09/20/24 |
Biological Sciences PhD Students Awarded 2024 NSF Research Fellowships |
09/04/24 |
Biotech Leader Revvity Makes Scholarship Gift to Support Future Industry Innovators |
08/22/24 |
Autism Spectrum Disorders Linked to Neurotransmitter Switching in the Brain |
08/19/24 |
The Long Road to the Sandbox: An Unlikely Journey to a World-Class Technology Hub |
08/14/24 |
Madeleine Duquette and Elizabeth Villa Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship |
08/05/24 |
Onyeka Chukwudozie Receives Curci Ph.D. Fellows Award to Advance Lassa Virus Vaccines |
07/31/24 |
Unraveling a Key Junction Underlying Muscle Contraction |
07/23/24 |
Campus Transformation Continues with a Multidisciplinary Research Space and Proposal for a New Campus District |
07/23/24 |
Introducing the New Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Postdoctoral Scholars |
07/17/24 |
Researchers Identify Brain Circuits Tied to the Behavior of Schooling Fish |
07/04/24 |
Not So Selfish After All: Viruses Use Freeloading Genes as Weapons |
07/03/24 |
New Firtel Eureka! Scholarship Honors Longtime Biological Sciences Professor |
07/03/24 |
Neurobiology’s Eugene Jen Jin Wins Postdoctoral Association’s Elevator Pitch Competition |
07/03/24 |
Samara Reck-Peterson Elected Fellow of American Society For Cell Biology |
06/18/24 |
New ‘Atlas' Provides Unprecedented Insights on How Genes Function in Early Embryo Development |
05/29/24 |
Amy Pasquinelli Selected for Grant to Study the Role of Toxic RNA in Aging |
05/29/24 |
Making Connections: Introducing Biological Sciences’ New Diversity Initiatives Director |
05/23/24 |
New ‘Atlas’ Provides Unprecedented Insights on How Genes Function in Early Embryo Development |
05/20/24 |
Detecting Odors on the Edge: Researchers Decipher How Insects Smell More with Less |
05/20/24 |
Ryan Hibbs Wins Ochsner Award for Research on Smoking and Disease |
05/17/24 |
A Deep Look into the AI Revolution in Health and Medicine |
05/16/24 |
Bee-lieve It or Not: 8 Fascinating Bee Facts for World Bee Day |
05/14/24 |
Five from UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
05/01/24 |
There is an Art to Communicating Scientific Research |
05/01/24 |
Researchers Discover Key Functions of Therapeutically Promising Jumbo Viruses |
04/30/24 |
Leaders in Their Fields |
04/30/24 |
Five UC San Diego Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows |
04/18/24 |
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship to Andrea Sama and Jazz Dickinson Supports New EDI Initiative |
04/16/24 |
UC San Diego Receives $7.35 Million for Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health |
03/28/24 |
Cell Division Quality Control ‘Stopwatch’ Uncovered |
03/26/24 |
New Genetic Analysis Tool Tracks Risks Tied to CRISPR Edits |
03/21/24 |
Say Hello to Biodegradable Microplastics |
03/14/24 |
How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains |
03/12/24 |
Study Illuminates the Protective Role of Fluorescence in Neon-Colored Sea Anemones |
03/05/24 |
Biological Sciences Professor Terrence Sejnowski Wins Brain Prize |
02/22/24 |
Early Career BioSci Faculty Members Selected to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships |
02/14/24 |
Researchers Uncover Mechanisms behind Enigmatic Shapes of Nuclei |
02/12/24 |
Andrew Muroyama and Fabian Rivera-Chávez Selected to Receive Hellman Fellowships |
02/08/24 |
Faulty DNA Disposal System Causes Inflammation |
02/06/24 |
Extra Fingers and Hearts: Pinpointing Changes to Our Genetic Instructions That Disrupt Development |
01/29/24 |
Sanford Institute Awards Endowed Professorships in Empathy and Compassion Research |
01/11/24 |
UC San Diego Is Now a Bee Campus. Here’s What that Means… |
01/11/24 |
Transparent Brain Implant Can Read Deep Neural Activity From the Surface |
01/09/24 |
Terrence Sejnowski Named Scientist of the Year by ARCS San Diego |
12/21/23 |
Inside the Matrix: Nanoscale Patterns Revealed Within Model Research Organism |
12/12/23 |
Wildfires Also Impact Aquatic Ecosystems |
12/05/23 |
A Deep Look into the AI Revolution |
12/04/23 |
Biological Sciences Professors Among Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World |
12/04/23 |
Graduate Student Livia Songster Receives Founding Faculty Award |
12/04/23 |
In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor and Founding Dean of Biological Sciences Eduardo Macagno |
11/21/23 |
Andrew Chisholm Selected as New Allen Distinguished Investigator |
11/14/23 |
The Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Problem Is Getting Worse. Phage Could Be a Solution. |
11/09/23 |
Bacteria-Virus Arms Race Provides Rare Window into Rapid and Complex Evolution |
11/08/23 |
Vineet Augustine Awarded Young Investigator Grant |
11/02/23 |
Going Viral |
11/01/23 |
What Happens When We Pass Out? Researchers ID New Brain and Heart Connections |
10/17/23 |
New Cancer Therapy Target Stops Tumor Cells From Sharing Resources |
10/12/23 |
How Do We Teach Science? UC San Diego Launches STEM Education Research Program |
10/04/23 |
Jazz Dickinson Named 2023 Moore Inventor Fellow |
10/03/23 |
Innovative Researchers earn NIH New Innovator Awards |
10/03/23 |
Jose Pruneda-Paz Honored with 2023 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award |
09/01/23 |
Biology Professor Authors Book about “The Guidance Groove” |
09/01/23 |
Neurobiology Student Matthew Uzelac Awarded Goldwater Scholarship |
08/30/23 |
Enhancing Immune Defenses: Researchers Unveil the Secrets of Specialized T Cells to Conquer Tumors |
08/10/23 |
Researchers Engineer Bacteria That Can Detect Tumor DNA |
08/08/23 |
Neurobiology Professor Gentry Patrick Named to Endowed Chair |
07/21/23 |
Fly Toolkit Created for Investigating COVID-19 Infection Mechanisms |
07/11/23 |
My Story: Justin Meyer on Making Room for Queer Scientists in STEM |
07/06/23 |
Queer Identity Empowers UC San Diego Scientists to Challenge Norms, Chart New Discoveries |
07/06/23 |
New Insight into How Plant Cells Divide |
07/06/23 |
Six Biological Sciences Graduate Students Selected for 2023 NSF Research Fellowships |
07/06/23 |
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Selects 2023-2024 Postdoctoral Scholars |
07/05/23 |
New Genetic Technology Developed to Halt Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes |
06/28/23 |
Plants Pollinated by Honey Bees Produce Lower-quality Offspring |
06/08/23 |
Researchers Find an Immune System ‘Trip Wire’ That Detects COVID-19 |
05/24/23 |
Groundbreaking Images of Root Chemicals Offer New Insights on Plant Growth |
05/23/23 |
$2.5M Gift Targets Gaps in Circadian Biology and Medicine |
05/18/23 |
Artificial Intelligence Catalyzes Gene Activation Research and Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences |
05/09/23 |
Sonya Neal Named Inaugural HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar |
05/08/23 |
T Cells Can Activate Themselves to Fight Tumors |
04/27/23 |
Elephant Ecosystems in Decline |
04/27/23 |
Scientists Slow Aging by Engineering Longevity in Cells |
04/27/23 |
Sarah Ardell Honored with Founding Faculty Award |
04/26/23 |
Graduate Student Onyeka Chukwudozie Wins Merkin Fellowship to Pursue Lifelong Dream in Virology |
04/14/23 |
Tracking a New Path to Octopus and Squid Sensing Capabilities |
04/12/23 |
Eye-opening Origin Story: Scientists Trace Key Innovation in Our Camera-like Vision to Bacteria |
03/29/23 |
Dissecting the Circadian Clock in Real Time |
03/20/23 |
In Memoriam: Immo Scheffler 1940-2023 |
03/17/23 |
AI Chatbot ChatGPT Mirrors Its Users to Appear Intelligent |
03/10/23 |
Like Language, Genomes Are Encoded by Grammar Rules |
03/09/23 |
Complex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s ‘Waggle Dance’ |
03/07/23 |
UC San Diego Receives $15M Cryptocurrency Donation, Largest for Research on Airborne Pathogens |
03/03/23 |
Artificial Intelligence Drives New Frontiers in Biology |
03/03/23 |
Emma Farley Selected for NSF CAREER Award |
01/31/23 |
Stuart Brody and Yunde Zhao elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
01/26/23 |
Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project |
01/17/23 |
Stephanie Nehasil Selected for Fox Endowed Fellowship |
01/12/23 |
Researchers Create New System for Safer Gene-Drive Testing and Development |
12/13/22 |
Brain Cells Under Attack Don ‘Body Armor’ Response, Offering New Views of Stroke Damage |
12/08/22 |
Lisa McDonnell Honored as Revelle College Faculty Fellow |
12/07/22 |
Researchers Identify Elusive Carbon Dioxide Sensor in Plants that Controls Water Loss |
11/21/22 |
UC San Diego Biology Areas Ranked in U.S. News and World Report's Top 10 List |
11/03/22 |
Biological Sciences’ Deep Look Program Honored with Telly Award |
11/03/22 |
Sonya Neal Receives New EDI Award from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative |
11/01/22 |
A Chain of Inspiration: Nick Spitzer’s Golden Anniversary at UC San Diego |
10/24/22 |
The Thinking Undead: How Dormant Bacteria Calculate Their Return to Life |
10/20/22 |
Winners of the School of Biological Sciences 2022 Mentorship and Fellowship Awards |
10/06/22 |
Making the Leap to Target Cancer Through Partnership |
09/22/22 |
A Sea Change for Plastic Pollution: New Material Biodegrades in Ocean Water |
09/01/22 |
BioSci Students Take First Place in Undergraduate Library Research Prize |
08/18/22 |
CRISPR-based Technology Targets Global Crop Pest |
08/10/22 |
Lennice Castro and Matt Daugherty Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for EDI Initiatives |
