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Science Today for a Healthier Tomorrow
In a series of videos, graduate students and researchers in biochemistry professor Alexis Komor's lab share what they're working on and the importance of federal funding.
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Alexis Komor's lab at UC San Diego is at the cutting edge of curing #GeneticDisorders like sickle cell anemia. Her team is working to develop the most precise, efficient base-editing tools. And none of it would be possible without federal research funding. https://bit.ly/4p2RaRw #FundScience
The Heising-Simons Foundation Astronova Fellowship supports ✨astronomy instrumentalists✨ as they begin their careers through funding, professional development and networking. This year, UC San Diego is proud to be one of six host institutions. More about the fellowship here: https://bit.ly/49RGQpa
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The Heising-Simons Foundation Astronova Fellowship supports ✨astronomy instrumentalists✨ as they begin their careers through funding, professional development and networking. This year, UC San Diego is proud to be one of six host institutions. More about the fellowship here: https://bit.ly/49RGQpa
Congratulations to UC San Diego astronomy professor Adam Burgasser on being named a fellow of American Astronomical Society (AAS). Adam was recognized for his work on understanding the nature of brown dwarfs and for his extensive leadership roles in the astronomy community. https://bit.ly/3NmCjDy
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Congratulations to UC San Diego astronomy professor Adam Burgasser on being named a fellow of American Astronomical Society (AAS). Adam was recognized for his work on understanding the nature of brown dwarfs and for his extensive leadership roles in the astronomy community. https://bit.ly/3NmCjDy
💥Congrats💥 to postdoc Steffani Grondin, selected as the 2026 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Shapley Lecturer. The Shapley Lecture is a prestigious program that brings distinguished astronomers to schools and communities to inspire broader engagement with science. https://bit.ly/4qlNgnx
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
💥Congrats💥 to postdoc Steffani Grondin, selected as the 2026 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Shapley Lecturer. The Shapley Lecture is a prestigious program that brings distinguished astronomers to schools and communities to inspire broader engagement with science. https://bit.ly/4qlNgnx
Congratulations to UC San Diego Professor of Physics Alex Fraño for being a part of the inaugural Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information cohort! Alex's work will focus on Quantum Differential Spectroscopy: Mapping Entanglement in Solids. https://bit.ly/4qe1LcY
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Congratulations to UC San Diego Professor of Physics Alex Fraño for being a part of the inaugural Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information cohort! Alex's work will focus on Quantum Differential Spectroscopy: Mapping Entanglement in Solids. https://bit.ly/4qe1LcY
Join us for the NSF HDR & UCSD SMASH Hackathon January 17-18! Apply #MachineLearning to scientific benchmarks in data modeling. Refine your #DataScience skills, network with scientists and have fun! All experience levels welcome, registration is free ➡️ https://bit.ly/49BCO5b
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Join us for the NSF HDR & UCSD SMASH Hackathon January 17-18! Apply #MachineLearning to scientific benchmarks in data modeling. Refine your #DataScience skills, network with scientists and have fun! All experience levels welcome, registration is free ➡️ https://bit.ly/49BCO5b
UC San Diego chemistry professor Alexis Komor is an Advanced Science Young Innovator awardee. Read about her work developing base-editing methods that are already curing patients and what the future of #Genomics looks like. https://bit.ly/4jofbjI #GeneEditing #MedicalInnovation
Alexis Komor, Expanding the Gene Editing Toolbox - Advanced Science News
Editing DNA may still sound like the stuff of science fiction but, for Alexis Komor, this is business as usual.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
UC San Diego chemistry professor Alexis Komor is an Advanced Science Young Innovator awardee. Read about her work developing base-editing methods that are already curing patients and what the future of #Genomics looks like. https://bit.ly/4jofbjI #GeneEditing #MedicalInnovation
As we look ahead to the new scientific discoveries of 2026, we're taking time to look back at 2025 and all we accomplished to make the world a better place for all. https://bit.ly/3KH7RDf
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As we look ahead to the new scientific discoveries of 2026, we're taking time to look back at 2025 and all we accomplished to make the world a better place for all. https://bit.ly/3KH7RDf
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday season.
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy holiday season.
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Degree Plus launches Winter 2026. Earn a free, skills-based certificate and gain real-world experience through an optional paid internship while finishing your UC San Diego degree. Courses include project management, lean six sigma and more. Applications due soon! https://bit.ly/4rJwiQN.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Degree Plus launches Winter 2026. Earn a free, skills-based certificate and gain real-world experience through an optional paid internship while finishing your UC San Diego degree. Courses include project management, lean six sigma and more. Applications due soon! https://bit.ly/4rJwiQN.
Congratulations to graduate student teaching scholar Johnny Jingze Li and Professor of Mathematics Bo Li on their 2025 Summer Graduate Training Scholars and Mentorship Awards for upholding our mission of teaching and learning excellence! 🎉
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to graduate student teaching scholar Johnny Jingze Li and Professor of Mathematics Bo Li on their 2025 Summer Graduate Training Scholars and Mentorship Awards for upholding our mission of teaching and learning excellence! 🎉
Congratulations to Mattia Serra on receiving the Interdisciplinary Early Career Science Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics! 🎉 Mattia has made groundbreaking advances in using #FluidDynamics to better understand developmental biology.
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Congratulations to Mattia Serra on receiving the Interdisciplinary Early Career Science Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics! 🎉 Mattia has made groundbreaking advances in using #FluidDynamics to better understand developmental biology.
#MetalOrganicFrameworks hold great promise from extracting water from air to degrading toxic chemicals. They are so fantastic, their development won this year's #NobelPrize2025. UC San Diego chemistry prof Seth Cohen answers everyone's burning question: what are they exactly? https://bit.ly/4rObRT9
Nobel Prize-Winning Metal-Organic Frameworks Are the Jungle Gyms of Chemistry
UC San Diego chemistry professor Seth Cohen has made a career out of studying and developing metal-organic frameworks. Currently, his lab is working to develop modified MOFs with new characteristics and capabilities. Here he explains what MOFs are, how they work and the great promise they hold.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#MetalOrganicFrameworks hold great promise from extracting water from air to degrading toxic chemicals. They are so fantastic, their development won this year's #NobelPrize2025. UC San Diego chemistry prof Seth Cohen answers everyone's burning question: what are they exactly? https://bit.ly/4rObRT9
Alexis Komor's lab at UC San Diego is at the cutting edge of curing #GeneticDisorders like sickle cell anemia. Her team is working to develop the most precise, efficient base-editing tools. And none of it would be possible without federal research funding. https://bit.ly/4p2RaRw #FundScience
Science Today for a Healthier Tomorrow
In a series of videos, graduate students and researchers in biochemistry professor Alexis Komor's lab share what they're working on and the importance of federal funding.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Alexis Komor's lab at UC San Diego is at the cutting edge of curing #GeneticDisorders like sickle cell anemia. Her team is working to develop the most precise, efficient base-editing tools. And none of it would be possible without federal research funding. https://bit.ly/4p2RaRw #FundScience
Math is having a moment. The Quantum Computing club brings the thrill of "scientific gambling" with probabilities to UC San Diego.
UC San Diego students are tackling #QuantumComputing before it goes mainstream in a #UCSD undergraduate club. Enthusiasm abounds. Club president Rebecca Breihan describes the field as "thrilling."
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Student Club Takes the Leap into Quantum Computing
“I’m drawn to that sense of exploration where I’m standing at the frontier of a technology that’s still being defined,
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November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Math is having a moment. The Quantum Computing club brings the thrill of "scientific gambling" with probabilities to UC San Diego.
