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October 5, 2023
Bioengineering Undergraduate Awarded Public Service Scholarship
Daniel John, a bioengineering undergraduate student at UC San Diego, was one of 11 students from across the state awarded the $15,000 Strauss Scholarship for outstanding students developing social change or public service projects. Full Story
October 3, 2023
Innovative Researchers earn NIH New Innovator Awards
Two early career researchers at UC San Diego have been named recipients of the 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Brian Aguado, assistant professor in the Shu Chien- Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, received an award to use biomaterials to understand sex differences in how scar tissue develops in the heart muscle after injury. Full Story
September 28, 2023
These screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels
A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface. Full Story
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September 26, 2023
Fifteen researchers join the Jacobs School faculty in fall 2023
Fifteen researchers are joining the faculty of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in fall 2023. They join the more than 160 faculty members the school has hired in the past 10 years–effectively more than doubling the size of the faculty from 2013 to 2023. Full Story
September 19, 2023
Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars
Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science. Full Story
September 19, 2023
Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of Engineering
The University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering at UC San Diego on a trajectory to become the perennial top-10 powerhouse of engineering and computer science education, research, and technology transfer that it is today. Full Story
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September 18, 2023
Bioengineering, computer science undergraduate programs earn top-10 rank
Several undergraduate academic programs at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were ranked among the top in the country– including three in the top 10– in the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Colleges ranking, released Sept. 18, 2023. Full Story
August 29, 2023
Bioengineering undergraduates win NIH awards
Two teams of UC San Diego undergraduate bioengineering students were named Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge winners by the National Institutes of Health. Full Story
August 24, 2023
UC San Diego Engineering Undergrads Get Hands-On Lab Experience in the Summertime
The Guided Engineering Apprenticeship in Research program and sponsoring organizations are providing funding for hard-working engineering students to engage in further research this summer. The summer program, known as GEAR to Career, gives students extra time in the lab to deepen their skills. Full Story
August 24, 2023
Topography of the genome influences where cancer mutations thrive, study shows
Researchers have uncovered a connection between the topography of the human genome and the presence of mutations in human cancer. Certain regions of the genome, which exhibit unique features, act as hotspots for the accumulation of mutations. Full Story
August 14, 2023
A 6-step Roadmap to Diversify Faculty Hiring in Biomedical Engineering
Researchers from 16 top engineering programs in the nation, including bioengineers at UC San Diego, have established a roadmap for hiring diverse faculty members into biomedical engineering departments. Full Story
August 10, 2023
Researchers Engineer Bacteria That Can Detect Tumor DNA
Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, UC San Diego bioengineers and colleagues across campous and in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism. Full Story
August 2, 2023
New Insights on Pelvic Floor Damage after Vaginal Birth, and New Directions for Treatment
UC San Diego bioengineers are leading a team reporting new insights in Science Translational Medicine on pelvic floor muscle (PFM) dysfunction and new directions for treatment and prevention. Full Story
July 26, 2023
UC San Diego Bioengineers Uncover Lipid Metabolic Dynamics in Drosophila Brain During Aging
UC San Diego bioengineers uncover lipid metabolic dynamics in the brains of fuit flies during aging. This research relies on a cutting-edge imaging technique called SRS imaging. The technique allows researchers to peer inside living cells without disturbing cell function. This research demonstrates a new approach for studying brain lipid metabolic activity in live cells. The research also illuminates the interconnection of aging, dietary, and genetic manipulations on brain lipid metabolic regulation. Full Story
July 19, 2023
Single-Cell Atlas of the Human Kidney Provides New Resources to Study Kidney Disease
What causes certain individuals who experience a sudden decline in kidney function to develop kidney disease while others recover? A new study co-led by UC San Diego bioengineers could provide detailed insight—at the level of individual cells—into the underlying factors contributing to these divergent outcomes. Full Story
June 1, 2023
The Class of 2023: Dedicated to Their Dreams
UC San Diego’s Class of 2023 looks forward to diving into their future. Their passions range from international environmental equity to artificial intelligence and from biosustainability to lasers and optics. Together, they forged their own pathways at UC San Diego and look forward to taking their next steps. Our soon-to-be alumni are ready to turn their tassels and start making their dreams into reality. Full Story
May 18, 2023
New Research from UC San Diego Sheds Light on the Possible Origins of Life
UC San Diego researchers have identified the conditions for cell metabolism to emerge on the early Earth, shedding new light on the origins of life itself, along with the fundamental nature of biological carbon fixation. Full Story
May 1, 2023
Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023
Ross Greer, an electrical and computer engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, won the grand prize at Research Expo 2023 for his work on a technology that could enable vehicles to drive more autonomously and decide when the driver is prepared to take back control of the wheel. Full Story
April 27, 2023
Scientists Slow Aging by Engineering Longevity in Cells
Researchers have developed a biosynthetic “clock” that keeps cells from reaching normal levels of deterioration related to aging. They engineered a gene oscillator that switches between the two normal paths of aging, slowing cell degeneration and setting a record for life extension. Full Story
April 18, 2023
This student organization builds neurotechnology devices
UC San Diego students will present three projects at an event that will bring together teams for five University of California campuses April 29 at UCLA. The neuro-tech conference is organized by student organizations at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis. Full Story