NIH Awards UC San Diego $8.7M to Train a New Generation of Biological Sciences Graduate Students (01-21)
- Randy Hampton Receives Sixth College Outstanding Faculty Award (07-20)
- Randy Hampton and Stephanie Mel Receive College Honors (06-19)
Nan Hao
- Scientists Slow Aging by Engineering Longevity in Cells (04-23)
- New Research Provides Clues on Optimizing Cell Defenses When Viruses Attack (09-20)
- Researchers Discover Two Paths of Aging and New Insights on Promoting Healthspan (07-20)
- Scientists Decipher Mechanisms Underlying the Biology of Aging (11-17)
Jeff Hasty
- Researchers Engineer Bacteria That Can Detect Tumor DNA (08-23)
- When Strains of E.coli Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, It's Not the Strongest That Survives (12-20)
- UC San Diego synthetic biologists redesign the way bacteria 'talk' to each other (03-20)
- Synthetic Biologists Extend Functional Life of Cancer-Fighting Circuitry in Microbes (09-19)
- Researchers Film Bacteria Using "Hand-to-Hand" Combat to Steal Antibiotic Resistance Genes (03-18)
- Scientists Decipher Mechanisms Underlying the Biology of Aging (11-17)
- Scientists Invent New Tool for the Synthetic Biologist's Toolbox (07-17)
- UC San Diego Researchers Develop Bacterial 'FM Radio' (04-14)
- Living 'Neon Signs', Millions of Glowing Bacteria (12-11)
- Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks (09-11)
- Researchers Synchronize Blinking “Genetic Clocks” (01-10)
Stephen Hedrick
- Five from UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-24)
- Immunology Association Names Stephen Hedrick to its Inaugural Class of Distinguished Fellows (11-19)
- Four Biologists Receive More Than $3 Million for Transformative Research (10-16)
Don Helinski
- [BIO]rigins (02-21)
- Don Helinski Honored with Revelle Medal (11-17)
Ryan Hibbs
- Unraveling a Key Junction Underlying Muscle Contraction (7-24)
- Ryan Hibbs Wins Ochsner Award for Research on Smoking and Disease (05-24)
- Tracking a New Path to Octopus and Squid Sensing Capabilities (04-23)
David A. Holway
- Foreign Bees Monopolize Prize Resources in Biodiversity Hotspot (02-19)
- Worldwide Importance of Honey Bees for Natural Habitats Captured in New Report (01-18)
- Fire Ants' Spread Aided by Partnership With Other Insects (12-11)
- Faculty Director of UCSD's Natural Reserve System (01-10)
- Invasive Wasps' Ecological Harm (07-09)
- Ecology of San Diego's Ant "Super Colony" (02-08)
- Argentine Ants Eating Across California (12-07)
- Argentine Ant Diet Shifts (12-07)
- Invasive Ant Territoriality (11-06)
- Water Culprit In Ant Invasions (03-06)
- Success of Ant Invasions (11-05)
- Ants in San Diego (07-03)
- Genetic Diversity of Ants (05-00)
Alisa Huffaker
- Alisa Huffaker Receives 2020 CAREER Award from National Science Foundation (11-20)
- Novel 'On-off' Switch Discovered in Plant Defenses (07-20)
- Biologists Untangle Growth and Defense in Maize, Define Key Antibiotic Pathways (09-19)
- 11 UC San Diego Faculty Members Honored with Hellman Fellowships (11-03)
Enfu Hui
- T Cells Can Activate Themselves to Fight Tumors (05-23)
- UC San Diego Biologists Discover Process That Neutralizes Tumors (07-18)
- UC San Diego Biologists Named New Pew Scholars (06-18)
- Enfu Hui Named 2018 Searle Scholar (04-18)
Terence Hwa
- UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards (11-21)
- Biological Sciences Professor Terence Hwa, Alumnus Lawrence Goldstein Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-20)
- Quantitative Biology Opens Trail to Ecological Exploration, Evolutionary Prediction (11-19)
- Researchers Unravel Age-Old Mystery of Why Cells Use Fermentation (12-15)
- Quantitative Approaches Provide New Perspective on Development of Antibiotic Resistance (12-13)
- Simple Math Sheds New Light on a Long-Studied Biological Process (08-13)
Yishi Jin
- Neurobiologist Yishi Jin Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (10-24)
- Inaugural Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Postdoctoral Scholars Selected (06-22)
- UC San Diego Biological Sciences Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-22)
- Kavli Foundation Donates $5M to UC San Diego Brain and Cognition Research (04-22)
- Jen Jin Receives A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (12-21)
- Brainiacs: New Summer Research Program Supports Underrepresented Neurosciences Undergrads (06-21)
- Yishi Jin Named ASCB Fellow, KIBM Co-Director (09-20)
- Susan Ackerman and Yishi Jin Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (04-19)
- Yishi Jin Named to Junior Seau Endowed Faculty Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury (03-18)
- Discovery Offers New Genetic Pathway for Injured Nerve Regeneration (01-18)
- Neurobiologists Selected for National Awards (09-17)
- Biologists Uncover Details of How We Squelch Defective Neurons (09-13)
- Named to Association for the Advancement of Science (01-11)
- Essential protein for axon regrowth in animal model (09-09)
Ashley Juavinett
- Queer Identity Empowers UC San Diego Scientists to Challenge Norms, Chart New Discoveries (07-23)
- Ashley Juavinett Shares Her Story as a Queer Person in Academia (09-21)
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