08/09/22 |
Cindy Tran Honored with Silagi Award |
08/05/22 |
New Insights into Brain Flexibility and Stability |
08/03/22 |
Giant Viruses Build a Cell Nucleus Surprisingly Like Our Own |
07/15/22 |
Susan Golden Honored with Pioneer Award |
07/12/22 |
Evolve… Innovate… Repeat: Scientists Peel Back the Layers of Virus-Host Evolution and Innovation |
07/05/22 |
Immune Cells Anchored in Tissues Offer Unique Defenses Against Pathogens and Cancers |
07/01/22 |
"Soft" CRISPR May Offer a New Fix for Genetic Defects |
06/17/22 |
UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences Class of 2022: Two Outstanding Graduates |
06/10/22 |
Neurobiologist Matthew Lovett-Barron Selected as 2022 Pew Scholar |
06/09/22 |
Assistant Professors Alexandra Dickinson and Diana Rennison Awarded Hellman Fellowships |
06/06/22 |
Terrence Sejnowski Awarded Gruber Prize |
06/02/22 |
Inaugural Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Postdoctoral Scholars Selected |
05/12/22 |
Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox Named in Honor of $7.5M Gift from UC San Diego Alumnus |
05/05/22 |
Two BioSci Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
05/04/22 |
UC San Diego Biological Sciences Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
05/04/22 |
In Memoriam: E. Peter Geiduschek, 1928-2022 |
05/04/22 |
Researchers Manipulate Demographic of Bacterial Community with Novel Electronic Technology |
04/27/22 |
Kavli Foundation Donates $5M to UC San Diego Brain and Cognition Research |
04/27/22 |
UC San Diego Biological Sciences Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships |
04/21/22 |
Sustainable Sneakers: UC San Diego Scientists Create the World's First Biodegradable Shoe |
04/13/22 |
Nick Spitzer Honored with American Philosophical Society's Lashley Award |
04/07/22 |
UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher Scientific Enter Innovative Strategic Partnership |
03/31/22 |
New UC Alliance Aims to Boost Latinx STEM Teaching Professors |
03/30/22 |
UC San Diego Biology Lab Receives $1.4M Grant to Fight Malaria Spread |
03/17/22 |
Excess Neuropeptides Disrupt Lung Function in Infant Disease and COVID-19 |
03/17/22 |
UC San Diego Women Scientists Featured in Statue Exhibit at the Smithsonian |
03/16/22 |
Recently Discovered Protein Turbocharges Gene Expression |
03/14/22 |
Researchers ID Sex Pheromone of Invasive Giant Hornet |
03/04/22 |
UC San Diego Plant Biologist Honored by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
02/28/22 |
New Faculty Bridge Black Studies and STEM |
02/23/22 |
Flies Possess More Sophisticated Cognitive Abilities than Previously Known |
02/21/22 |
Government Guidelines Across North America, Europe Fail to Protect Lakes from Salt Pollution |
02/17/22 |
Andres Nevarez and Tara Spencer Named Bouchet Scholars |
02/15/22 |
Matthew Lovett-Barron Named 2022 Sloan Research Fellow |
02/14/22 |
Hungry for Love: Gut Molecule Discovered that Flips the Feeding-to-Mating Switch |
02/02/22 |
A Map for the Sense of Smell |
01/31/22 |
New Technologies Depict Transport Machine inside Cells as Having 'Lego-like' Ability |
01/28/22 |
New Tool Assesses Evolutionary Risks of Antibiotics |
01/27/22 |
Genetic Strategy Reverses Insecticide Resistance |
01/26/22 |
Biologists Pinpoint Key Factor in Immune System Response to Viral Infection |
01/19/22 |
Scientists Expand CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Inheritance Control in Mammals |
01/18/22 |
'Simple' Bacteria Found to Organize in Elaborate Patterns |
01/12/22 |
Josh Borin and Hanqing Liu Selected for Founding Faculty Awards |
12/15/21 |
Fabian Rivera-Chávez Awarded Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant |
12/10/21 |
Inaugural Cohort of Curci Scholars Selected |
12/07/21 |
Jen Jin Receives A.P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
11/30/21 |
Matt Daugherty Named 2021 Infectious Disease Investigator by Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
11/23/21 |
Neurobiologists Reveal How Value Decisions are Coded into Our Brains |
11/17/21 |
Top 10 Biological Sciences Disciplines Move Up in Latest U.S. News and World Report Global Rankings |
11/10/21 |
New Research Helps Explain the Genetic Basis for Why We Look the Way We Do |
11/09/21 |
Size Matters for Bee 'Superorganism' Colonies |
11/09/21 |
A Target for Potential Cancer Drugs May, In Fact, Worsen Disease |
11/05/21 |
Researchers Develop CRISPR-based Rapid Diagnostic Tool for SARS-CoV-2 |
11/01/21 |
UC San Diego Faculty Receive Trifecta of National Awards |
10/14/21 |
Biological Sciences Launches Immersive Work Experience and Corporate Affiliates Programs |
10/14/21 |
Matthew Lovett-Barron Named 2021 Packard Fellow |
10/08/21 |
Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How it Works |
10/07/21 |
UC San Diego Staff Member Mario Aguilera Earns Prestigious Science Writing Award |
10/06/21 |
Neurobiologists Identify Widely Used Assembling and Stabilizing Forces behind Brain Synapses |
10/05/21 |
NIH Names Cressida Madigan for 2021 New Innovator Award |
09/27/21 |
Students, Faculty and Staff Assemble Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Boxes that Fight COVID-19 Spread |
09/24/21 |
Ashley Juavinett Shares Her Story as a Queer Person in Academia |
09/23/21 |
Elizabeth Villa Selected as 2021 HHMI Investigator |
09/10/21 |
New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-spreading Mosquitoes |
08/26/21 |
Growth-promoting, Anti-aging Retinal at the Root of Plant Growth Too |
08/26/21 |
Two BioSci Student-Advisor Pairs Selected for 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellowships |
08/18/21 |
UC San Diego Researchers Discover Key Mechanisms behind Synapse Degeneration in Alzheimer's Brain |
07/23/21 |
'Feel Good' Brain Messenger Can Be Willfully Controlled, New Study Reveals |
07/19/21 |
Fundraising Campaign Gives Kendall-Frost Marsh a Fresh Start |
07/14/21 |
Ryoma Hattori Receives Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award |
07/02/21 |
Biologist Sonya Neal Advances Social Issues Education and STEM Inclusivity |
06/15/21 |
Trained Viruses Prove More Effective at Fighting Antibiotic Resistance |
06/15/21 |
Cressida Madigan Named 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholar |
06/08/21 |
Brainiacs: New Summer Research Program Supports Underrepresented Neurosciences Undergrads |
06/08/21 |
Researchers Create New CRISPR Tools to Help Contain Mosquito Disease Transmission |
06/08/21 |
Research Uncovers How "Non-professional" Cells Can Trigger Immune Response |
06/07/21 |
Graduate Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Fellowships |
06/07/21 |
Synthetic SPECIES Developed for Use as a Confinable Gene Drive |
06/03/21 |
Social Justice as Part of the Remedy for What Ails Us |
06/02/21 |
Yunde Zhao Named Editor-in-Chief of Plant Physiology |
05/26/21 |
Plant Consumers Play Unexpectedly Large Role in the Evolution of Seedling Success |
05/24/21 |
New Genetic 'CopyCatchers' Detect Efficient and Precise CRISPR Editing in a Living Organism |
05/13/21 |
A Push to Inoculate Vaccination Disparity |
05/12/21 |
New View of Species Interactions Offers Clues to Preserve Threatened Ecosystems |
05/10/21 |
Time to Rock and Roach: Bringing Experiments from the Lab to the Home |
04/27/21 |
Neural Implant Monitors Multiple Brain Areas at Once, Provides New Neuroscience Insights |
04/23/21 |
Danielle Garshott and Sachin Sethi Honored with Founding Faculty Awards |
04/22/21 |
Ananda Goldrath elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/21/21 |
A Door-Opening Gift for Eureka! Scholars |
03/25/21 |
Donté Alexander Stevens Inducted into Bouchet Honors Society |
04/09/21 |
Distinct Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Tied to Different Brain Pathways |
04/08/21 |
NIH Funds New Program to Broaden Diversity in Neurobiology |
04/07/21 |
New Blueprint of Brain Connections Reveals Extensive Reach of Central Regulator |
03/22/21 |
Elina Zúñiga Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology |
03/19/21 |
UC San Diego Biological Sciences Moves into Top 10 in Global Rankings |
03/17/21 |
'Island of Rats' Recovers |
03/16/21 |
New 'Split-drive' System Puts Scientists in the (Gene) Driver Seat |
03/09/21 |
Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains are Kept Nourished |
02/19/21 |
Researchers Unveil Detailed Genome of Invasive Malaria Mosquito |
02/05/21 |
BioSci at 60: Mentorship, Then & Now |
02/05/21 |
[BIO]rigins |
02/04/21 |
Shooting for the Moon |
02/03/21 |
Immune System Sets 'Tripwire' to Protect against Viruses |
02/02/21 |
Shelley Halpain and Sonya Neal Honored with Inclusive Excellence Awards |
02/01/21 |
UC San Diego Biosci Alumnus at Helm of Company Behind First At-Home COVID Test |
01/22/21 |
Stacey Glasgow Awarded Hellman Fellowship |
01/20/21 |
NIH Awards UC San Diego $8.7M to Train a New Generation of Biological Sciences Graduate Students |
01/12/21 |
Ocean Acidification is Transforming California Mussel Shells |
01/11/21 |
Wait for Me: Cell Biologists Decipher Signal that Ensures No Chromosome is Left Behind |
12/22/20 |
When Strains of E.coli Play Rock-Paper-Scissors, It's Not the Strongest That Survives |
12/21/20 |
Diana Rennison Honored with Two Early Career Awards |
12/21/20 |
Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms |
12/15/20 |
Biologists Create a New Tool for Monitoring Plant Health |
12/09/20 |
So You Want to Be a Neuroscientist? |
12/09/20 |
