Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered in the roundworm C. elegans a new class of genes necessary for the normal development of the earliest stages of embryonic development in animals.
The step-by-step development of a mammalian kidney, from its early beginnings in the embryo to its adult role as a vital filtration system, has been described by UCSD School of Medicine researchers using DNA gene-chip technology and novel software.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Emeritus Charles S. "Chip" Cox has been awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. Cox, will receive a medal and a $15,000 prize during the NAS annual meeting on April 30 in Washington, D.C.
Scientists have long predicted that tuna, with their highly streamlined body and elevated internal temperatures, are equipped with a "high performance" muscle system. Tuna, researchers suspected, power their swimming by projecting muscle force from the mid-body, where the muscle is concentrated, back to the tail, which essentially acts as a natural, thrust-producing hydrofoil.
Breaking research conducted by Tim Barnett and David Pierce of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has shown preliminary evidence of human-produced warming in the upper 3,000 meters of the world's oceans.
In a groundbreaking procedure, physicians at the UCSD School of Medicine have surgically implanted genetically modified tissue into the brain of an Alzheimer's patient. This launches the first phase of an experimental gene therapy.
Physicists at the University of California, San Diego who last year produced a new class of composite materials believed to reverse the behavior of many fundamental electromagnetic properties associated with materials, have experimentally verified the first of these predicted reversals.
Using test-tube analysis and studies in mice, the UCSD researchers identified a protein called a keratinocyte differentiation-inducing factor, or kDIF, which is required for the production of the thin layer of fibrous (keratinized) epidermal cells on the skin's surface. (Nature, 3-5-01)
Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as perhaps the greatest composer of all time. Now, a new piece of music is being credited to the composer, a popular trumpet fanfare, known as Abblasen.
Meeting the health care needs of an ethically and culturally diverse society and correcting disparities in health care delivery will be discussed at a national conference, "Enhancing Diveristy in Healthcare Delivery and Education: Needs and Strategies," scheduled May 3-5 in San Diego, California.
A UCSD School of Medicine study of an elderly population of men and women has determined that while exercise improves mood, it has no long-lasting effects if it is stopped.
UCSD Cancer Center researchers have obtained evidence that the common anticoagulant drug heparin diminishes metastasis of certain cancers in mice by interfering with interactions between platelets and specific molecules on tumor cell surfaces. (PNAS, 3-13-01)
Researchers have discovered that rats with spinal cord injuries show some motor-function recovery several weeks after injury based on spontaneous re-growth of spared nerves. (PNAS, 3-13-01)
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that growing nerve cells in the developing embryo are guided to their proper targets by bursts of intracellular calcium that probe what's ahead and send back information to the cells in a kind of biological Morse code. (Science, 3-9-01)
Sia Nemat-Nasser, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, is one of 74 of the nation's top academic and industry engineers elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2001.
The grant will pave the way for a major regional collaboration among The Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association Southern California tribes, and the University of California, San Diego, as well as a wide network of schools, colleges, and agencies serving the tribal communities.
On Feb. 28, physicians and researchers from throughout the world will meet in San Diego for "Mitochondria 2001". Many diseases of aging, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes and heart disease are thought to involve mitochondrial defects.
An object that fell to Earth more than 136 years ago has revealed new clues about the origin of meteorites in space and new information about how life may have started on early Earth.
The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, a University of California-based center funded by the State of California, announces the approval of its first proposals for the study of cannabis as a treatment for specific medical conditions.
Samson, the Israelite hero and judge who was undone by the temptress Delilah, exhibited almost all of the symptoms of a person with Antisocial Personality Disorder, known in the psychology trade as ASPD. (Archives of General Psychiatry, 2-02)
Harold J. Simon, M.D., Ph.D., a founding member of the UCSD School of Medicine faculty and a leader in the field of international health and health policy, has been honored with the establishment of an endowed chair in his name in International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine.
There will be a press conference 10 a.m., Thursday, February 22, 2001 to announce the first clinical research proposals recommended for funding by the UC Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, established to study the potential medical efficacy and safety of marijuana.
Specific areas of the brain impaired by years of heavy drinking have been identified in young adult women by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and the Veterans Administration Health Care System, San Diego. (J. of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 2-01)
UCSD researchers have found that essential brain fibers that shrivel up and disappear in aged monkeys can be restored to normal levels with infusion of tissue genetically altered to produce nerve growth. (PNAS 2-13-01)
UCSD Professor of Neurosciences John S. O'Brien, M.D., internationally known for his discovery of the genetic cause of Tay-Sachs disease and his development of screening tests for the disease, passed away Thursday, February 1, in his La Jolla home.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded Richard Seymour, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego engineer the 2000 John Moffatt and Frank Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered how to genetically convert leaves into petals, an achievement that may be the botanical equivalent of the medieval alchemistsà dream of transmuting iron into gold. (Current Biology, 2-01)
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Cancer Center have discovered a way to trick leukemia cells into committing suicide by using the gene that causes the leukemia in the first place. (Nature Medicine, 2-01)
Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have identified a gene in mice that causes an autoimmune disease remarkably similiar to human systemic lupus erythematous, an incurable and potentially fatal multi-organ disease that turns victim's immune systems against them.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that a quarter of the homes within 500 feet of the U.S. coast could be lost to erosion in the next 50 years. In response to this dilemma, structural engineers with the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering are embarking on a new study to determine the best ways to stabilize these fragile cliffs.
Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D. professor and chair of UCSD's Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, and member, UCSD Cancer Center, is the new editor of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, the quarterly journal of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated, in a study of the songs and genetics of a series of interbreeding populations of warblers in central Asia, how one species can diverge into two. (Nature, 1-18-01)
Joseph L. Reid, professor emeritus of physical oceanography in the Marine Life Research Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, is being honored with the Maurice Ewing Medal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his outstanding scientific contributions to ocean sciences.
Associate professor of medicine in the UCSD School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, is one of nine researchers worldwide to receive one of the first-ever Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation grants for the development of tuberculosis vaccines.
Governor Gray Davis announced that the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, led by UC San Diego in partnership with UC Irvine, has been selected as one of three California Institutes for Science and Innovation.
An enzyme involved in DNA repair has been shown by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine to also play a critical role in innate immunity, the body's first response against invading bacteria, viruses and toxins. (Cell, 12-8-00)
Autophagy, the process of self-digestion of cell components through the action of enzymes within a cell, plays a vital role in cell maintenance and development, but in recent years has also been linked to a growing number of human diseases, including neurodegenerative conditions, cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. (Science, 12-1-00)
Professor Eduardo R. Macagno, Associate Vice-President of Arts and Sciences for Research and Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, has been appointed as the Founding Dean of the University of California, San Diego's Division of Biology.
The White House announced today that Yuan-Cheng Fung, fondly known as the father of biomechanics, will receive the PresidentÃs National Medal of Science, the nationÃs highest scientific honor.
James R. Stewart, diving officer emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, was one of the initial inductees into the NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) Hall of Honor.
Geochemist Jeffrey Severinghaus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has been selected a 2000 Packard Fellow for investigations to understand the stability of past and future climates.
Ten of the top experts from the University of California and other leading institutions involved in many aspects of global climate change research will participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 13-24.
University of California San Diego, in close collaboration with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has announced plans to establish a $13.5 million UCSD Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), which is expected to be the largest brain imaging facility dedicated to research in the Western United States.
A pacemaker-like device, known as the Vagus Nerve Stimulator, currently used to treat epilepsy is being evaluated as a possible new treatment for depression by UCSD Healthcare psychiatrists.
In studies of how people process sound and sight together to make sense of the complex world around them, neuroscientists at the UCSD School of Medicine have found that attention drawn to a sound also enhances an individual's ability to see. (Nature, 10-19-00)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and the "Frontiers of Oceanography," a special one-day public seminar.
Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the mysteriously high salt concentrations in exposed soils of Antarctica's Dry Valleys are due in large part to biological sulfur emissions in the oceans surrounding the continent.
The University of California, San Diego announced that it has secured more than $13 million in private support to add space and research facilities to the Donald and Darlene Shiley Eye Center complex.
Join the professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, and the professor of marine chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, on Oct. 1 as they discuss the engaging issues brought to light in their new book, "The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup".
NSF today announced its first grants under the $90 million Information Technology Research program. Five UCSD projects, selected from a nationwide pool of 1,400 proposals, have been awarded $4.5 million.
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