UC San Diego Researchers Target Tumors with Tiny ‘Nanoworms’
Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense system and—like tiny anti-cancer missiles—home in on tumors. More

UC San Diego Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant
to Establish Digestive Diseases Research Center
In a major boost to important research into gastrointestinal disease being conducted at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, a $2.5 million basic research core grant to establish a Digestive Diseases Research Development Center (DDRDC) has been awarded to UC San Diego’s Division of Gastroenterology.  The grant, funded by The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the first-ever NIH Center award for the division, adding them to the ranks of  only 19 other NIH-funded digestive disease centers in the United States. More

Oxygen Depletion: A New Form of Ocean Habitat Loss
An international team of physical oceanographers including a researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as the oceans warm, limiting the areas in which predatory fishes and other marine organisms can live or enter in search of food. More

Exciting New Traditions Begin at UC San Diego!
Graduating Seniors at UC San Diego Share
in Fun Activities June 13-20 Prior to Commencements
A first-ever Senior Week and an All Campus Graduation Celebration featuring keynote speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are planned to honor seniors graduating from the University of California, San Diego in June. More

Two Plant Biologists at UC San Diego
Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Biological Sciences Dean and Biology Professor
Receive One of the Highest Honors in Science
The National Academy of Sciences today elected the dean of the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and another professor in the division to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers. More

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing for Mission to Mars
Scripps researcher receives $2 million in funding
for Urey instrument’s flight planning and design
A new life-detecting instrument is preparing for a mission to the Red Planet.  The Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector instrument, developed by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, received approximately $2 million in NASA funding to further refine the design and technology for the European Space Agency's (ESA) 2013 ExoMars Rover Mission. More

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