I See You: Honey Bees Use Contagious and Honest Visual Signal to Deter Attacking Hornets |
11/30/20 |
Researchers Reveal Switch Used in Plant Defense Against Animal Attack |
11/20/20 |
Alisa Huffaker Receives 2020 CAREER Award from National Science Foundation |
11/18/20 |
Alumni-led Lucira Health earns 1st FDA authorization for at-home COVID test |
11/16/20 |
Grad Students Build Science Bridge to the Incarcerated |
11/05/20 |
UC Researchers Pioneer More Effective Method of Blocking Malaria Transmission in Mosquitoes |
11/04/20 |
New Scholarship Award for Master's Students Honors a Mother's Legacy |
10/22/20 |
UC San Diego Biology Rankings Rise in New U.S. News and World Report Publication |
10/22/20 |
UC San Diego's Susan Ackerman Elected to National Academy of Medicine |
10/02/20 |
Mario Aguilera receives Honorable Mention in the 2020 NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Award |
10/01/20 |
Graduate Fellowship Awards 2020 |
09/29/20 |
New Research Provides Clues on Optimizing Cell Defenses When Viruses Attack |
09/21/20 |
Biologists Create New Genetic Systems to Neutralize Gene Drives |
09/21/20 |
Yishi Jin Named ASCB Fellow, KIBM Co-Director |
09/21/20 |
UC San Diego Scientists to Explore New Frontiers in Parkinson's Disease Research with $7.2M Grant |
09/21/20 |
Cancers with High TRIM37 Enzyme Levels More Susceptible to Centrosome Blocker |
09/21/20 |
Curci Foundation Makes $1.78M Gift to Support PhD Life Science Students |
09/09/20 |
Artificial Intelligence Aids Gene Activation Discovery |
09/04/20 |
Daniela Zárate Named 2020 Bouchet Scholar |
09/01/20 |
Overlooked 'Housekeeping' Gene Plays Unexpected Role in Seizures |
08/24/20 |
Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson's Disease |
08/24/20 |
Dean's Leadership Council Welcomes Kenneth Jenkins |
08/17/20 |
Evolutionary Stalling: Researchers Explore the Boundaries of Natural Selection |
08/13/20 |
Biologists Create Live System Mimicking Stress Response in Cells |
08/10/20 |
Julian Schroeder Honored with Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists |
08/06/20 |
UC San Diego Forging a Sustainable Future with Renewable Products |
08/06/20 |
New Science Behind Algae-based Flip-flops |
08/06/20 |
Ready for Prime Time: New Public Course Explores the Future of Algae Biotechnology |
08/03/20 |
From the Field: Innovative Animal-borne Video and Sampling Show Antarctic Leopard Seals as Adaptable Apex Predators |
07/30/20 |
Randy Hampton Receives Sixth College Outstanding Faculty Award |
07/28/20 |
Novel 'On-off' Switch Discovered in Plant Defenses |
07/16/20 |
Researchers Discover Two Paths of Aging and New Insights on Promoting Healthspan |
07/13/20 |
Graduate Student Lara Labarta-Bajo Awarded Prestigious Melvin Cohn Award |
07/06/20 |
Nerve Endings in Brain Wiring Found to 'Talk' to Each Other |
07/02/20 |
Historical Disease Meets Modern Biology in New Faculty Member Cressida Madigan's Lab |
06/25/20 |
Byungkook Lim Awarded Grant for 'High Risk-High Payoff' Research |
06/15/20 |
Biologist Sonya Neal Named 2020 Pew Scholar |
06/11/20 |
Recovery of Sea Otter Populations Yields More Benefits than Costs |
06/01/20 |
New Biosensor Visualizes Stress in Living Plant Cells in Real Time |
05/29/20 |
Biological Sciences and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
05/29/20 |
BioSci Alumna Tracy Johnson Named Dean of UCLA's Division of Life Sciences |
05/22/20 |
Lorraine Pillus Named Revelle College Faculty Fellow |
05/20/20 |
BioSci Graduate Students Honored with Prominent Research Fellowships |
05/18/20 |
Nick Spitzer Receives Eight-Year NIH-NINDS Research Program Award |
05/13/20 |
Researchers Turn Algae Leftovers into Renewable Products with Flare |
05/04/20 |
Exercise Boosts Motor Skill Learning Via Changes in Brain's Transmitters |
05/01/20 |
Biological Sciences Professor Terence Hwa, Alumnus Lawrence Goldstein Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
04/29/20 |
They Remember: Communities of Microbes Found to Have Working Memory |
04/22/20 |
Earth Connection Inspires Environmental Stewardship |
04/20/20 |
Daugherty and Root Awarded Hellman Fellowships |
04/15/20 |
Researchers Uncover Importance of Aligning Biological Clock with Day-Night Cycles |
04/15/20 |
A Deep Look into the Biology and Evolution of COVID-19 |
04/10/20 |
Reck-Peterson and Stevens Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship |
04/06/20 |
Dissecting COVID-19: Biology Professor Opens Infectious Disease Course to Public Audiences |
03/10/20 |
UC San Diego synthetic biologists redesign the way bacteria 'talk' to each other |
03/04/20 |
Quality Control Mechanisms inside Cells Help Clear Collisions |
02/27/20 |
Parkinson's Disease Protein Structure Solved inside Cells Using Novel Technique |
02/26/20 |
Researchers Identify Mechanism for Neurotransmitter‐Receptor Matchmaking |
02/12/20 |
Cressida Madigan Named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow |
02/11/20 |
Cell's Design Helps Launch Quick Defenses When under Attack |
02/05/20 |
Fly Model Offers New Approach to Unraveling 'Difficult' Pathogen |
02/04/20 |
Flyception 2.0: New Imaging Technology Tracks Complex Social Behavior |
01/29/20 |
Drug Lord's Hippos Make Their Mark on Foreign Ecosystem |
01/27/20 |
Algae Shown to Improve Gastrointestinal Health |
01/24/20 |
New Technology Boosts Gene-Drive Safety, Flexibility |
01/16/20 |
Mosquitoes Engineered to Repel Dengue Virus |
12/19/19 |
Hannah Grunwald and Stuart Brody Honored at 2019 Founding Faculty Awards |
12/17/19 |
UC San Diego neurobiologist part of $2 million project to study brain, motor-skill learning |
12/16/19 |
New CRISPR-based Gene-Drive System in Bacteria Defeats Antibiotic Resistance |
12/12/19 |
Cressida Madigan Selected as Searle Scholar |
12/09/19 |
CRISPR-Resistant Viruses Build 'Safe Rooms' to Shield Genomes from DNA-Dicing Enzymes |
11/26/19 |
Immunology Association Names Stephen Hedrick to its Inaugural Class of Distinguished Fellows |
11/21/19 |
Former Navy Jet Tech Takes Student Veterans Under Her Wing |
11/20/19 |
Researchers Identify Key Players in Cell Division |
11/12/19 |
Quantitative Biology Opens Trail to Ecological Exploration, Evolutionary Prediction |
11/06/19 |
In Memoriam: Russell Doolittle, 1931-2019 |
11/04/19 |
Carolyn Kurle Named Changemaker Faculty Fellow |
11/01/19 |
Waking Up to Why Sleep Health Matters |
11/01/19 |
Chrispeels Receives Gude Award from Plant Biology Society |
10/24/19 |
Alumna Profile: Doing the Impossible with Alternative Meats |
10/24/19 |
UC San Diego Biology Ranked Highly by U.S. News and World Report |
10/17/19 |
Findings Bridge Knowledge Gap between Pheromone Sensitivity and Courtship |
10/15/19 |
Natural loss of foot muscle in rodents shares mechanisms typically associated with disease and injury |
10/01/19 |
Omar Akbari Honored with NIH New Innovator Award |
10/01/19 |
Cracking How 'Water Bears' Survive the Extremes |
09/19/19 |
Wired to Think |
09/19/19 |
Biologists Untangle Growth and Defense in Maize, Define Key Antibiotic Pathways |
09/12/19 |
Susan Golden Elected to American Academy of Microbiology Board of Governors |
09/05/19 |
Synthetic Biologists Extend Functional Life of Cancer-Fighting Circuitry in Microbes |
08/29/19 |
Biological Sciences' Kimberly Cooper Selected for Renowned Awards |
08/12/19 |
Biologists Pioneer First Method to Decode Gene Expression |
07/31/19 |
David Traver Wins Prestigious International Hematology Award |
07/17/19 |
National Organizations Announce Funding to Support UC San Diego Neurobiologists |
07/09/19 |
Biological Sciences Undergrads Receive Saier Research Awards |
06/28/19 |
Raymond Mak Honored with Saltman Excellent Teaching Award |
06/24/19 |
Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure |
06/19/19 |
Borrowing from Astronomy to Rob the Twinkle from Brain Imagery |
06/19/19 |
Randy Hampton and Stephanie Mel Receive College Honors |
06/14/19 |
Viruses Found to Use Intricate 'Treadmill' to Move Cargo across Bacterial Cells |
06/13/19 |
Five Biology Graduate Students Receive NSF Research Fellowships |
06/10/19 |
Biology Students Receive Silagi Awards for Undergraduate Excellence |
05/30/19 |
UC San Diego Ranked Ninth in World in Biomedical Sciences |
05/24/19 |
Zebrafish Help Researchers Explore Alternatives to Bone Marrow Donation |
05/16/19 |
Researchers Unravel Mechanisms that Control Cell Size |
05/10/19 |
Shatterproof: The Seeds of a Blockbuster Discovery |
05/10/19 |
Joe Pogliano Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology |
05/09/19 |
Scientists Locate Brain Area Where Value Decisions Are Made |
05/07/19 |
Susan Ackerman and Bill McGinnis Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
05/06/19 |
Kit Pogliano: Q & A with New Dean of Biological Sciences |
04/23/19 |
Jens Lykke-Andersen Honored for Excellence in Graduate Teaching |
04/22/19 |
Angela Nicholson Wins 2019 Grad SLAM |
04/18/19 |
Susan Ackerman and Yishi Jin Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/18/19 |
On a New Path to STEM Success |
04/11/19 |
Pesticide Cocktail Can Harm Honey Bees |
04/11/19 |
Next-generation Gene Drive Arrives |
04/08/19 |
Biology Class Addresses Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through a Scientific Framework |
04/04/19 |
Grad Student Chandler Puritty Selected for Bouchet Society |
03/11/19 |
Julian Schroeder Awarded International Prize for Advances in Plant Research |
03/07/19 |
Researchers Discover a New Mechanism Used by Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics |
02/21/19 |