- NIH Funds New Program to Broaden Diversity in Neurobiology (04-21)
- So You Want to Be a Neuroscientist? (12-20)
Suckjoon Jun
- UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards (11-21)
- Researchers Unravel Mechanisms that Control Cell Size (05-19)
- Study Sheds Light on What Causes Cells to Divide (12-14)
- UC San Diego Receives $1.15 Million NSF Grant for Biology 'Boot Camps' (07-13)
- Two Young UC San Diego Faculty Members Named Pew Scholars (06-13)
- Named Allen Young Investigator (03-13)
James T. Kadonaga
- Artificial Intelligence Catalyzes Gene Activation Research and Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences (05-23)
- UC San Diego Biological Sciences Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-22)
- Recently Discovered Protein Turbocharges Gene Expression (03-22)
- Artificial Intelligence Aids Gene Activation Discovery (09-20)
- Cracking How 'Water Bears' Survive the Extremes (10-19)
- Scientists Find Missing Factor in Gene Activation (05-18)
- James Kadonaga Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (04-17)
- UC San Diego Biologists Unlock Code Regulating Most Human Genes (01-30)
- New Genetic 'Operating System' Facilitated Evolution of 'Bilateral' Animals (09-14)
- Biologists Find 'Missing Link' in the Production of Protein Factories in Cells (06-14)
- Biologists' Discovery May Force Revision of Biology Textbooks (08-11)
- Second Motor Protein That Rewinds DNA (11-10)
- Motor Protein Rewinds DNA (10-08)
Susan Kaech
- Five from UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-24)
Amy Kiger
- 2010 Hellman Faculty Fellows (05-10)
- The Scientist's Scientist to Watch (05-07)
- Named Kimmel Scholar (05-06)
David Kleinfeld
- $21 Million from NIH to Study Sensory Input and Resulting Movement (9-24)
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
- 'Feel Good' Brain Messenger Can Be Willfully Controlled, New Study Reveals (07-21)
- New Blueprint of Brain Connections Reveals Extensive Reach of Central Regulator (04-21)
- Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains are Kept Nourished (03-21)
- Wired to Think (09-19)
- Borrowing from Astronomy to Rob the Twinkle from Brain Imagery (06-19)
- Neurobiologist David Kleinfeld to Lead $15 million NIH study (11-18)
- UC San Diego Researchers Solve Mystery of Oxygenation Connections in the Brain (10-17)
- Four Teams of Neurobiologists Awarded NIH BRAIN Grants (10-16)
- David Kleinfeld Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (05-15)
- Four Biology Professors Win NIH Grants from Obama's BRAIN Initiative (09-14)
Joshua R. Kohn
- Plants Pollinated by Honey Bees Produce Lower-quality Offspring (06-23)
- Foreign Bees Monopolize Prize Resources in Biodiversity Hotspot (02-19)
- Beach Replenishment May Have 'Far Reaching' Impacts on Ecosystems (03-16)
- Study Shows Africanized Bees Continue to Spread in California (09-15)
- Non-self-fertilizing Flowers Diversify Faster (10-10)
- Eng Endowment Supports Wilderness Studies (10-07)
- Evolution of Monkeyflowers (09-06)
- One-Way Evolution (1-06)
Takaki Komiyama
- Transparent Brain Implant Can Read Deep Neural Activity From the Surface (01-24)
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
- Neurobiologists Reveal How Value Decisions are Coded into Our Brains (11-21)
- Neural Implant Monitors Multiple Brain Areas at Once, Provides New Neuroscience Insights (04-21)
- UC San Diego neurobiologist part of $2 million project to study brain, motor-skill learning (12-19)
- Scientists Locate Brain Area Where Value Decisions Are Made (05-19)
- A Sprinkle of Platinum Nanoparticles onto Graphene Makes Brain Probes More Sensitive (06-18)
- Takaki Komiyama Wins 2014 McKnight Scholar Award (05-14)
- Motor Cortex Shown to Play Active Role in Learning Movement Patterns (05-14)
William Kristan
- Bill Kristan Honored with Award for Education in Neuroscience (10-15)
Sergey Kryazhimskiy
- Sarah Ardell Honored with Founding Faculty Award (04-23)
- New Tool Assesses Evolutionary Risks of Antibiotics (01-22)
- Evolutionary Stalling: Researchers Explore the Boundaries of Natural Selection (08-20)
- Sergey Kryazhimskiy Awarded Hellman Fellowship (08-18)
- UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes (07-17)
- Sergey Kryazhimskiy Named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow (02-17)
Carolyn Kurle
- Biology Professor Authors Book about “The Guidance Groove” (09-23)
- 'Island of Rats' Recovers (03-21)
- From the Field: Innovative Animal-borne Video and Sampling Show Antarctic Leopard Seals as Adaptable Apex Predators (08-20)
- Earth Connection Inspires Environmental Stewardship (04-20)
- Carolyn Kurle Named Changemaker Faculty Fellow (11-19)
- Novel Technologies Reveal Key Information About Depleted East Pacific Green Sea Turtles (01-18)
- Measuring the Impact of a Changing Climate on Threatened Yellowstone Grizzly Bears (05-17)
- Study Shows Signs of Hope for Endangered Sea Turtles (01-17)
- Contamination from Marine Mammals May Hamper Recovery of California Condors (08-16)
- Study Finds Black Bears in Yosemite Forage Primarily on Plants and Nuts (08-15)
- 2012-2013 Hellman Faculty Fellow (05-12)
Russell Lande
