UC San Diego 2011 Research
Funding Reaches $960 Million
Research teams at the University of California, San Diego competed for and received more than $960 million dollars for research in fiscal year 2011, the university's second-best year for research funding in its 50-year history. Read More about Near-Record Funding.
Research Data Management and Curation Pilot Program
The UCSD Research Cyberinfrastructure Implementation Team (RCIIT) invites interested researchers or research teams to participate in Research Data Management and Curation Pilot Projects from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013. Read the Complete RCIIT Invitation.
Latest VC Research Newsletter
The latest edition of the "UC San Diego Research Report" is now
available with news and issues of interest to our campus research community. Of special interest in this issue:
* Research Cyberinfrastructure (RCI): What It Is, and Why You Need It
* A brief introduction to our new time- and labor-saving Electronic Research Administration Program (eRAP).
Chancellor Fox Announces 2012 Return to Teaching, Research Internationally renowned scientist and educator Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor of UC San Diego and 2010 recipient of the National Medal of Science, among many other honors and awards, has announced that she will step down as chancellor in June 2012 to return to teaching and research as a distinguished professor of chemistry at the university. Read more about the announcement and the chancellor's extraordinary tenure.
Top 5 News, January 25th, 2011 (.pdf)
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Top 5 News, December 21st, 2011 (.pdf)
Latest Research Update (3)(.pdf)
New UC Research Site
Sandra Brown, Noted Psychologist, Named New Vice Chancellor for Research at UC San Diego
Sandra Ann Brown, professor of psychology and psychiatry, has been named Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California, San Diego, effective December 8, following approval by the University of California's Board of Regents. Learn more about Vice Chancellor Sandra Brown
UC San Diego Ranks
5th in Nation for Federal R&D Dollars
The University of California, San Diego again ranks fifth among top U.S. universities in federal research and development dollars, with $511,428,000 in expenditures for fiscal year 2009, according to figures just released by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read More about U.C. San Diego's Top Five Federal Research and Development Ranking
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Envelope for an Artificial Cell
January 24, 2012 –
Chemists have taken an important step in making artificial life forms from scratch. Using a novel chemical reaction, they have created self-assembling cell membranes, the structural envelopes that contain and support the reactions required for life. Read more about the Envelope for an Artificial Cell
San Diego’s Algal Biofuels Research Enterprise Continues Rapid Growth
January 5, 2012 –Despite the sluggish economy, San Diego’s research efforts to produce new transportation fuels from algae continue to grow at a rapid pace, generating more than double the number of jobs for local workers in 2011 than were available in the region just two years ago. Read more about Biofuels Research
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Robotic Surgery with One Small Incision, U.S. First
Researchers Create Living 'Neon Signs' Composed of Millions of Glowing Bacteria
Biologists Use Flies and Mice to Get to the Heart of Down Syndrome
SDSC's Triton Resource Helps "Track" How Kinesin Molecules Move
Founding Biologist at UC San Diego Dies at 89
Testing Antioxidant Drugs is Transparent
Paul Yu Named to Chang Endowed Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego
UC San Diego Alum Wins Nobel Prize
White House Awards UC San Diego Bioengineering Professor Shu Chien National Medal of Science
Paul Yu Named to Chang Endowed Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego
2 UC San Diego Scientists Receive Prestigious New Innovator Awards from NIH
SDSC-Developed Software Used in First Global Camera Trap Mammal Study
SDSC-Developed Software Used in First Global Camera Trap Mammal Study
SDSC-Developed Software Used in First Global Camera Trap Mammal Study
Starving Inflammatory Immune Cells Slows Damage Caused by Multiple Sclerosis
Gert Lanckriet Recognized by MIT Technology Review as One of World's Top Young Innovators
UCSD Researchers Alarmed at Rise in Hookah Use Among California Youth
Measurements at Scripps Pier Reveal Extent of Leakage from Damaged Fukushima Reactor
What's in a Kids Meal? Not Happy News
UC San Diego Cancer Researchers Target Link between Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk
Loss of Large Predators Has Caused Widespread Disruption of Ecosystems
SDSC's Trestles Provides Rapid Turnaround and Enhanced Performance for Diverse Researchers
Biologists Discover an 'Evening' Protein Complex That Regulates Plant Growth
Flexible, Printable Sensors Detect Underwater Hazards
Undergrads Spending the Summer as Full-time Researchers
Women Win Out in Gastrointestinal Surgery
UC San Diego Researchers Create Tool to Put the Lid on Solar Power Fluctuations
Weaker Brain "Sync" May Be Early Sign of Autism
Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San Andreas Earthquakes
Stem Cell Model Offers Clues To Cause of Inherited ALS
How The Immune System Fights Back Against Anthrax Infections
Coming to TV Screens of the Future: A Sense of Smell
Phase Change Memory-Based 'Moneta' System Points to the Future of Computer Storage
Potential New Drug Candidate Found for Alzheimer's Disease
Phase Change Memory-Based 'Moneta' System Points to the Future of Computer Storage
Potential New Drug Candidate Found for Alzheimer's Disease
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Nanoengineers Invent New Biomaterial That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue
