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New Insights into Brain Flexibility and Stability
Novel mathematical model addresses a longstanding dilemma in neuroscience and possibly other fields
University of California San Diego researchers have developed a new way of modeling basic neurobiological interactions.
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Evolve… Innovate… Repeat: Scientists Peel Back the Layers of Virus-Host Evolution and Innovation
Culminating a 10-year research effort, researchers track the way fitness landscapes constantly change in the ongoing struggle for survival
Animesh Gupta, formerly in the UC San Diego Department of Physics (now at Generate Biomedicines Inc.), School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Justin Meyer and their colleagues developed new technologies and conducted a series of experiments to reveal the changes viruses and hosts undergo in their ongoing survival competition.
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Susan Golden Honored with Pioneer Award
The Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) has named UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences Professor Susan Golden as one of the first recipients of its Pioneer Award.
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Immune Cells Anchored in Tissues Offer Unique Defenses Against Pathogens and Cancers
A new atlas of tissue-resident memory T cells offers hope for therapies based on protective 'first responders'
Published June 27 in Nature Immunology, the study is led by Postdoctoral Scholars Max Heeg and John Crowl (now a scientist at Outpace Bio) in Professor Ananda Goldrath's laboratory in UC San Diego's School of Biological Sciences and provides a framework for understanding how tissue-resident memory T cells adapt to distinct tissue environments.
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“Soft” CRISPR May Offer a New Fix for Genetic Defects
Targeted repairs with ‘nicks’ of single DNA strands provide foundation for novel disease therapies
Publishing July 1 in the journal Science Advances, a team of biologists at the University of California San Diego that includes postdoctoral scholar Sitara Roy, specialist Annabel Guichard and Professor Ethan Bier describes a new, safer approach that may correct genetic defects in the future.
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UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences Class of 2022: Two Outstanding Graduates
UC San Diego’s Class of 2022 doesn’t shy away from making waves. They dove headfirst into research, community outreach and social justice. Our new alumni, including BioSci graduates Haniyeh Javaheri and Delaney Pagliuso, are ready to jump into their next chapter as changemakers.
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Neurobiologist Matthew Lovett-Barron Selected as 2022 Pew Scholar
The Pew Charitable Trusts has selected Matthew Lovett-Barron of UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences to its newest class of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences.
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Assistant Professors Alexandra Dickinson and Diana Rennison Awarded Hellman Fellowships
UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professors Alexandra Jazz Dickinson and Diana Rennison have been selected as 2022-2023 Hellman Fellows by the University of California.
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Terrence Sejnowski Awarded Gruber Prize
Salk Institute Professor Terrence Sejnowski has been awarded the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize by the Gruber Foundation for his “pioneering contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.”
He shares the $500,000 award with Larry Abbott of Columbia University, Emery Neal Brown of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital, and Haim Sompolinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University.
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Inaugural Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Postdoctoral Scholars Selected
New initiative supports five postdoctoral scholars and their innovative neuroscience research
The Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM) at the University of California San Diego has launched a program aimed at providing financial support and networking opportunities for outstanding postdoctoral scholars at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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