A look back at the career of Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Ed Dennis, who received this year's Revelle Medal, the highest honor awarded by UC San Diego to recognize faculty members for sustained, distinguished and extraordinary service to the campus. https://bit.ly/3K77dyu
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A look back at the career of Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Ed Dennis, who received this year's Revelle Medal, the highest honor awarded by UC San Diego to recognize faculty members for sustained, distinguished and extraordinary service to the campus. https://bit.ly/3K77dyu
A new report from #OpenAI shows how GPT-5 can help with research from black holes to math puzzles. But don't worry, humans are still an essential ingredient. Reporting from Deni Ellis Béchard / Scientific American
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#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfAI
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#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfAI
What Does GPT-5 Have to Say about Black Holes, Math Puzzles and Cancer? A Lot
A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments
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November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A new report from #OpenAI shows how GPT-5 can help with research from black holes to math puzzles. But don't worry, humans are still an essential ingredient. Reporting from Deni Ellis Béchard / Scientific American
https://bit.ly/47UPSBX
#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfAI
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#ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfAI
Does UC San Diego chemistry prof (and resident phone battery expert) charge his phone to 100%? Read this Tech Radar myth buster article to find out: https://bit.ly/4oS1Su5 #TechTips #BatteryLife #SmartphoneTips
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Does UC San Diego chemistry prof (and resident phone battery expert) charge his phone to 100%? Read this Tech Radar myth buster article to find out: https://bit.ly/4oS1Su5 #TechTips #BatteryLife #SmartphoneTips
Congrats to Dusan Keres and Alexis Komor on making the 2025 list of #HighlyCitedResearchers. According to Clarivate, they have “contributed to extending the frontiers of knowledge and to innovations that make the world healthier and more sustainable.” #InnovationInScience
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November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Congrats to Dusan Keres and Alexis Komor on making the 2025 list of #HighlyCitedResearchers. According to Clarivate, they have “contributed to extending the frontiers of knowledge and to innovations that make the world healthier and more sustainable.” #InnovationInScience
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Congrats to Floor Broekgaarden and Aobo Li on their Convene & Influence award for SMASH, SMASH, an interdisciplinary initiative focused on applying AI and #MachineLearning to cosmic and physical phenomena through seminars, hackathons, and conferences. https://bit.ly/4oZN5xz #AIInScience
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congrats to Floor Broekgaarden and Aobo Li on their Convene & Influence award for SMASH, SMASH, an interdisciplinary initiative focused on applying AI and #MachineLearning to cosmic and physical phenomena through seminars, hackathons, and conferences. https://bit.ly/4oZN5xz #AIInScience
Join UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Seth Cohen (and MOF expert) on Nov. 26 for a webinar on metal-organic frameworks -- the innovative materials at the heart of this year's #NobelPrize in Chemistry. https://bit.ly/444x0Or
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Seth Cohen (and MOF expert) on Nov. 26 for a webinar on metal-organic frameworks -- the innovative materials at the heart of this year's #NobelPrize in Chemistry. https://bit.ly/444x0Or
What does it really take to get into a UC? Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis Robert Penman debunks TikTok "advice" on how to make the strongest application so you can land your dream UC school. https://bit.ly/4nUaO0z #UCAdmissions #CollegeBound
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What does it really take to get into a UC? Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions at UC Davis Robert Penman debunks TikTok "advice" on how to make the strongest application so you can land your dream UC school. https://bit.ly/4nUaO0z #UCAdmissions #CollegeBound
Synchronization abounds in nature and now researchers at UC San Diego have unlocked the mathematics that govern oscillators operating at similar frequencies in the intestine, creating a staircase effect that helps move digestion along. More in the article from U.S. News https://bit.ly/4nHKk2r
Study Finds Surprising Link Between Gut and Brain Rhythms
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Synchronization abounds in nature and now researchers at UC San Diego have unlocked the mathematics that govern oscillators operating at similar frequencies in the intestine, creating a staircase effect that helps move digestion along. More in the article from U.S. News https://bit.ly/4nHKk2r
Congrats to Algenesis, co-founded by UC San Diego's Mike Burkart and Skip Pomeroy, on earning the 2025 Polyurethane Innovation Award for their 100% biodegradable Soleic polyols, keeping #microplastics out of our environment and bodies. https://bit.ly/47pKXZy #BiodegradablePlastic #PlasticPollution
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congrats to Algenesis, co-founded by UC San Diego's Mike Burkart and Skip Pomeroy, on earning the 2025 Polyurethane Innovation Award for their 100% biodegradable Soleic polyols, keeping #microplastics out of our environment and bodies. https://bit.ly/47pKXZy #BiodegradablePlastic #PlasticPollution
In a painstaking, yearslong process, researchers from UC San Diego and Berkeley, led by chem prof Mark Thiemens, have broken new ground in understanding the role ultraviolet solar radiation plays in creating planetary atmospheres and possible implications for missions to Mars. https://bit.ly/3LsROZr
Like the Sun, ALS Fractures Nitrogen Gas to Study Alien Atmospheres
A research team used the ALS to recreate how the Sun breaks apart nitrogen to inform a new model that can be used to understand the fate of a variety of elemental isotopes to explain atmospheric evolution on planets across the solar system. Read more »
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a painstaking, yearslong process, researchers from UC San Diego and Berkeley, led by chem prof Mark Thiemens, have broken new ground in understanding the role ultraviolet solar radiation plays in creating planetary atmospheres and possible implications for missions to Mars. https://bit.ly/3LsROZr