- Julian Schroeder and Russell Lande Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04-15)
Andres Leschziner
- UC San Diego Scientists to Explore New Frontiers in Parkinson's Disease Research with $7.2M Grant (09-20)
- Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson's Disease (08-20)
Byungkook Lim
- Distinct Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Tied to Different Brain Pathways (04-21)
- Byungkook Lim Awarded Grant for 'High Risk-High Payoff' Research (06-20)
- Byungkook Lim Honored for Research Achievements By Brain and Behavior Foundation (08-18)
- New Study of Brain Circuits Finds Key Links to Symptoms of Depression (07-17)
- Kimberly Cooper and Byungkook Lim Named 2015 Searle Scholars (04-15)
Stanley Lo
- BioSci Students Take First Place in Undergraduate Library Research Prize (09-22)
- New UC Alliance Aims to Boost Latinx STEM Teaching Professors (03-22)
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
Matthew Lovett-Barron
- UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments (9-24)
- Researchers Identify Brain Circuits Tied to the Behavior of Schooling Fish (7-24)
- Innovative Researchers earn NIH New Innovator Awards (10-23)
- Neurobiologist Matthew Lovett-Barron Selected as 2022 Pew Scholar (06-22)
- Matthew Lovett-Barron Named 2022 Sloan Research Fellow (02-22)
- Matthew Lovett-Barron Named 2021 Packard Fellow (10-21)
Li-Fan Lu
- Li-Fan Lu and Jose Pruneda-Paz named Hellman Faculty Fellows (05-13)
Jens Lykke-Andersen
- Jens Lykke-Andersen Honored for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (04-19)
Cressida Madigan
- NIH Names Cressida Madigan for 2021 New Innovator Award (10-21)
- Cressida Madigan Named 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholar (06-21)
- Historical Disease Meets Modern Biology in New Faculty Member Cressida Madigan's Lab (07-20)
- Cressida Madigan Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow (02-20)
- Cressida Madigan Selected as Searle Scholar (12-19)
Roberto Malinow
- Roberto Malinow Elected to National Academy of Medicine (10-15)
- How to Erase a Memory – And Restore It (06-14)
- Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-12)
Uri Manor
- UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox (9-24)
- The Long Road to the Sandbox: An Unlikely Journey to a World-Class Technology Hub (8-24)
- Faulty DNA Disposal System Causes Inflammation (02-24)
- A Deep Look Into The AI Revolution (12-05)
Theresa Markow
- Students travel to Mexico for Advanced Ecology Course (09-10)
- Students Travel to Panama for Research Expedition (08-09)
- Named AAAS Fellow (12-08)
- Fruits of the fly (12-08)
- Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth (11-08)
Stephen Mayfield
- Say Hello to Biodegradable Microplastics (03-24)
- A Sea Change for Plastic Pollution: New Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water (09-22)
- Sustainable Sneakers: UC San Diego Scientists Create the World's First Biodegradable Shoe (04-22)
- UC San Diego Forging a Sustainable Future with Renewable Products (08-20)
- New Science Behind Algae-based Flip-flops (08-20)
- Ready for Prime Time: New Public Course Explores the Future of Algae Biotechnology (08-20)
- Researchers Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare (05-20)
- Algae Shown to Improve Gastrointestinal Health (01-20)
- UC San Diego Awarded $2 Million to Advance Algae-based Renewable Polymers (12-18)
- A Flip Flop Revolution (10-17)
- Scientists Complete First EPA-Approved Outdoor Field Trial for Genetically Engineered Algae (05-17)
- Surfing into a Greener Future (04-15)
- Meeting on 'Green Revolution 2.0' Draws Researchers and New Ideas (03-15)
- UC San Diego Faculty 'Go Global' with Two New MOOCs (06-14)
- Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae (04-13)
- UC San Diego Biologists Produce Rainbow-Colored Algae (03-13)
- Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues (02-13)
- Biologists Engineer Algae to Make Complex Anti-Cancer 'Designer' Drug (12-12)
- Bioengineered Marine Algae Expands Environments Where Biofuels Can Be Produced (11-12)
- Biofuels Research Continues Rapid Growth (01-12)
- Biologists Use Algae-Produced Protein in Global Health Initiative (11-11)
- New Jobs in State's Green Economy (09-11)
- $9 Million for Algal Biofuels Research (06-10)
- Potential of Algae to Produce Human Therapeutics (03-10)
- Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego (11-09)
Lisa McDonnell
- Lisa McDonnell Honored as Revelle College Faculty Fellow (12-22)
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
William McGinnis
- New Research Helps Explain the Genetic Basis for Why We Look the Way We Do (11-21)
- Susan Ackerman and Bill McGinnis Elected to National Academy of Sciences (05-19)
- Division Helps Launch Campus Science Fiction Film Series (05-14)
- New Dean Seeks to Improve Undergraduate Experience (10-13)
- Distinguished UC San Diego Developmental Biologist Named Dean of Biological Sciences (06-13)
- Discovery of Wound-Healing Genes in Flies Could Mitigate Human Skin Ailments (04-13)
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (04-10)
- Second “Evolution Matters” Lecture (01-08)
- Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11-07)
