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  • Composite of Amy Pasquinelli and Gary Ruvkun

    BioSci Scientists Contribute to 2024 Nobel Prize-Winning Research

    Amy Pasquinelli and Terrence Sejnowski played foundational roles in globally recognized achievements

    Behind the accolades of the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Physiology/Medicine and Physics were School of Biological Sciences’ Amy Pasquinelli and Terrence Sejnowski, researchers who played foundational roles in the globally recognized scientific achievements.

  • New bioelctric device featured on skin to repel bacteria

    Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections

    Researchers have developed a bioelectronic device that taps into the natural electrical activity of certain bacteria found on our skin, paving the way for a drug-free approach to managing infections. The advancement reduces the harmful effects of a bacterium known for antibiotic resistance.

  • Portrait of neurobiologist Yishi Jin.

    Neurobiologist Yishi Jin Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

    School of Biological Sciences professor is recognized for contributions to understanding mechanisms that underlie formation and function of the nervous system

    Biological Sciences Professor Yishi Jin, who investigates the roots of the nervous system, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

  • The sun sets over a crop field

    As Temperatures Rise, Researchers Identify Mechanisms Behind Plant Response to Warming

    With implications for agriculture and food production, biologists map two paths that plants implement during elevated heat conditions

    Plants widen microscopic pores on their leaves in response to heat. But scientists lacked an understanding of the mechanisms behind this “sweating” function. Now, biologists have unlocked the details behind these processes and identified two paths that plants use to handle rising temperatures.

  • Marta Pratelli and Nick Spitzer inspect a sample in the lab.

    Cognitive Deficits from Meth and PCP Use Are Generated By a Common Neurotransmitter Switch

    Neurobiologists reversed drug-induced impairments in memory by switching neurotransmitters back to their normal chemical states

    The effects of sustained drug abuse can manifest in many ways. Loss of memory and reduced cognitive functions are some of the effects that can persist for years. Scientists in Neurobiology have now identified a mechanism in the brain that generates drug-induced cognitive impairments.

  • Researchers exame tanks in a lab.

    UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments

    Center will focus on the impacts of climate change on marine species’ nervous systems

    The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments, which includes BioSci's Matthew Lovett-Barron and Diana Rennison.
  • Professor David Kleinfeld works at a white board in his lab.

    $21 Million from NIH to Study Sensory Input and Resulting Movement

    A grant from the NIH’s BRAIN Initiative will help researchers understand the brain’s complex underlying neurocircuitry

    Professor David Kleinfeld of the Departments of Neurobiology and Physics is leading a new $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will allow him and a team of researchers to study the coordination of multiple sensory inputs and head movements.
  • A collage of bee images.

    Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund Announces Five Inaugural Awardees

    UC San Diego announced recipients of its inaugural Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Fund, including a project co-led by BioSci Professor James Nieh.
  • Katie Martin in the lab

    Katie Martin Named 2024 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow

    The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation has selected UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences Postdoctoral Scholar Katie Martin as a recipient of a biomedical fellowship.
  • UC San Diego and industry leaders cut Sandbox grand opening ribbon

    UC San Diego Opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox

    UC San Diego opens the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox, an unrivaled cluster of state-of-the-art instruments for cutting-edge research and training

    UC San Diego and its partners officially opened the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox, a hub that brings together cutting-edge instruments for science and education. The facility is one of the world’s most pioneering centers for technology across the biological, physical and health sciences.

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