Insights from a Nobel Race and a Life in Science |
02/20/19 |
Foreign Bees Monopolize Prize Resources in Biodiversity Hotspot |
02/07/19 |
Nobel Laureate Returns to UC San Diego Crossroads |
01/31/19 |
Opposite Effect: Protein Widely Known to Fight Tumors Also Boosts Cancer Growth |
01/28/19 |
Widening the Pathway to a STEM Career |
01/28/19 |
UC San Diego Researchers Receive Funding to Address Critical Issues Facing California |
01/23/19 |
UC San Diego Researchers First to Use CRISPR/Cas9 to Control Genetic Inheritance in Mice |
01/08/19 |
New CRISPR-based Technology Developed to Control Pests with Precision-guided Genetics |
12/17/18 |
UC San Diego Awarded $2 Million to Advance Algae-based Renewable Polymers |
12/13/18 |
Coming to Light: Researchers Document Surprise Mobility in Wild Bacteria |
12/03/18 |
First Jellyfish Genome Reveals Ancient Beginnings of Complex Body Plan |
11/27/18 |
Dong-Er Zhang Named 2018 AAAS Fellow |
11/13/18 |
Neurobiologist David Kleinfeld to Lead $15 million NIH study |
11/01/18 |
Report Ranks UC San Diego Biology-Biochemistry as Ninth Best in World |
10/30/18 |
Graduate Students Honored with 2018 Founding Faculty Awards |
10/29/18 |
Biologists Discover Source for Boosting Tumor Cell Drug Sensitivity |
10/08/18 |
Rachel Dutton and David Traver Recognized with NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Awards |
09/27/18 |
Taking out the (Life-threatening) Garbage: Bacteria Eject Trash to Survive |
09/20/18 |
Physicists Train Robotic Gliders to Soar like Birds |
09/13/18 |
Nikon Imaging Center Opens at UC San Diego |
08/28/18 |
Sergey Kryazhimskiy Awarded Hellman Fellowship |
08/14/18 |
Byproducts of 'Junk DNA' Implicated in Cancer Spread |
08/13/18 |
Byungkook Lim Honored for Research Achievements By Brain and Behavior Foundation |
07/25/18 |
Bacterial Communities Use Sophisticated Strategy to Communicate over Long Distances |
07/18/18 |
Biological Sciences Neurobiologist Recognized by National Programs |
07/12/18 |
Scientists ID Protein Exploited by Virus Ravaging West Africa |
07/10/18 |
UC San Diego Biologists Discover Process That Neutralizes Tumors |
07/09/18 |
New Dean Selected to Lead UC San Diego's Division of Biological Sciences |
06/28/18 |
In Memoriam: Dan Lindsley, 1925-2018 |
06/26/18 |
Biology Professor Delivers Minority Scientist Lecture at Global Conference |
06/19/18 |
A Sprinkle of Platinum Nanoparticles onto Graphene Makes Brain Probes More Sensitive |
06/19/18 |
UC San Diego Launches New Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development |
06/14/18 |
UC San Diego Biologists Named New Pew Scholars |
06/11/18 |
Amy Pasquinelli Awarded Grant on Aging Research |
05/25/18 |
Keefe Reuther Receives Distinguished Teaching Award |
05/23/18 |
Reck-Peterson Named HHMI Investigator |
05/22/18 |
Scientists, Middle School Students Team Up to Learn More about Life in Space |
05/22/18 |
Biology Undergraduates Honored for Research Achievements |
05/17/18 |
Researchers Identify Gene That Helps Prevent Brain Disease |
05/14/18 |
Scientists Find Missing Factor in Gene Activation |
05/08/18 |
Two Biology Graduate Students Receive National Science Foundation Fellowships |
05/02/18 |
A Drug Lord and the World's Largest Invasive Animal |
05/01/18 |
Three UC San Diego Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/30/18 |
Jim Posakony Honored with 2018 UC San Diego Integrity Award |
04/26/18 |
Researchers Uncover Mechanisms That Impair Immune System Defenses |
04/25/18 |
Brain Activity Linked to Stress Changes Chemical Codes |
04/17/18 |
Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest |
04/06/18 |
Enfu Hui Named 2018 Searle Scholar |
03/29/18 |
Virus Found to Adapt through Newly Discovered Path of Evolution |
03/20/18 |
Microbiology Academy Names Lorraine Pillus as New Fellow |
03/13/18 |
Biology Graduate Student Honored for EDI Leadership |
03/08/18 |
Thinking Outside the Museum Box |
03/08/18 |
Yishi Jin Named to Junior Seau Endowed Faculty Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury |
03/05/18 |
Researchers Film Bacteria Using "Hand-to-Hand" Combat to Steal Antibiotic Resistance Genes |
03/02/18 |
Susan Golden to Receive International Research Honor |
02/26/18 |
Taking Aim at Mosquitoes and Disease |
02/13/18 |
Surprise Finding Points to DNA's Role in Shaping Cells |
02/12/18 |
What Makes a Good Egg? |
02/06/18 |
Active Genetics Technology Opens New Horizons |
02/05/18 |
UC San Diego Undergraduate Synthesizes Visual Arts, Community Engagement and Scientific Research for Health Activism |
01/29/18 |
Novel Technologies Reveal Key Information About Depleted East Pacific Green Sea Turtles |
01/25/18 |
Discovery Offers New Genetic Pathway for Injured Nerve Regeneration |
01/19/18 |
Biology Professors Named World's Most Influential in Their Fields |
01/10/18 |
Worldwide Importance of Honey Bees for Natural Habitats Captured in New Report |
12/22/17 |
Emily Petty Honored with Chancellor's Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award |
12/19/17 |
Pesticides and Poor Nutrition Damage Animal Health |
12/19/17 |
Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism Underlying Hydra's Regenerative Ability |
12/11/17 |
Scientists Identify Promising New Approach for Immune System Defense against Cancer |
12/01/17 |
Six Biology Graduate Students Awarded 2017 Goeddel Fellowships |
11/29/17 |
James Nieh Named Fellow of Royal Entomological Society |
11/28/17 |
Women Rising |
11/28/17 |
Don Helinski Honored with Revelle Medal |
11/20/17 |
Lorraine Pillus Named 2017 AAAS Fellow |
11/06/17 |
Researchers Discover New Pathway for Handling Stress |
11/03/17 |
11 UC San Diego Faculty Members Honored with Hellman Fellowships |
11/02/17 |
Scientists Decipher Mechanisms Underlying the Biology of Aging |
10/27/17 |
UC San Diego Researchers Solve Mystery of Oxygenation Connections in the Brain |
10/27/17 |
UC San Diego Biology-Biochemistry Ranked Eighth in the World |
10/20/17 |
Mutant Gene Found to Fuel Cancer-Promoting Effects of Inflammation |
10/17/17 |
Pair of Discoveries Illuminate New Paths to Flu and Anthrax Treatments |
10/13/17 |
Luring Hornets: Scientists Unlock Sex Pheromone of Notorious Honey Bee Predator |
10/13/17 |
Bingfei Yu Wins 2017 Biology Founding Faculty Award |
10/05/17 |
A Flip Flop Revolution |
10/05/17 |
Emma Farley Garners National High-Risk, High-Reward Award |
09/25/17 |
UC San Diego Researchers Explain the Mechanism of Asexual Reproduction in Freshwater Flatworms |
09/21/17 |
Locking Down the Big Bang of Immune Cells |
09/14/17 |
Neurobiologists Selected for National Awards |
09/13/17 |
Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders |
09/07/17 |
New Insights on Cell Transport Motor Reveal a Surprise of Acceleration |
09/01/17 |
UC Funds New Pathway for Graduate Diversity |
08/31/17 |
Scents and Social Preference: Neuroscientists ID the Roots of Attraction |
08/15/17 |
Marie Adomako Receives HHMI Gilliam Fellowship |
08/14/17 |
Challenge and Tragedy Shape an Alum's Bright Future |
08/07/17 |
A New View for Protein Turnover in the Brain |
07/25/17 |
Thousands of Genes Exchanged within Microbial Communities Living on Cheese |
07/21/17 |
Broughton Awarded Chancellor's Dissertation Medal |
07/19/17 |
UC San Diego Researchers Join $14.9 Million Fight Against Disease-transmitting Mosquitoes |
07/17/17 |
New Study of Brain Circuits Finds Key Links to Symptoms of Depression |
07/13/17 |
Scientists Invent New Tool for the Synthetic Biologist's Toolbox |
07/10/17 |
Challenging Norms and Making a Difference in STEM Education |
07/05/17 |
Biologist Elected to German National Academy |
06/15/17 |
UC San Diego Biologists Named Pew Scholars |
06/09/17 |
Biology Undergrad Links Underserved Students to STEM Opportunities |
06/09/17 |
Barton Receives Simons Foundation Early Career Award |
06/06/17 |
Dianne Pater Honored by Bouchet Graduate Society |
05/22/17 |
Study Finds Bacteria Living in Marine Sponge Produce Toxic Flame Retardant-Like Compounds |
05/11/17 |
Measuring the Impact of a Changing Climate on Threatened Yellowstone Grizzly Bears |
05/04/17 |
Q&A with Heather Henter, Academic Coordinator, UC San Diego Natural Reserve System |
05/04/17 |
Biology Students Receive Five Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships |
05/04/17 |
Scientists Complete First EPA-Approved Outdoor Field Trial for Genetically Engineered Algae |
04/26/17 |
Common Pesticide Damages Honey Bee's Ability to Fly, Research Finds |
04/24/17 |
In Memoriam, Gordon H. Sato, 1927-2017 |
04/21/17 |
James Kadonaga Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/07/17 |
Stephanie Mel Honored for Exceptional Undergraduate Teaching |
04/06/17 |
UC San Diego Biologists Discover Timesharing Strategy in Bacteria |
03/21/17 |
Ancient Biological Clockwork Revealed Using 'Secret Sauce' |
02/22/17 |
Sergey Kryazhimskiy Named 2017 Sloan Research Fellow |
02/09/17 |
In Memoriam: Jonathan Singer 1924-2017 |
01/30/17 |
UC San Diego Biologists Unlock Code Regulating Most Human Genes |
01/18/17 |
Study Shows Signs of Hope for Endangered Sea Turtles |
01/18/17 |
Biologists Discover How Viruses Hijack Cell's Machinery |
01/17/17 |
Bacteria Recruit Other Species with Long-Range Electrical Signals |
12/21/16 |
Candice Sy Wins First Gabriele Wienhausen Biological Sciences Scholarship |
12/16/16 |
Junior Seau Foundation Supports Brain Injury Studies and Education at UC San Diego |
11/28/16 |
Biologists Watch Speciation in a Laboratory Flask |
11/10/16 |
Hacking a Revolution in Biology |