- Multiplex RNA labeling (05-05)
- Multiplex RNA labeling (10-04)
- Gene Visualization (08-04)
- Body Evolution (02-02)
Claire Meaders
- UC San Diego Women Scientists Featured in Statue Exhibit at the Smithsonian (03-22)
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
Hiruy Meharena
- New Faculty Bridge Black Studies and STEM (02-22)
Stephanie Mel
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
- Randy Hampton and Stephanie Mel Receive College Honors (06-19)
- Stephanie Mel Honored for Exceptional Undergraduate Teaching (04-17)
- Biology Students Join Hundreds of Undergraduates Across Nation to Co-Author Genomics Research Paper (05-15)
Justin Meyer
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons (7-24)
- Bacteria-Virus Arms Race Provides Rare Window into Rapid and Complex Evolution (11-23)
- Queer Identity Empowers UC San Diego Scientists to Challenge Norms, Chart New Discoveries (07-23)
- My Story: Justin Meyer on Making Room for Queer Scientists in STEM (07-23)
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
- Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project (01-23)
- Evolve… Innovate… Repeat: Scientists Peel Back the Layers of Virus-Host Evolution and Innovation (07-22)
- Trained Viruses Prove More Effective at Fighting Antibiotic Resistance (06-21)
- A Deep Look into the Biology and Evolution of COVID-19 (04-20)
- Dissecting COVID-19: Biology Professor Opens Infectious Disease Course to Public Audiences (04-20)
- UC San Diego Researchers Receive Funding to Address Critical Issues Facing California (01-19)
- Virus Found to Adapt through Newly Discovered Path of Evolution (03-18)
- 11 UC San Diego Faculty Members Honored with Hellman Fellowships (11-17)
- UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes (07-17)
- Biologists Watch Speciation in a Laboratory Flask (11-16)
Mauricio Montal
- Biophysical Society Fellow (06-03)
Andrew Muroyama
- Andrew Muroyama and Fabian Rivera-Chávez Selected to Receive Hellman Fellowships (02-24)
- New Insight into How Plant Cells Divide (07-23)
Cornelis Murre
- Researchers Uncover Mechanisms behind Enigmatic Shapes of Nuclei (02-24)
- Cell's Design Helps Launch Quick Defenses When under Attack (02-20)
- Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure (06-19)
- Locking Down the Big Bang of Immune Cells (09-17)
- Division Partners with 2 Other Campus Units on $8.6-Million NIH Grant (10-15)
- Quantitative Biology approach reveals importance of physical constraints on critical DNA interaction (08-14)
- First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene (04-08)
Sonya Neal
- Sonya Neal Named Inaugural HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar (05-23)
- Sonya Neal Receives New EDI Award from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (11-22)
- Two BioSci Student-Advisor Pairs Selected for 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellowships (08-21)
- Biologist Sonya Neal Advances Social Issues Education and STEM Inclusivity (07-21)
- BioSci at 60: Mentorship, Then & Now (02-21)
- Shelley Halpain and Sonya Neal Honored with Inclusive Excellence Awards (02-21)
- Biologist Sonya Neal Named 2020 Pew Scholar (06-20)
James Nieh
- Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund Announces Five Inaugural Awardees (9-24)
- UC San Diego Is Now a Bee Campus. Here’s What that Means… (01-24)
- Complex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s ‘Waggle Dance’ (03-23)
- Researchers ID Sex Pheromone of Invasive Giant Hornet (03-22)
- Size Matters for Bee 'Superorganism' Colonies (11-21)
- I See You: Honey Bees Use Contagious and Honest Visual Signal to Deter Attacking Hornets (12-20)
- New Scholarship Award for Master's Students Honors a Mother's Legacy (11-20)
- Pesticide Cocktail Can Harm Honey Bees (04-19)
- Pesticides and Poor Nutrition Damage Animal Health (12-17)
- James Nieh Named Fellow of Royal Entomological Society (11-17)
- Luring Hornets: Scientists Unlock Sex Pheromone of Notorious Honey Bee Predator (10-17)
- UC Funds New Pathway for Graduate Diversity (09-17)
- Common Pesticide Damages Honey Bee's Ability to Fly, Research Finds (04-17)
- Biologists Discover Sophisticated “Alarm” Signals in Honey Bees (03-16)
- Tiny Parasite May Contribute to Declines in Honey Bee Colonies by Infecting Larvae (05-15)
- Why 'Whispers' Among Bees Sometimes Evolve Into 'Shouts' (07-14)
- Fear of Predators Drives Honey Bees Away from Good Food Sources (10-13)
- Commonly Used Pesticide Turns Honey Bees into 'Picky Eaters' (05-12)
- Bringing Graduate Research to High School Classrooms (06-10)
- 'Stop' Signal in Honey Bee Communication (02-10)
- Bees Can Learn Differences in Food's Temperature (11-09)
- Academic Senate Teaching Awards (05-09)
- Bees Heat up, Fly Faster with Protein-Rich Food (07-08)
- Bee Espionage (06-04)
- Bee Communication (09-03)
Maho Niwa
- Researchers Identify Key Players in Cell Division (11-19)
Clodagh O'Shea
- Three UC San Diego Biologists Receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar Awards (09-16)
Karen Oegema
- New ‘Atlas’ Provides Unprecedented Insights on How Genes Function in Early Embryo Development (05-24)
