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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 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
Read the Latest Issue of Research News


Events

Deep Sea Conservation Imperatives in the 21st Century

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Calit2 Auditorium, Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego

The challenges facing the deep sea are large and accelerating, providing a new imperative for the science community, industry and national and international organizations to work together to develop successful exploitation management and conservation of the deep-sea ecosystem. Learn More about the Deep Sea Conservation May 8th Event


General Announcements

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.

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The Weekly Top 5 News You Can Use
A collection of news items and stories of interest to the UC San Diego community

Top 5 News, May 9th, 2012 (.pdf)

Top 5 News, May 2nd, 2012 (.pdf)

Top 5 News, April 25th, 2012 (.pdf)

Top 5 News, April 18th, 2012 (.pdf)

Top 5 News, April 11th, 2012 (.pdf)


Bi-Weekly Research Update
Notices of opportunities, changes, updates and research-related news

Latest Research Update (3)(.pdf)

Past News and Announcements

New UC Research Site
The UC Office of the President has launched a New Research News Website.
The site highlights the depth and breadth of UC research across the system and the value of research to Californians. Visit the 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

$165 million+in ARRA stimulus funds 345 UC San Diego research projects   


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Top 5 News, January 25th, 2012 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, January 18th, 2012 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, January 11th, 2012 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, January 4th, 2012 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, December 21st, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, December 14th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, December 7th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, November 30th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, November 23rd, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, November 16th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, November 9th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, November 2nd, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, October 26th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, October 19th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, October 12th, 2011 (.pdf)
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Top 5 News, September 28th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, September 21st, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, September 7th, 2011 (.pdf
Top 5 News, September 14th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, August 31st, 2011 (.pdf)
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Top 5 News, June 29th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, June 22th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, June 15th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, June 8th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, June 1st, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, May 18th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, May 11th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, May 4th, 2011 (.pdf)
Top 5 News, April 20th, 2011 (.pdf)


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Research News

Liver in Microscopic View Scarring Cells Revert To Inactive State As Liver Heals
May 07, 2012 –An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report that significant numbers of myofibroblasts – cells that produce the fibrous scarring in chronic liver injury – revert to an inactive phenotype as the liver heals. The discovery in mouse models could ultimately help lead to new human therapies for reversing fibrosis in the liver, and in other organs like the lungs and kidneys. Read More about Scarring Cells and Liver Healing


Washington D.C. Cherry Blossoms Study Shows Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change
May 2, 2012 –This spring’s warmer than normal temperatures brought early blooming throughout much of the Eastern United States. Biologists discovered in a new study that plant warming experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants respond to future increases in temperatures from global warming. Read More about Underestimates of Plant Responses to Climate Change

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