11/10/16 |
Two Biology Graduate Students Awarded ARCS Foundation Fellowships |
10/27/16 |
Active Genetics Goes Global |
10/27/16 |
Breaking Ground |
10/21/16 |
Five Graduate Students Awarded David Goeddel Fellowships |
10/17/16 |
Four Teams of Neurobiologists Awarded NIH BRAIN Grants |
10/14/16 |
Rachel Dutton Awarded Packard Fellowship |
10/10/16 |
Kyle Begovich Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship |
10/07/16 |
Albert Lim and Ben Rubin Win 2016 Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence |
10/07/16 |
Four Biologists Receive More Than $3 Million for Transformative Research |
09/27/16 |
Three UC San Diego Biologists Receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar Awards |
08/22/16 |
Single-Celled Fungi Multiply, Alien-Like, by Fusing Cells in Host |
08/08/16 |
Contamination from Marine Mammals May Hamper Recovery of California Condors |
08/01/16 |
Scientists Determine How Birds Soar to Great Heights |
07/20/16 |
Synthetic Biology Used to Limit Bacterial Growth and Coordinate Drug Release |
07/06/16 |
In Memoriam: William Loomis, Distinguished Professor of Biology, 1940-2016 |
06/21/16 |
Daniela Zarate Awarded 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
05/26/16 |
Slime Mold Reveals Clues to Immune Cells' Directional Abilities |
05/23/16 |
UC San Diego's Algae Biofuels Program Ranked Best in Nation |
03/29/16 |
Say 'Cheese' |
04/11/16 |
Biologists Discover New Strategy to Treat Central Nervous System Injury |
04/05/16 |
In Memoriam, Ted J. Case, 1947-2015 |
04/04/16 |
Leilani Cruz Named to Bouchet Graduate Honor Society |
03/29/16 |
Beach Replenishment May Have 'Far Reaching' Impacts on Ecosystems |
03/29/16 |
Biologists Discover Sophisticated “Alarm” Signals in Honey Bees |
03/28/16 |
Elsa Cleland and Darwin Berg Win 2016 Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Awards |
03/23/16 |
Ethan Bier Named Allen Distinguished Investigator |
03/08/16 |
UC San Diego Biophysicists Discover How Hydra Opens Its Mouth |
02/29/16 |
Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins Named 2016 Cottrell Scholar |
02/03/16 |
Valentino Gantz Wins Biology Founding Faculty Award for Graduate Excellence |
01/22/16 |
Biologists Develop Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing |
01/04/16 |
In Memoriam, David Woodruff, 1943-2015 |
12/22/15 |
Sascha Duttke Wins 2014-15 Kamen Prize |
12/09/15 |
New Method Allows Scientists to Screen Natural Products for Antibiotics |
12/07/15 |
Gentry Patrick Receives Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Presidential Initiatives |
12/02/15 |
Researchers Unravel Age-Old Mystery of Why Cells Use Fermentation |
11/30/15 |
Gen-Sheng Feng and Beverly Emerson Named AAAS Fellows |
11/23/15 |
Biologists Create Malaria-Blocking Mosquitoes |
10/29/15 |
Biology Graduate Prepares for Mission on Space Station |
10/29/15 |
Mining Microbes: Division Plays Key Role in Campus Initiative |
10/21/15 |
Roberto Malinow Elected to National Academy of Medicine |
10/21/15 |
Study Finds More Tunnels in Ant Nests Means More Food for Colony |
10/21/15 |
Biologists Discover Bacteria Communicate Like Neurons in the Brain |
10/19/15 |
Kimberly Cooper Awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship |
10/15/15 |
A Mentor for Success |
10/12/15 |
Bill Kristan Honored with Award for Education in Neuroscience |
10/08/15 |
UC San Diego Biology Ranks 6th in U.S. News Global Rankings |
10/08/15 |
Evolution of Kangaroo-Like Jerboas Sheds Light on Limb Development |
10/06/15 |
Eric Bennett and Brenda Bloodgood Win NIH New Innovator Awards |
10/06/15 |
Division Partners with 2 Other Campus Units on $8.6-Million NIH Grant |
09/11/15 |
Study Shows Africanized Bees Continue to Spread in California |
08/24/15 |
Study Finds Black Bears in Yosemite Forage Primarily on Plants and Nuts |
08/21/15 |
Life Sciences at UC San Diego Ranked 11th Best in World |
08/20/15 |
Study Provides Hope for Some Human Stem Cell Therapies |
08/07/15 |
Ipshita Zutshi Awarded HHMI International Student Fellowship |
08/03/15 |
Alumnus David Goeddel Funds Fellowship for Next Generation Scientists |
07/22/15 |
Resolving Social Conflict Is Key to Survival of Bacterial Communities |
07/01/15 |
Flatworms Could Replace Mammals for Some Toxicology Tests |
06/22/15 |
Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells |
06/15/15 |
Gürol Süel Wins Scialog Award |
06/11/15 |
Brenda Bloodgood and Kimberly Cooper Named Pew Scholars |
05/28/15 |
Tiny Parasite May Contribute to Declines in Honey Bee Colonies by Infecting Larvae |
05/20/15 |
Chih-Ying Su Awarded Hellman Fellowship |
05/20/15 |
Biology Students Join Hundreds of Undergraduates Across Nation to Co-Author Genomics Research Paper |
05/13/15 |
David Kleinfeld Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/29/15 |
Brenda Bloodgood Wins Inaugural Cal-BRAIN Funding |
04/29/15 |
Julian Schroeder and Russell Lande Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
04/29/15 |
UC San Diego Biological Sciences Ranks 14th in World |
04/24/15 |
Surfing into a Greener Future |
04/15/15 |
Lydia Hernandez and Marty Flores Recognized for Outreach and Service |
04/15/15 |
Kimberly Cooper and Byungkook Lim Named 2015 Searle Scholars |
03/19/15 |
New Genetic Method Promises to Advance Gene Research and Control Insect Pests |
03/19/15 |
Meeting on 'Green Revolution 2.0' Draws Researchers and New Ideas |
03/04/15 |
The Future of Neurosciences at UC San Diego |
02/13/15 |
Training the Next Generation of San Diego Biologists |
01/21/15 |
A Blind Date with Science |
12/30/14 |
Study Sheds Light on What Causes Cells to Divide |
11/03/14 |
York Hall Science Labs Get $6.5 Million Makeover to Help Students Graduate in Four Years |
10/23/14 |
Julian Schroeder Elected President of American Society of Plant Biologists |
10/13/14 |
Moderate Levels of 'Free Radicals' Found Beneficial to Healing Wounds |
10/09/14 |
Brain Trust |
10/09/14 |
Division Ranks Number 2 in Nation in Undergraduate Biology Education |
09/30/14 |
Four Biology Professors Win NIH Grants from Obama's BRAIN Initiative |
09/30/14 |
New Genetic 'Operating System' Facilitated Evolution of 'Bilateral' Animals |
08/21/14 |
Local Students Experience Science at UC San Diego |
08/18/14 |
Biologists Detail the Brain's Balancing Act |
08/15/14 |
Quantitative Biology approach reveals importance of physical constraints on critical DNA interaction |
08/01/14 |
Birthday Matters for Wiring-Up the Brain's Vision Centers |
07/28/14 |
Study Suggests Disruptive Effects of Anesthesia on Brain Cell Connections Are Temporary |
07/23/14 |
Researchers Produce a Plant Library of Master Genetic Switches |
07/16/14 |
Eva-Maria Collins and Eric Bennett Win Hellman Fellowship |
07/07/14 |
Discovery Provides Insights on How Plants Respond to Elevated CO2 Levels |
07/07/14 |
Why 'Whispers' Among Bees Sometimes Evolve Into 'Shouts' |
06/30/14 |
Susan Golden Named HHMI Professor |
06/23/14 |
Biologists Find 'Missing Link' in the Production of Protein Factories in Cells |
06/20/14 |
Joseph Lucas and Miao-Ping Chien Win Kamen Prize |
06/01/14 |
How to Erase a Memory – And Restore It |
06/06/14 |
Alexa Clemmons Wins The Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Students |
06/05/14 |
UC San Diego Faculty 'Go Global' with Two New MOOCs |
05/16/14 |
Division Helps Launch Campus Science Fiction Film Series |
05/15/14 |
Larry Goldstein Wins UC San Diego Alumni Award for Distinguished Leadership |
05/14/14 |
Takaki Komiyama Wins 2014 McKnight Scholar Award |
05/05/14 |
Motor Cortex Shown to Play Active Role in Learning Movement Patterns |
04/28/14 |
Biology Major Elizabeth Kim Wins Prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship |
04/24/14 |
Shannon Lauberth Receives 2014 Kimmel Scholar Award |
04/15/14 |
Biologists Develop Nanosensors to Visualize Movements and Distribution of Plant Stress Hormone |
04/09/14 |
UC San Diego Researchers Develop Bacterial 'FM Radio' |
03/21/14 |
Lin Chao Honored for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
03/21/14 |
Lord of the Bees |
03/17/14 |
Study Finds that Fast-Moving Cells in the Human Immune System Walk in a Stepwise Manner |
03/13/14 |
UC San Diego Biological Sciences Ph.D. Program Ranked Among Nation's Best |
03/07/14 |
Motion-Sensing Cells in the Eye Let the Brain 'Know' About Directional Changes |
02/24/14 |
Kyoto Prize Lecture |
02/12/14 |
In Memoriam: Percy J. Russell |
01/30/14 |
'Barcoding' Life |
01/24/14 |
16 Biology Undergrads Win Gates Millennium Scholarships |
01/02/14 |
Biologists Discover Solution to Problem Limiting Development of Human Stem Cell Therapies |
12/02/13 |
Quantitative Approaches Provide New Perspective on Development of Antibiotic Resistance |
11/15/13 |
Biology Major, Lauren Mejia, Receives NAVSEA/SPAWAR Navy Scholarship |
10/10/13 |
New Dean Seeks to Improve Undergraduate Experience |
10/04/13 |
Fear of Predators Drives Honey Bees Away from Good Food Sources |
09/26/13 |
Wildlife Extinction Rates Skyrocket After Forest Disturbance |
09/18/13 |
Biologists Discover New Method for Discovering Antibiotics |
09/11/13 |
Biologists Uncover Mechanisms for Cholera Toxin's Deadly Effects |
09/04/13 |
Biologists Uncover Details of How We Squelch Defective Neurons |
08/23/13 |
Life Sciences at UC San Diego Ranked Seventh Best in World |
08/07/13 |
Simple Math Sheds New Light on a Long-Studied Biological Process |
07/31/13 |
UC San Diego Receives $1.15 Million NSF Grant for Biology 'Boot Camps' |