- Cell Division Quality Control ‘Stopwatch’ Uncovered (03-24)
- Two BioSci Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (05-22)
- Cancers with High TRIM37 Enzyme Levels More Susceptible to Centrosome Blocker (09-20)
Melinda Owens
- How Do We Teach Science? UC San Diego Launches STEM Education Research Program (10-23)
Amy Pasquinelli
- Amy Pasquinelli Selected for Grant to Study the Role of Toxic RNA in Aging (05-24)
- NIH Awards UC San Diego $8.7M to Train a New Generation of Biological Sciences Graduate Students (01-21)
- Amy Pasquinelli Awarded Grant on Aging Research (06-18)
- Researchers Identify microRNA Targets in C. elegans (01-10)
- Keck Young Scholar Award (07-06)
Gentry Patrick
- Neurobiology Professor Gentry Patrick Named to Endowed Chair (08-23)
- Social Justice as Part of the Remedy for What Ails Us (06-21)
- On a New Path to STEM Success (04-19)
- Widening the Pathway to a STEM Career (01-19)
- A New View for Protein Turnover in the Brain (08-17)
- Gentry Patrick Receives Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Presidential Initiatives (12-15)
- A Mentor for Success (10-15)
- Local Students Experience Science at UC San Diego (08-14)
- 2010 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards (02-11)
- Named Hellman Fellow (07-08)
- Ray Thomas Edwards Award (10-05)
Gulcin Pekkurnaz
- Biological Sciences Neurobiologist Recognized by National Programs (07-18)
Katherine Petrie
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
- Virus Found to Adapt through Newly Discovered Path of Evolution (03-18)
Lorraine Pillus
- Lorraine Pillus Named Revelle College Faculty Fellow (05-20)
- Microbiology Academy Names Lorraine Pillus as New Fellow (03-18)
- Lorraine Pillus Named 2017 AAAS Fellow (11-17)
- Scientists Decipher Mechanisms Underlying the Biology of Aging (11-17)
Joseph Pogliano
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons (7-24)
- Researchers Discover Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses (05-24)
- The Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Problem Is Getting Worse. Phage Could Be a Solution. (11-23)
- Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project (01-23)
- Giant Viruses Build a Cell Nucleus Surprisingly Like Our Own (08-22)
- Biological Sciences Launches Immersive Work Experience and Corporate Affiliates Programs (10-21)
- CRISPR-Resistant Viruses Build 'Safe Rooms' to Shield Genomes from DNA-Dicing Enzymes (12-19)
- Viruses Found to Use Intricate 'Treadmill' to Move Cargo across Bacterial Cells (06-19)
- Joe Pogliano Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology (05-19)
- Biologists Discover How Viruses Hijack Cell's Machinery (01-17)
- Biologists Develop Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (01-16)
- New Method Allows Scientists to Screen Natural Products for Antibiotics (12-15)
- Biologists Discover New Method for Discovering Antibiotics (09-13)
Kit Pogliano
- UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox (9-24)
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons (7-24)
- Researchers Discover Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses (05-24)
- Five UC San Diego Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows (04-24)
- A Deep Look into the AI Revolution (12-05)
- Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project (01-23)
- Biological Sciences’ Deep Look Program Honored with Telly Award (11-22)
- Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox Named in Honor of $7.5M Gift from UC San Diego Alumnus (05-22)
- UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher Scientific Enter Innovative Strategic Partnership (04-22)
- Biological Sciences Launches Immersive Work Experience and Corporate Affiliates Programs (10-21)
- Students, Faculty and Staff Assemble Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Boxes that Fight COVID-19 Spread (09-21)
- Viruses Found to Use Intricate 'Treadmill' to Move Cargo across Bacterial Cells (06-19)
- Kit Pogliano: Q & A with New Dean of Biological Sciences
- New Dean Selected to Lead UC San Diego's Division of Biological Sciences (07-18)
- Surprise Finding Points to DNA's Role in Shaping Cells (02-18)
- Biologists Develop Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (01-16)
- New Method Allows Scientists to Screen Natural Products for Antibiotics (12-15)
- Mining Microbes: Division Plays Key Role in Campus Initiative (10-15)
- Biologists Discover New Method for Discovering Antibiotics (09-13)
- Fellow in American Academy of Microbiology (02-09)
- Nationwide Science Education Program (12-07)
- The Scientists: Imaging Bacterial Protein (06-07)
- Fly Protein Helps Heal (06-03)
James W. Posakony
- Jim Posakony Honored with 2018 UC San Diego Integrity Award (04-18)
- Jim Posakony Named 2011 AAAS Fellow (12-11)
- Fly's Clues to Hearing (03-00)
Paul A. Price
- Species Divergence (01-01)
Jose Pruneda-Paz
- Jose Pruneda-Paz Honored with 2023 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award (10-23)
- Researchers Produce a Plant Library of Master Genetic Switches (07-14)
- Li-Fan Lu and Jose Pruneda-Paz named Hellman Faculty Fellows (05-13)
Samara Reck-Peterson
- UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox (9-24)
