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Space is our jam!🪐 UC San Diego has launched a new microsite all about space. Highlighting all the ways our campus is leading the way in astronomy and astrophysics as well as life science, engineering and planetary science research. Take a look at space.uscd.edu.

Congratulations to Alexis Komor on receiving the Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award from Iota Sigma Pi!

University of California San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Mark Thiemens is the 43rd recipient of the Magellanic Premium, given by the American Philosophical Society (APS). Thiemens was recognized for his transformative work in the way we study everything from climate change to planetary evolution.

Mark Thiemens Receives the Magellanic Premium, America’s Oldest Medal UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Mark Thiemens is the 43rd recipient of the Magellanic Premium, given by the American Philosophical Society. Thiemens was recognized for his groundbreaking work in mass-independent isotope fractionation.

⭐Congratulations⭐ to Alex Frañó for receiving the Graduate and Professional Student Association Community Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentor! 🎉

A new $27.7M ARPA-H grant will support a multi-institute collaboration to create affordable gene editing therapies for children with inborn errors of immunity. Alexis Komor will lead the effort at UC San Diego.

Innovative Collaboration Funded by ARPA-H THRIVE to Develop Affordable Gene-Editing Therapies for Rare Immune Diseases in Children The award of up to $27.7M from ARPA-H THRIVE supports a new approach to treat children with inborn errors of immunity.

No one knows for sure how 's small, cold moons got there, but new research from Caltech, including UC San Diego postdoc Ryleigh Davis, points to an ancient collision with a much larger object. https://bit.ly/4bzfgP7

We are thrilled to announce that UC San Diego has been awarded $18M from the NSF to fund a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. MRSEC is focused on making new kinds of .

NSF Funds Major Center at UC San Diego to Make New Quantum Materials The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded University of California San Diego researchers a six-year $18M grant to fund a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on making new kinds of quantum materials.

Many electronic devices are built on thin-film substrates where the thin film is electronically conductive and the substrate is inert. Or is it? New research from UC San Diego shows that substrates are not inert after all. Appearing in Science.

Thin Films “Dance” with Substrates That Are No Longer Inert Many of today’s electronic devices are built on thin-film substrates where the thin film is electronically conductive and the substrate is inert. Or is it? New research from UC San Diego shows that substrates are not inert after all.

Scientists use E. coli TGT as a primary model to understand how TGT works in other bacteria, but have struggled to visualize its atomic structure. For the first time, UC San Diego biochemistry professor Neal Devaraj’s lab has reported the first cryo-EM visualizations of E. coli TGT structure with surprising results.

First Ever Reported Cryo-EM Visualization of E. coli TGT Structure Scientists use E. coli TGT as a primary model to understand how TGT works in other bacteria, but have struggled to visualize its atomic structure. UC San Diego biochemistry professor Neal Devaraj’s lab has captured the first cryo-EM visualizations of E. coli TGT structure.

AI is being positioned as a replacement for mathematicians, able to solve longstanding open problems in a fraction of the time it would take a human. The Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics calls on AI corporations and practitioners to act responsibly to ensure the continuance of mathematics as a discipline.

A Call for the Ethical Use of AI in Mathematics AI is being positioned as a replacement for mathematicians, able to solve longstanding open problems in a fraction of the time it would take a human. The Leiden Declaration calls on AI corporations and practitioners to act responsibly to ensure the continuance of mathematics as a discipline.