News
October 8, 2007
Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome?
New research published in Nature Genetics provides the first evolutionary history of the duplications in the human genome that are partly responsible for both disease and recent genetic innovations. This work marks a significant step toward a better understanding of what genomic changes paved the way for modern humans, when these duplications occurred and what the associated costs are – in terms of susceptibility to disease-causing genetic mutations. Full Story
September 25, 2007
Primate Sperm Competition: Speed Matters
UC San Diego and UC Irvine researchers have reported that sperm cells from the more promiscuous chimpanzee and rhesus macaque species swim much faster and with much greater force than the sperm of humans and gorillas. Full Story
September 22, 2007
Donors Forge New Group to Support UC San Diego Center Championing Scientific Approach to Preserving Artistic Treasures
Private donors working closely with the JAcobs School have established "Friends of CISA3" -- a philanthropic initiative to support the activities of the Calit2-based research center devoted to innovating and using new technologies to better understand and preserve artistic treasures. Full Story
September 13, 2007
Learning How Embryonic Stem Cells Become Heart Cells
Three teams of San Diego scientists are using a comprehensive new systems-biology approach to learn how to prompt mouse embryonic stem cells to differentiate in the laboratory into cardiac muscle cells, results that could eventually be used to develop completely new treatments for human heart disease Full Story
August 9, 2007
Medical Devices Affinity Group Meets to Brainstorm New Technologies
Nearly 40 researchers, clinicians, basic scientists and engineers from the Jacobs School, Calit2 and UCSD School of Medicine's Department of Surgery met to brainstorm about potential collaborations to develop new medical and research devices. Full Story
August 3, 2007
How Cells Change the Pace of Their Steps
Scientists at UCSD have discovered how cells of higher organisms change the speed at which they move, a basic biological discovery that may help researchers devise ways to prevent cancer cells from spreading throughout the body. Full Story
August 3, 2007
SIGGRAPH in San Diego: Graphics, Video and Rock
American Idol and Comic-Con have come and gone, but fun in San Diego’s summer sun has just begun. From August 4 to 9, the top computer graphics and interactive media folks from around the world will flood San Diego for the SIGGRAPH 2007 conference – and UC San Diego is part of the action. Full Story
August 1, 2007
Ten New Faculty Members Join Jacobs School
The Jacobs School of Engineering is adding 10 faculty members who will enhance the school’s strengths in bioengineering, biomaterials, bio-fluid mechanics, security and networks, systems and controls, and nanoengineering. Full Story
July 3, 2007
UC San Diego Establishes Department of NanoEngineering
Seeking to capitalize on the potential of a new generation of multi-functional nanoscale devices and special materials built on the scale of individual molecules, UC San Diego has established a new Department of NanoEngineering within its Jacobs School of Engineering effective July 1, 2007. Full Story
June 22, 2007
One Student, One Professor - a Pivotal Moment
The recent announcement by the National Academy of Engineering that Yuan-Cheng "Bert" Fung would receive the $500,000 Russ Prize for 2007 was particularly poignant for Erin McGurk, who received a M.S. degree in bioengineering from UC San Diego in 1986. She recalled how Fung had helped her in her early days when she was struggling with a difficult class assignment. Full Story