- Samara Reck-Peterson Elected Fellow of American Society For Cell Biology (7-24)
- Graduate Student Livia Songster Receives Founding Faculty Award (12-23)
- UC San Diego Scientists to Explore New Frontiers in Parkinson's Disease Research with $7.2M Grant (09-20)
- Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson's Disease (08-20)
- Reck-Peterson and Stevens Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship (04-20)
- Nikon Imaging Center Opens at UC San Diego (09-18)
- Reck-Peterson Named HHMI Investigator (05-18)
- New Insights on Cell Transport Motor Reveal a Surprise of Acceleration (09-17)
- Three UC San Diego Biologists Receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar Awards (09-16)
Diana Rennison
- UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments (9-24)
- Assistant Professors Alexandra Dickinson and Diana Rennison Awarded Hellman Fellowships (06-22)
- Diana Rennison Honored with Two Early Career Awards (12-20)
Keefe Reuther
- Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home (05-21)
Scott Rifkin
- Genes, Environment, or Chance? (02-10)
Fabian Rivera-Chávez
- Andrew Muroyama and Fabian Rivera-Chávez Selected to Receive Hellman Fellowships (02-24)
- Fabian Rivera-Chávez Awarded Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant (12-21)
- A Push to Inoculate Vaccination Disparity (05-21)
Cory Root
- Daugherty and Root Awarded Hellman Fellowships (04-20)
Noah Rose
- Study Illuminates the Protective Role of Fluorescence in Neon-Colored Sea Anemones (03-24)
Kaustuv Roy
- Ocean Acidification is Transforming California Mussel Shells (01-21)
- Extinction Runs in the Family (08-09)
- Tropics are the Source of Most New Species (10-06)
- Evolution of Size (01-06)
- Bee Communication (09-03)
- Genetic Diversity (05-01)
Massimo Scanziani
- Four Teams of Neurobiologists Awarded NIH BRAIN Grants (10-16)
- Four Biology Professors Win NIH Grants from Obama's BRAIN Initiative (09-14)
- Biologists Detail the Brain's Balancing Act (08-14)
- How the brain represents both faint and intense signals (11-09)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (05-08)
Julian I. Schroeder
- As Temperatures Rise, Researchers Identify Mechanisms Behind Plant Response to Warming (10-24)
- Biological Sciences Professors Among Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World (12-23)
- Researchers Identify Elusive Carbon Dioxide Sensor in Plants that Controls Water Loss (12-22)
- UC San Diego Plant Biologist Honored by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (03-22)
- Julian Schroeder Honored with Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists (08-20)
- New Biosensor Visualizes Stress in Living Plant Cells in Real Time (06-20)
- Julian Schroeder Awarded International Prize for Advances in Plant Research (03-19)
- Biology Professors Named World's Most Influential in Their Fields (01-18)
- Biologist Elected to German National Academy (07-17)
- Julian Schroeder and Russell Lande Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04-15)
- Julian Schroeder Elected President of American Society of Plant Biologists (10-14)
- Discovery Provides Insights on How Plants Respond to Elevated CO2 Levels (07-14)
- Biologists Develop Nanosensors to Visualize Movements and Distribution of Plant Stress Hormone (04-14)
- New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands (05-13)
- 2010 Cozzarelli Prize (03-11)
- Genes That Control Toxic Metal Accumulation (11-10)
- One of Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year (01-10)
- Plants' Carbon Dioxide Response Informs Water-wise Crops (12-09)
- How plants survive drought (10-09)
- Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water (07-09)
- Drought-Resistant Crops (05-09)
- Gene that Controls Ozone Resistance (02-08)
- Plant Abstinence by Mutual Consent (12-07)
- AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences (11-06)
- Igert Training Grant Awarded (08-05)
- Bioremediation Steps (08-03)
- Plant Water Loss (06-01)
Terrence J. Sejnowski
- Biological Sciences Professor Terrence Sejnowski Wins Brain Prize (03-24)
- Terrence Sejnowski Named Scientist of the Year by ARCS San Diego (01-24)
- AI Chatbot ChatGPT Mirrors Its Users to Appear Intelligent (03-23)
- Terrence Sejnowski Awarded Gruber Prize (06-22)
- Physicists Train Robotic Gliders to Soar like Birds (09-18)
- Brain Trust (10-14)
- UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping (05-13)
- Elected to National Academy of Engineering (02-11)
- Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04-10)
- Elected to Institute of Medicine (10-08)
- Homeland Security (1-03)
Andrew Shiau
- Making the Leap to Target Cancer Through Partnership (10-22)
- Cancers with High TRIM37 Enzyme Levels More Susceptible to Centrosome Blocker (09-20)
Jonathan Shurin
- Wildfires Also Impact Aquatic Ecosystems (12-23)
- Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology (03-23)
- Government Guidelines Across North America, Europe Fail to Protect Lakes from Salt Pollution (02-22)
- Recovery of Sea Otter Populations Yields More Benefits than Costs (06-20)
- Drug Lord's Hippos Make Their Mark on Foreign Ecosystem (01-20)