07/24/13 |
UC San Diego Biologists Receive $1 Million W.M. Keck Foundation Grant |
06/21/13 |
Distinguished UC San Diego Developmental Biologist Named Dean of Biological Sciences |
06/19/13 |
Emily Troemel named 2013 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator |
06/13/13 |
Two Young UC San Diego Faculty Members Named Pew Scholars |
05/28/13 |
Tracy Johnson named one of the Top 20 Women Professors in California |
05/28/13 |
Andrew Huberman named 2013 McKnight Scholar |
05/24/13 |
Graduate Student Sharon Torigoe wins Kamen Prize |
05/23/13 |
Li-Fan Lu and Jose Pruneda-Paz named Hellman Faculty Fellows |
05/17/13 |
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Awarded to Molecular Biology Major Chiara Ricci-Tam |
05/16/13 |
UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping |
05/01/13 |
Nick Spitzer Elected into the National Academy of Sciences |
05/01/13 |
New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands |
04/25/13 |
Longer Days Bring 'Winter Blues'–For Rats, Not Humans |
04/24/13 |
Discovery of Wound-Healing Genes in Flies Could Mitigate Human Skin Ailments |
04/19/13 |
Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae |
04/15/13 |
Emily Troemel Receives 2013 Merck Irving Sigal Memorial Award |
03/14/13 |
Professors Johnson and Spitzer honored with 2013 Faculty Excellence Awards |
03/07/13 |
UC San Diego Biologists Produce Rainbow-Colored Algae |
03/07/13 |
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Awards $1.6 Million to Young Investigator Suckjoon Jun |
03/05/13 |
Eva-Maria Schoetz Collins Named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow |
02/28/13 |
Biology of Time Change |
02/21/13 |
Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues |
12/10/12 |
Biologists Engineer Algae to Make Complex Anti-Cancer 'Designer' Drug |
11/26/12 |
Bioengineered Marine Algae Expands Environments Where Biofuels Can Be Produced |
11/08/12 |
An Innovative Approach to Halting Roundworm Infections |
10/23/12 |
Associate Dean for Education Selected as Vision and Change Leadership Fellow |
09/24/12 |
Discovery May Shed Light on Why Some HIV-Positive Patients Have More Virus |
09/07/12 |
Professors Goldrath and Traver Receive Funding from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
08/16/12 |
Biological Sciences at UC San Diego Ranked 9th in World Survey |
08/06/12 |
Tim Baker Honored with Microscopy Society of America 2012 Distinguished Scientist Award |
07/12/12 |
Discovery of Chemical That Affects Biological Clock Offers New Way to Treat Diabetes |
06/06/12 |
Two Biology Undergraduates Receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship |
06/05/12 |
Assistant Professor Carolyn Kurle Named 2012-2013 Hellman Faculty Fellow |
06/04/12 |
Graduate Student Mira Chaurushiya Wins 2011-2012 Kamen Prize |
05/25/12 |
Undergraduate Hannah Wang Wins 2012 Selma and Robert Silagi Award |
05/23/12 |
Commonly Used Pesticide Turns Honey Bees into 'Picky Eaters' |
05/23/12 |
More Plant Species Responding to Global Warming Than Previously Thought |
05/16/12 |
UC San Diego Biologists Produce Potential Malarial Vaccine from Algae |
05/14/12 |
Gabriele Wienhausen Honored with 2012 Athena Pinnacle Award in Education |
05/08/12 |
Plant Biologists From Across Country to Converge in San Diego to Discuss Future of Food, Fuel |
05/02/12 |
Study Shows Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change |
05/02/12 |
Roberto Malinow Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
04/12/12 |
Studies Reveal How Cells Distinguish Between Disease-Causing and Innocuous Invaders |
03/22/12 |
Two Biology Professors Honored with Faculty Excellence Awards |
03/12/12 |
Nick Spitzer on KPBS Midday Edition: Thursday, March 15 |
02/21/12 |
Three Faculty Named Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fellows |
01/18/12 |
Therese Markow Wins George W. Beadle Award from Genetics Society of America |
01/05/12 |
San Diego's Algal Biofuels Research Enterprise Continues Rapid Growth |
12/18/11 |
Researchers Create Living 'Neon Signs' Composed of Millions of Glowing Bacteria |
12/08/11 |
Jim Posakony Named 2011 AAAS Fellow |
12/07/11 |
Fire Ants' Spread Aided by Partnership With Other Insects |
12/02/11 |
Ananda Goldrath named Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar |
12/01/11 |
Founding Biologist at UC San Diego Dies at 89 |
11/22/11 |
Biologists Use Algae-Produced Protein in Global Health Initiative |
11/17/11 |
Worms Reveal Secrets of Wound Healing Response |
11/03/11 |
Biologists Use Flies and Mice to Get to the Heart of Down Syndrome |
10/27/11 |
Do Bacteria Age? Biologists Discover the Answer Follows Simple Economics |
10/24/11 |
UC San Diego Biologists Unravel How Plants Synthesize Their Growth Hormone |
09/22/11 |
UC San Diego Biologists Discover Genes That Repair Nerves After Injury |
09/21/11 |
Old-growth rainforests must be saved for tropical biodiversity |
09/07/11 |
Biofuels Certificate Program Trains Workers for New Jobs in State's Green Economy |
09/08/11 |
Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks |
08/18/11 |
Biologists' Discovery May Force Revision of Biology Textbooks |
07/13/11 |
Biologists Discover an 'Evening' Protein Complex That Regulates Plant Growth |
07/08/10 |
UC San Diego Biologists Find Way to Lower Tumor Risk in Stem Cell Therapies |
06/28/10 |
DOE Awards UC San Diego Consortium $9 Million for Algal Biofuels Research |
06/07/10 |
Bees, Biology and Chemistry: Bringing Graduate Level Research to High School Classrooms |
05/27/10 |
Supporting Promising Young Faculty: The 2010 Hellman Faculty Fellows Announced |
05/17/10 |
UC San Diego Biologists Unravel Mechanisms of How Immune Cells Move |
04/19/10 |
Biology Professor William McGinnis Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/15/10 |
High-Altitude Metabolism Lets Mice Stay Slim and Healthy on a High-Fat Diet |
04/14/10 |
UC San Diego Biologist Receives 2010 World Ecology Award |
03/31/10 |
Dean Steve Kay Among UC San Diego Faculty Excellence Awards Honorees |
03/25/10 |
UC San Diego's “Biotech Demystified” Program Offers Science Basics For Industry Leaders |
03/23/10 |
Study Finds Bacteria Divide Like Clockwork |
03/15/10 |
Synergy Between Two Types of De-worming Drugs Found Promising in a Lab Test |
03/09/10 |
Study Shows Potential for Using Algae to Produce Human Therapeutic Proteins |
03/05/10 |
UC San Diego Establishes Center for Chronobiology |
02/24/10 |
Bt Protein Found Effective Against Parasitic Roundworm Infections |
02/20/10 |
Genes, Environment, or Chance? |
02/19/10 |
Biologists Discover How Biological Clock Controls Cell Division in Bacteria |
02/17/10 |
Biologists Image Birth of Blood-Forming, Stem Cells in Embryo |
02/11/10 |
Biologist Discovers 'Stop' Signal in Honey Bee Communication |
02/01/10 |
In Love with Research, and with Each Other |
01/20/10 |
UC San Diego Researchers Synchronize Blinking “Genetic Clocks” |
01/15/10 |
Wilder Weather Exerts a Stronger Influence on Biodiversity Than Steadily Changing Conditions |
01/11/10 |
Researchers Identify microRNA Targets in C. elegans |
01/08/10 |
One of Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year |
01/07/10 |
Biologists Develop Efficient Genetic Modification of Human Embryonic Stem Cells |
01/04/10 |
Associate Professor David Holway named Faculty Director of UCSD's Natural Reserve System |
12/17/09 |
Dean Steve Kay and Biology Professor Robert Schmidt named 2009 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
12/14/09 |
Newly Identified Enzymes Help Plants Sense and Respond to Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Could Lead to Water-wise Crops |
12/02/09 |
A Sapphire Energy Co-Founder Sees Solutions in Algae for Drugs as Well as Biofuels |
11/16/09 |
Study Finds Bees Can Learn Differences in Food's Temperature |
11/06/09 |
Neurobiologists determine how the brain represents both faint and intense signals |
11/05/09 |
2009 Graduate Retreat- A great success |
11/02/09 |
Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego |
10/26/09 |
Scientists learn how hormones aid plants in drought (San Diego Union-Tribune) |
10/24/09 |
Noriyuki Nishimura Wins 2009 Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award |
10/23/09 |
Scientists Making Crops Drought Tolerant (KPBS) |
10/23/09 |
Jim Wilhelm Receives 2009 New Scholar Award in Aging |
10/22/09 |
Shape of a hormone sensor helps biologists understand how plants survive drought |
10/19/09 |
Fizzy drinks leave sour taste (Australian Broadcast Corporation News) |
10/19/09 |
How Tongues Taste the Carbonation in a Fizzy Beverage (NY Times) |
10/19/09 |
Tongue's Sour-Sensing Cells Taste Carbonation (Science News) |
10/15/09 |
Scientists Discover Protein Receptor for Carbonation Taste |
10/07/09 |
Division Congratulates Nobel Winning Alum (Nobel Foundation) |
09/23/09 |
UCSD Team Looks at Body's Clock (Del Mar Times) |
09/17/09 |
Interest in algae's oil prospects is growing (LA Times) |
09/17/09 |
Algae as Fuel of the Future Faces Great Expectations - and Obstacles (NY Times) |
09/17/09 |
Insulin-Linked Genes Tied to Body's Internal Clock (US News & World Report) |
09/17/09 |
RNA Screen IDs Pathways Influencing Human Circadian Clock (GenomeWeb) |
09/17/09 |
Genes controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock |
09/02/09 |
Neurobiologists identify an essential protein for axon regrowth in animal model |
08/27/09 |
Students Travel to Panama for Research Expedition |
08/11/09 |
Experimental drug can kill roundworms |