- A Drug Lord and the World's Largest Invasive Animal (05-18)
- Wild Weather's Influence on Biodiversity (01-10)
Laurie Smith
- Local Students Experience Science at UC San Diego (08-14)
Monique Smith
- Sanford Institute Awards Endowed Professorships in Empathy and Compassion Research (01-24)
- Early Career BioSci Faculty Members Selected to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships (02-24)
Nicholas C. Spitzer
- Cognitive Deficits from Meth and PCP Use Are Generated By a Common Neurotransmitter Switch (9-24)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders Linked to Neurotransmitter Switching in the Brain (8-24)
- How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains (03-24)
- A Chain of Inspiration: Nick Spitzer’s Golden Anniversary at UC San Diego (11-22)
- Nick Spitzer Honored with American Philosophical Society's Lashley Award (04-22)
- Nick Spitzer Receives Eight-Year NIH-NINDS Research Program Award (05-20)
- Exercise Boosts Motor Skill Learning Via Changes in Brain's Transmitters (05-20)
- Researchers Identify Mechanism for Neurotransmitter‐Receptor Matchmaking (02-20)
- Brain Activity Linked to Stress Changes Chemical Codes (04-18)
- Scents and Social Preference: Neuroscientists ID the Roots of Attraction (08-17)
- The Future of Neurosciences at UC San Diego (03-15)
- Brain Trust (10-14)
- UC San Diego Biologists Receive $1 Million W.M. Keck Foundation Grant (07-13)
- UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping (05-13)
- Nick Spitzer Elected into the National Academy of Sciences (05-13)
- Longer Days Bring 'Winter Blues'–For Rats, Not Humans (04-13)
- Professors Johnson and Spitzer honored with 2013 Faculty Excellence Awards (03-13)
- Nick Spitzer to Serve As Editor of BrainFacts.org (03-12)
- Development Influences Neurotransmitter Use (07-10)
- Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells (11-08)
- Electrical Activity Nerve Cells Language (12-06)
- Achievement Honors (05-01)
- Nerve Cell Development (03-01)
Chih-Ying Su
- Detecting Odors on the Edge: Researchers Decipher How Insects Smell More with Less (05-24)
- A Map for the Sense of Smell (02-22)
- Findings Bridge Knowledge Gap between Pheromone Sensitivity and Courtship (10-19)
- Chih-Ying Su Awarded Hellman Fellowship (05-15)
Suresh Subramani
- Researchers Unveil Detailed Genome of Invasive Malaria Mosquito (02-21)
- A Deep Look into the Biology and Evolution of COVID-19 (04-20)
- Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders (09-17)
- Active Genetics Goes Global (10-16)
- Key Protein in Cell's “Self-Eating” Function (03-08)
Gürol Süel
- Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections (10-24)
- The Thinking Undead: How Dormant Bacteria Calculate Their Return to Life (10-22)
- Researchers Manipulate Demographic of Bacterial Community with Novel Electronic Technology (05-22)
- 'Simple' Bacteria Found to Organize in Elaborate Patterns (01-22)
- They Remember: Communities of Microbes Found to Have Working Memory (04-20)
- Researchers Discover a New Mechanism Used by Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics (03-19)
- Bacterial Communities Use Sophisticated Strategy to Communicate over Long Distances (07-18)
- UC San Diego Biologists Discover Timesharing Strategy in Bacteria (04-17)
- Bacteria Recruit Other Species with Long-Range Electrical Signals (01-17)
- Three UC San Diego Biologists Receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar Awards (09-16)
- Biologists Discover Bacteria Communicate Like Neurons in the Brain (10-15)
- Resolving Social Conflict Is Key to Survival of Bacterial Communities (07-15)
- Gürol Süel Wins Scialog Award (06-15)
Xin Sun
- Excess Neuropeptides Disrupt Lung Function in Infant Disease and COVID-19 (03-22)
David Traver
- David Traver Wins Prestigious International Hematology Award (07-19)
- Zebrafish Help Researchers Explore Alternatives to Bone Marrow Donation (05-19)
- Rachel Dutton and David Traver Recognized with NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Awards (09-18)
- Professors Goldrath and Traver Receive Funding from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (09-12)
- Birth of Blood-Forming, Stem Cells in Embryo (02-10)
- Stem Cell Research Grant - SD Union Tribune (12-07)
- Stem Cell Research Grant - UCSD News (12-07)
- Named Kimmel Scholar (05-06)
- Beckman Scholar (04-06)
- Zebrafish Stem Cells (11-05)
Emily Troemel
- Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection (01-22)
- Research Uncovers How 'Non-professional' Cells Can Trigger Immune Response (06-21)
- A Deep Look into the Biology and Evolution of COVID-19 (04-20)
- UC San Diego Launches New Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development (06-18)
- Researchers Discover New Pathway for Handling Stress (11-17)
- Single-Celled Fungi Multiply, Alien-Like, by Fusing Cells in Host (08-16)
- Emily Troemel named 2013 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator (06-13)
- Emily Troemel Receives 2013 Merck Irving Sigal Memorial Award (04-13)
- Studies Reveal How Cells Distinguish Between Disease-Causing and Innocuous Invaders (04-12)
- Packard Fellowship for Science & Engineering (11-10)
- Hellman Faculty Fellow (05-09)