08/10/09 |
Discovery Could Help Stem Infections of Parasitic Roundworms |
08/07/09 |
Extinction 'Gene': Some Species Are More at Risk |
08/07/09 |
Extinction hits 'whole families' |
08/07/09 |
Extinction: Is It in the Genes? |
08/03/09 |
Extinction Runs in the Family |
07/20/09 |
New Life Histories Emerge for Invasive Wasps, Magnify Ecological Harm |
07/07/09 |
National Parks in Kenya Not Insulated From Wildlife Declines |
07/01/09 |
Making Plants That Sip, Not Gulp, Water |
06/24/09 |
Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Defeat a Treatment-Resistant Type of Cancer |
06/18/09 |
Success of Socrates Fellows Program Shows After One Year |
06/15/09 |
Biologist-comic seeks good chemistry with audience |
06/10/09 |
“Weedy” Bird Species May Win as Temperatures Rise |
06/04/09 |
Division Celebrates First-Ever Research Showcase 2009! |
06/01/09 |
Graduate Student Community Awards |
05/28/09 |
Academic Senate Teaching Awards |
05/21/09 |
Biology Sweeps UCSD Alumni Awards |
05/20/09 |
Scientists crack the mystery of why some birds lay more eggs than others |
05/13/09 |
UC San Diego Assistant Professors Receive Hellman Faculty Fellows Awards |
05/11/09 |
Islands top a global list of places to protect |
05/08/09 |
UC San Diego Expands Summer Program for Undergraduate Cyberinfrastructure Research in Asia and Pacific Rim |
05/04/09 |
Strong Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion |
05/01/09 |
Plant genetics could yield crops that need less water |
04/30/09 |
CIRM Awards $5 Million Early Translational Grant to UC San Diego Researcher |
04/30/09 |
2009 Herbert Stern Lecture: Control of Cell Fate and Body Growth in Drosophila |
04/30/09 |
NY Times: Sustainability and Crop Engineering |
04/29/09 |
2009 Stephen Kuffler Lectures |
04/28/09 |
Regional Partnership to Develop Algal Biofuels Gets Backing of San Diego Leaders |
04/20/09 |
Martin Yanofsky named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
04/17/09 |
Nature Matters Lecture: Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems |
04/08/09 |
Nigel Crawford Presented Faculty Excellence Award |
04/04/09 |
Scientists and Investors Mingle at Summit |
03/31/09 |
Pioneering Geneticist Named Recipient of 2009 UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award |
03/24/09 |
UC San Diego Biologists Discover a Protein Link to Wound Healing |
03/13/09 |
Biologists Discover Missing Piece of Plant Clock |
03/05/09 |
New Explanation for a Puzzling Biological Divide Along the Malay Peninsula |
02/12/09 |
Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin |
02/12/09 |
The other legacy of Charles Darwin |
02/12/09 |
Celebrating Darwin's Legacy: Interview with Dean Kay |
02/05/09 |
Kit Pogliano Elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology |
01/26/08 |
Algae Could Boost Jobs in San Diego |
01/21/08 |
San Diego Algae Biofuels Industry Gains Steam With R&D Consortium |
01/01/08 |
Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston |
12/18/08 |
Three Biological Sciences Professors Named AAAS Fellows |
12/18/08 |
Fruits of the fly |
12/09/08 |
Why Do Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg? UC San Diego Study Offers Some Answers |
12/08/08 |
Discovery of Microbe in Roundworm Provides Animal Model for 'Emerging Pathogen' |
11/25/08 |
Do Plants have Body Clocks? The Naked Scientists interviews Dean Steave Kay |
11/24/08 |
Flies May Reveal Evolutionary Step to Live Birth |
11/13/08 |
Experts in science, medicine and technology weigh in on what the new president should do first |
11/12/08 |
Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells |
11/09/08 |
Tumors Grow Faster Without Blood-Supply Promoting Molecule |
11/04/08 |
Nature Matters: Free Public Lectures Tell How Modern Ecology Can Guide Conservation |
10/30/08 |
UC San Diego Biologists Discover a Motor Protein That Rewinds DNA |
10/28/08 |
Study Confirms Amphibians' Ability to Predict Changes in Biodiversity |
10/23/08 |
Protein Compass Guides Amoebas Toward Their Prey |
10/22/08 |
UCSD Near You Program Connects UC San Diego with Alumni in New York and Bay Area |
10/13/08 |
Sejnowski Elected to Institute of Medicine |
09/29/08 |
Eureka! Program Gives Undergrads Chance to Trade Summer Jobs for Opportunity to Conduct Hands-on Research |
09/15/08 |
Biologists Identify Genes Controlling Rhythmic Plant Growth |
09/02/08 |
Algae is the Answer |
07/30/08 |
Olfactory Fine-Tuning Helps Fruit Flies Find Their Mates |
07/24/08 |
Biologist Bill Loomis on Life As It Is |
07/22/08 |
Bio Grad Students Megan Eckles and Sam Lasse Help Bring Research into Area Classrooms |
07/11/08 |
Two Biology Faculty Named Hellman Fellows |
07/10/08 |
Wasps and Bumble Bees Heat Up, Fly Faster With Protein-Rich Food |
07/07/08 |
Biodiversity Maps Developed by UC San Diego Scientists Will Help to Guide Conservation Measures in East Africa |
06/30/08 |
Bio Grad Awarded Fulbright Grant to Study in Uruguay |
06/23/08 |
UCSD Scientists Highlight Biofuels, Stem Cells Research at Biotech Convention |
06/17/08 |
Scientists Discover DNA Knot Keeps Viral Genes Tightly Corked Inside Shell |
06/11/08 |
Staff in Memoriam: Mary La Blue |
05/27/08 |
UC San Diego Biology Professor Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator |
05/12/08 |
EPO: Tale of Mice and (Super) Men |
04/29/08 |
Two Plant Biologists at UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
04/28/08 |
2008 Life Sciences Career Expo, hosted by BSSA |
04/18/08 |
UC San Diego Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene |
04/17/08 |
Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin - Washington Post |
04/17/08 |
UC San Diego Study Finds Mice Can Sense Oxygen Through Skin |
04/02/08 |
Biology Senior and Biology Alumnus Win Top Awards from UC San Diego Alumni Association |
03/11/08 |
Biologists at UC San Diego Identify Key Protein in Cell's “Self-Eating” Function |
02/27/08 |
Study Finds Future 'Battlegrounds' for Conservation Very Different to Those in Past |
02/27/08 |
Gene That Controls Ozone Resistance of Plants Could Lead to Drought-Resistant Crops |
02/26/08 |
Fourth “Evolution Matters” Lecture Unravels the “Abominable Mystery” of Flowers |
02/19/08 |
Third “Evolution Matters” Lecture Explores Nature's Complexities — from Human Brain to Rainforest |
02/05/08 |
Ant "Super Colony" Could Endanger San Diego's Local Ecology |
02/04/08 |
Part of the Solution: UCSD Organizes Conference to Discuss Developing Biofuels to Replace Dependence on Oil |
01/10/08 |
Second “Evolution Matters” Lecture Focuses on Genetic Patterns of Embryos, Kinship among Species |
12/20/07 |
Biologists Find Unusual Plant Gene: Abstinence by Mutual Consent |
12/19/07 |
South American Ants Eating Way Across California |
12/18/07 |
Study Links Success of Invasive Argentine Ants to Diet Shifts |
12/13/07 |
5 local scientists get slice of stem cell research pie |
12/13/07 |
UC San Diego Researcher Receives New Faculty Award for Stem Cell Research from The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) |
12/13/07 |
UC San Diego Selected for Nationwide Science Education Program |
12/10/07 |
Threatened Birds May Be Rarer than Geographic Range Maps Suggest |
12/07/07 |
Discovery of Fruit Fly Model Could Help Stroke and Transplant Patients |
11/15/07 |
Division's Evolution Matters Public Lecture Series to Explain Biological Links among All Living Creatures |
10/29/07 |
Professor Stephen Briggs Named to AAAS |
10/17/07 |
Eng Endowment of $50K Supports Wilderness Studies at UC San Diego |
10/17/07 |
Discovery of New Antiviral Mechanism in Mammals May Improve Treatment of Hepatitis C Infections |
10/04/07 |
Division's Undergraduate Student Organization (BSSA ) Launches New Year |
09/17/07 |
Scripps Research Institute Biologist Named UCSD Dean of Biological Sciences |
09/10/07 |
Professor Maarten Chrispeels Named an inaugural Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists |
09/05/07 |
In First Step of Promising Partnership, Chile Will Send Scholars to UC San Diego to Boost Chile's Biotech Science |
08/13/07 |
Interaction of Two Genes Governs Coloration Patterns in Mice |
08/08/07 |
Researchers Examine How Cells Change the Pace of Their Steps |
08/07/07 |
The Power To Empower |
06/20/07 |
Key Finding by UC-San Diego Scientists May Improve Treatment of Anemia |
06/19/07 |
Professor Ananda W. Goldrath named 2007 Pew Scholar |
06/18/07 |
Division holds 5th Annual Graduating Senior Reception and Award Ceremony |
06/14/07 |
Making Pretty Pictures: The images Kit Pogliano takes of bacterial proteins are breathtaking, but the science is even more so. |
06/05/07 |
Study Warns Climate Change and Deforestation will Lead to Declines in Global Bird Diversity |
05/10/07 |
UCSD Academic Senate to Honor Biology Professor Steve Wasserman |
05/02/07 |
Amy Kiger: A Scientist to Watch |
05/01/07 |
Global Survey of Lizards Reveals Greater Abundance of Animals on Islands Than on Mainland Ecosystems |
04/09/07 |
UCSD Discovery Raises Questions About Some Therapies Designed to Treat Half of all Human Cancers |
03/27/07 |
Harvard Biologist Named Recipient of 2007 UCSD/Merck Life Sciences Achievement Award |
03/20/07 |
Biologists Produce Global Map of Plant Biodiversity |
03/09/07 |
UCSD Alumni Association to Honor Martin Yanofsky for Distinguished Teaching |
12/19/06 |
Electrical Activity Alters Language Used By Nerve Cells |
11/30/06 |
Invasive Ants Territorial When Neighbors Are Not Kin |
11/23/06 |
AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences |
11/14/06 |
Pattern of Human Ebola Outbreaks Linked to Wildlife and Climate |
10/26/06 |
Tweedle Coat Fashions Stocky Flies |
10/10/06 |
UCSD Faculty Named to Prestigious National Organization |
10/05/06 |
Study Finds Tropics Are the Source of Most New Species |
10/02/06 |
Compound Eyes, Evolutionary Ties |
09/25/06 |
Bacterial Protein Shows Promise in Treating Intestinal Parasites |
09/19/06 |
Red Is for Hummingbirds; Yellow for Moths |
09/11/06 |
Mechanism to Organize Nervous System Conserved in Evolution |
08/23/06 |
UCSD-led Team Discovers How We Detect Sour Taste |
07/26/06 |
UCSD Biologist Receives Prestigious Presidential Award |
07/18/06 |
Discovery of Genetic Mutation in Florida Beach Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur |
07/17/06 |
Amy Pasquinelli named 2006 Keck Distinguished Young Scholar |
06/30/06 |
UCSD Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma |
06/28/06 |
Innovation on both sides of the border |
06/01/06 |
UCSD Receives $2.1 Million Grant to Enhance Undergraduate, Community College and Pre-College Science Education |
5/11/06 |
California - A Sunny State of Opportunities |
5/08/06 |
Kiger and Traver Named Kimmel Scholars |
4/27/06 |
Beckman Young Investigator Awards |
3/30/06 |
Water Found To Be Main Culprit In Argentine Ant Invasions |
3/24/06 |
UCSD Biologist, Beloved Teacher Dies |
2/27/06 |
Young Faculty Awarded Prestigious Sloan Foundation Fellowships |
1/26/06 |
Study of Tropical Forests Worldwide Reveals that Nature Encourages Diversity |
1/18/06 |
National Academy of Sciences Awards Major Prize to UCSD Chemistry and Biology Professor |
1/18/06 |
UCSD Biologists Find New Evidence for One-Way Evolution |
1/17/06 |
Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals |
1/06/06 |
Internationally Recognized Cell Biologist at UCSD Dies |
11/30/05 |
Bridging California's Educational Divide |
11/17/05 |
Biologists Examine Success and Failures of Ant Invasions |
11/09/05 |
Zebrafish Stem Cells Provide Clues to Blood and Immune System Development |
10/28/05 |
Professor Vivek Malhotra named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
10/19/05 |
UCSD Study Shows 'Junk' DNA Has Evolutionary Importance |
10/18/05 |
Dr. Gentry Patrick, recipient of this year's Ray Thomas Edwards Award |
9/15/05 |
The Origin of the Human Mind: Insights from Brain Imaging & Evolution |
9/05/05 |
Obituary for Silvio Varon |
8/30/05 |
UCSD Pioneer in Neuroregeneration Dies at 81 |
8/18/05 |
UCSD Named "Hottest" in Science |
8/03/05 |
Biologist Discovers What May Be World's 'Pickiest' Mates |
8/02/05 |
Igert Training Grant Awarded to Professors Briggs and Schroeder |
7/26/05 |
Assistant professor Lisa Boulanger has been named holder of the Professorship in Neuroregeneration |
7/01/05 |
Researchers Boost White Blood Cells' Ability to Kill Bacteria |
6/30/05 |
Charles Carpenter Retires |
5/30/05 |
Jing W. Wang, assistant professor of biology, has been named a 2005 Searle Scholar |
5/09/05 |
UCSD 'Dude' Making Waves in Public Service |
5/05/05 |
Amoeba Genome is Latest to be Charted |
5/04/05 |
Biologists Determine Genetic Blueprint Of Social Amoeba |
4/14/05 |
Master Gene Controls Healing Of "Skin" In Fruit Flies And Mammals |
4/04/05 |
RNA Symposium Attracts 500 Biologists to UCSD |
2/10/05 |
Discovery May Help Extend Life Of Natural Pesticide |
12/26/04 |
UCSD Discovery Shows How Embryonic Stem Cells Perform 'Quality Control' Inspections |
12/01/04 |
UCSD Biologists Identify Gene In Corn Plants That May Have Paved Way For Development Of Maize |
10/21/04 |
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain San Diego Union-Tribune |
10/11/04 |
New multiplex labeling technique fills gap between in situ hybridization and microarray analysis |
9/01/04 |
Cilia and Cilia |
8/23/04 |
UCSD Biologists Develop 'Super-Endurance' Strain Of Mice |
8/05/04 |
Method To Visualize Gene Activity May Provide Important Insight Into Normal Development And Genome Function |
7/12/04 |
UCSD Biologists Discover Cell's Defense Mechanism Against Class Of Disease-Causing |
6/16/04 |
No such thing as natural farming |
6/15/04 |
Espionage May Have Driven The Evolution Of Bee Language According To UCSD-Led Study In Brazil |
5/13/04 |
UCSD Biologists Uncover Genetic Links To Broad Range Of Human Disorders Resulting From Cilia Dysfunctions |
5/01/04 |
UCSD Biologist Marty Yanofsky discuses crops as a threat to the ozone layer on The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Science Show" |
4/20/04 |
Two UCSD Professors In Biology And Physics Elected To National Academy Of Sciences |
3/13/04 |
Amy Pasquinelli has won The Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award of the Peter Gruber Foundation |
1/08/04 |
Scientists Discover New Gene Essential For The Development Of Normal Brain Connections Resulting From Sensory Input |
1/06/04 |
Study Gives New Insight Into How Anthrax Bacteria Can Evade A Host's Immune Response |
10/30/03 |
Maarten J. Chrispeels Named Fellow Of American Association For The Advancement of Science |
10/13/03 |
Plant Gene Discovered That Promotes Production Of Ozone-Destroying Methyl Halides |
10/10/03 |
New Gene Necessary For Plant Growth And Development Discovered Using A Promising Experimental Technique |
09/22/03 |
Study of Stingless Bees in Brazil by UC San Diego Biologist Provides Insight Into Evolution of Bee Communication |
09/12/03 |
Immo Scheffler receives UMDF Sage Fellowship for studying mitochondrial function |
08/13/03 |
Why we need more Latino scientists and engineers |
08/08/03 |
UCSD Biologists Discover Key Step For 'Designer Plants' That Could Clean Up Heavy Metals At Hazardous Waste Sites |
08/01/03 |
Preservation of genetic information stored in plants and animals (National Public Radio) |
07/27/03 |
Argentine insects once again making North County antsy |
07/03/03 |
UCSD honors the father of DNA, Francis Crick |
06/30/03 |
Mauricio Montal Named Biophysical Society Fellow |
06/18/03 |
Francis Crick Wins First 'Life Sciences Achievement Award' |
06/13/03 |
Cuts And Wounds In Mammals- Protein Critical For Development In Fruit Flies Found To Aid Healing |
05/05/03 |
Mind-set:Research project will study architecture's impact on the brain |
03/06/03 |
Biologists Discover Key To Blocking Inflammation |
02/28/03 |
UCSD Biologists' Study Links Human Impacts Along The Coast To Size Declines Of Marine Snails In Southern California |
02/19/03 |
Bt Toxins Found To Kill Parasitic Roundworms |
01/24/03 |
Terror-Fighting Hotbed: San Diego Is Key Battle Ground in Fight Against Terrorists |
12/03/02 |
Biological Sciences Wins Diversity Award |
11/07/02 |
Biological Sciences' Al Hilde Named UCSD Veteran Of The Year |
10/07/02 |
Biology Professor at Salk and UCSD Wins 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
10/03/02 |
Former UCSD Provost And Biology Professor Dies At 84 |
9/12/02 |
DNA Evidence Suggests 3 Types Of Elephants Roam Africa |
5/30/02 |
Discovery Sheds Light On Mechanisms That Allow Cells To Steer Directly Towards Chemical Cues |
2/28/02 |
Proliferation Of Argentine Ants In California Linked To Decline In Coastal Horned Lizards |
2/06/02 |
First Genetic Evidence Uncovered Of How Major Changes In Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution |
1/31/02 |
UCSD Biologists Discover That Machinery For Cell Division Plays Dual Role In Partitioning Developing Embryo |
1/15/02 |
UCSD Biologists Visualize Protein Gradient Responsible For Dividing Embryo Into Nervous System, Epidermis |
11/29/01 |
Pictures Reveal How Nerve Cells Form Connections To Store Short- And Long-Term Memories In Brain |
8/02/01 |
UCSD Biologists Identify Genetic Mechanisms Conferring Resistance To 'Bt Toxins' |
6/28/01 |
UCSD Researchers Decipher Molecular 'Code' Capable Of Controlling Plant Water Loss During Droughts |
6/14/01 |
UCSD Biologists Identify 548 Genes In The Fruit Fly Likely To Play A Role In Human Genetic Diseases |
5/31/01 |
Study Of Marine Snail Suggests Conservation Efforts Should Consider Factors Beyond Genetic Diversity |
5/16/01 |
UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements 2001 |
4/30/01 |
UCSD Biologists Discover New Class Of Genes Responsible For Embryonic Development |
3/08/01 |
Calcium Signals Found To Guide Nerve Cell Development |
2/05/01 |
UCSD Biologists Transform Leaves Into Petals |
1/17/01 |
Biologists Uncover Darwin's 'Missing Evidence' For Divergence Of Species In A Warbler's Song |
1/03/01 |
UCSD Biologist, Author To Speak On Benefits And Ethical Issues Raised By Human-Genome Technology |
11/21/00 |
Founding Dean Named For UCSD's Division Of Biology |
11/02/00 |
UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements 2000 |
10/31/00 |
UCSD Scientists Awarded $3-Million Biocomplexity Grant |
6/22/00 |
UCSD Professors in Natural Sciences Honored for Achievements |
6/02/00 |
Biology Student to Receive Dr. Selma Silagi Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science at UCSD |
5/15/00 |
Success of Introduced Argentine Ants Tied to Reduced Genetic Variation |
5/10/00 |
Genes for Unusual 'Flower Within A Flower' are Identified by UCSD Scientists |
4/26/00 |
Four UCSD Students Selected as Beckman Scholars |
4/13/00 |
UCSD Scientists Identify Genes Controlling Seed Dispersal |
3/23/00 |
UCSD Study of Uncoordinated Fruit Flies Provides Molecular Clues to Hearing Problems in Humans |
3/16/00 |
Identification of Bitter-Taste Genes Provides Insight Into the Organization of the Taste System |