- Microbe in Roundworm (12-08)
Elizabeth Villa
- UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox (9-24)
- Madeleine Duquette and Elizabeth Villa Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship (8-24)
- Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons (7-24)
- Researchers Discover Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses (05-24)
- Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project (01-23)
- Giant Viruses Build a Cell Nucleus Surprisingly Like Our Own (08-22)
- New Technologies Depict Transport Machine inside Cells as Having 'Lego-like' Ability (01-22)
- Elizabeth Villa Selected as 2021 HHMI Investigator (09-21)
- UC San Diego Scientists to Explore New Frontiers in Parkinson's Disease Research with $7.2M Grant (09-20)
- Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson's Disease (08-20)
- Parkinson's Disease Protein Structure Solved inside Cells Using Novel Technique (02-20)
- Viruses Found to Use Intricate 'Treadmill' to Move Cargo across Bacterial Cells (06-19)
- UC San Diego Biologists Named Pew Scholars (06-17)
- Women Rising (11-17)
Jing W. Wang
- Hungry for Love: Gut Molecule Discovered that Flips the Feeding-to-Mating Switch (02-22)
- Fruit Fly's Response to Starvation (03-11)
- Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion (05-09)
- Olfactory Fine-Tuning in Fruit Flies (07-08)
- Searle Scholar (05-05)
Steven Wasserman
- “Biotech Demystified”: Science Basics For Industry Leaders (03-10)
- Academic Senate to Honor Wasserman (05-07)
- Tweedle Coat Fashions Stocky Flies (10-06)
Gabriele Wienhausen
- Candice Sy Wins First Gabriele Wienhausen Biological Sciences Scholarship (12-16)
- Vision and Change Leadership Fellow (10-12)
- 2012 Athena Pinnacle Award in Education (05-12)
- 2010 Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Awards (02-11)
- Nationwide Science Education Program (12-07)
Jim Wilhelm
- Biologists Create Live System Mimicking Stress Response in Cells (08-20)
- Novel Cytoskeletal Filaments with Role in Cancer Treatment (09-10)
- 2009 New Scholar Award in Aging (10-09)
Christopher J. Wills
- New View of Species Interactions Offers Clues to Preserve Threatened Ecosystems (05-21)
- Third "Evolution Matters" Lecture (02-08)
- Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11-07)
- Nature Favors Diversity (01-06)
Yang Xu
- Opposite Effect: Protein Widely Known to Fight Tumors Also Boosts Cancer Growth (01-19)
- Study Provides Hope for Some Human Stem Cell Therapies (08-15)
- Biologists Discover Solution to Problem Limiting Development of Human Stem Cell Therapies (01-14)
- Study Finds Therapies Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Could Encounter Immune Rejection Problems (05-11)
- Reducing Stem Cell Loss During Cancer Treatment (09-10)
- Lowering Tumor Risk in Stem Cell Therapies (07-10)
- Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (01-10)
- CIRM Awards $5 Million Early Translational Grant (05-09)
- Cancer Therapies' Effectiveness Questioned (04-07)
- Stem Cell 'Quality Control' (12-04)
Martin F. Yanofsky
- Shatterproof: The Seeds of a Blockbuster Discovery (05-19)
- Martin Yanofsky named a Fellow of the AAAS (04-09)
- Elected to National Academy of Sciences (04-08)
- Fourth “Evolution Matters” Lecture (02-08)
- Evolution Matters Public Lecture (11-07)
- Distinguished Teaching Award (03-07)
- AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences (11-06)
- Crops Damage Ozone (05-04)
- Plants Harm Ozone (10-03)
- Leaves into Petals (02-01)
- Double Flowers (05-00)
- Seed Dispersal Genes (04-00)
Deborah Yelon
- NIH Awards UC San Diego $8.7M to Train a New Generation of Biological Sciences Graduate Students (01-21)
Dong-Er Zhang
- Dong-Er Zhang Named 2018 AAAS Fellow (11-18)
Yunde Zhao
- Biological Sciences Professors Among Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World (12-23)
- Stuart Brody and Yunde Zhao elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (01-23)
- Yunde Zhao Named Editor-in-Chief of Plant Physiology (06-21)
- Biologists Create a New Tool for Monitoring Plant Health (12-20)
- How Plants Synthesize Their Growth Hormone (10-11)
- Plant Growth Hormones (06-06)
- Gene for Plant Growth (10-03)
Yimin Zou
- Neurobiologists Identify Widely Used Assembling and Stabilizing Forces behind Brain Synapses (10-21)
- UC San Diego Researchers Discover Key Mechanisms behind Synapse Degeneration in Alzheimer's Brain (08-21)
- Nerve Endings in Brain Wiring Found to 'Talk' to Each Other (07-20)
- National Organizations Announce Funding to Support UC San Diego Neurobiologists (07-19)
- Biologists Discover New Strategy to Treat Central Nervous System Injury (04-16)
- New Insights into Brain Circuit Wiring (02-11)
Elina Zuniga
- Elina Zúñiga Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (03-21)
- Scientists ID Protein Exploited by Virus Ravaging West Africa (07-18)
- Biology Professor Delivers Minority Scientist Lecture at Global Conference (06-18)
- Researchers Uncover Mechanisms That Impair Immune System Defenses (04-18)
- Pair of Discoveries Illuminate New Paths to Flu and Anthrax Treatments (10-17)
- Awarded Grant from Lupus Research Institute (01-13)
- Named Hellman Fellow (07-08)