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Petri Dish to Big Picture: How Microbes Inspire Creativity

Arya Natarajan
Since 2014, the American Society for Microbiology has hosted Agar Art, an annual competition accepting submissions by petri dish rather than canvas. Every year, scientists and artists together embark on a quest to create paintings... Read More

Understanding the zombie disease of the sea

Arya Natarajan
Sea stars have been hit by the ocean’s latest zombie apocalypse. Lesions swell on their bodies, internal organs emerge, and limbs detach. Their amber, fuchsia, and violet colorings turn into sickly flesh gray. First noticed... Read More

The Thalidomide Tragedy and its Lasting Effects

Shreya Shriram
Consider this: you have been working in a lab for a few years, and you think that you have discovered a new drug to combat adolescent depression. Now, you have to test the efficacy and... Read More

The Genetic Solution for Chocolate

Ingrid Heumann
   Chocolate is a decadent snack and a beloved ingredient, available today in great amount and variety. However, recent reports predict that chocolate may disappear by 2050. This forecast is directly related to the projected... Read More

Taking a Closer Look at the Keto Diet and its Implications

Shreya Shriram
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in healthy eating and a heightened consciousness of one’s food choices. Various specialized diets, such as the vegan and paleo diets, have risen in popularity. Among... Read More

Inflammation: An Intense Introduction

Ingrid Heumann
When the human body is injured, many mechanisms and pathways are activated in order to remedy the situation. One of the most visible and well-known processes is inflammation, a response to tissue damage which often... Read More

How to Win a Nobel Prize

Eleanor Wang
BY ELEANOR WANG | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Picture yourself traveling to Stockholm, Sweden in December for a brief but life-changing trip: On December 10, 20XX you sit in Stockholm Concert Hall... Read More

The Pursuit of Life Beyond Earth

Ingrid Heumann
Though Earth is home to many diverse organisms, the search for forms of novel life has expanded past the planet’s boundaries. Scientists, in addition to investigating oceans and remote islands, are now making efforts to... Read More

An Introduction to the Rapidly Expanding World of CRISPR

Eleanor Wang
BY ELEANOR WANG | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2018-19) Many of us dream of having clearer skin, greater strength, increased height, or just having better genes. In the future, scientists may be able... Read More

Three-Parent Babies and The Truth Behind Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy

Shreya Shriram
BY SHREYA SHRIRAM | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | 2018-2019   Most of us have heard in a biology class that DNA is found in the cell’s nucleus. While this statement is mostly true, some DNA... Read More

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Do you take great pictures and have a passion for Do you take great pictures and have a passion for biology? Do you want your creative work to be featured on the cover of an award-winning biology research journal? Saltman Quarterly is UCSD's premier undergraduate biological research journal and wants you to submit your photos to the SQ Cover Photo Contest!📸🧬🦠🧪

We are looking for stunning images relating to biology (e.g. neuropathy, microorganisms, plants, proteins, ecology, ecosystems, environmental science, conservation, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, etc.) The winning selection will be featured on the cover of Volume 18 and the runner-up submissions may be highlighted throughout the journal's interior pages! Please see the flyer below for more details!
Our Fall Insider, Parasites, is out! Swipe through Our Fall Insider, Parasites, is out! Swipe through for some sneak peeks, but please go to the link in our bio to read it! 

The Fall 2020 issue of SQ Insider from UC San Diego's award-winning undergraduate biology journal, Saltman Quarterly. 
(1) Parasite Pregnancy: A Potential Fertility Solution (written by Sharanya Sriram, illustrated by Lu Yue Wang) 
(2) How Nematorpha Transform Crickets into Suicidal Creatures (written by Jenny Namkoong, illustrated by Svetlana Mcelwain) 
(3) The Eavesdropping Parasite (written by Ananya Prasad, illustrated by Yichen Wang) Cover illustration by Corly Huang. 
Full-page illustration by Hannah Abraham. 
Editors-in-Chief: Andra Thomas, Salma Sheriff 
Editor-at-Large: Arya Natarajan Head Production Editor: Julia Cheng UTS Production Editor: Nicole Adamson 
Production Team: Amber Hauw, Tania Gallardo, Ashley Chu, Zarina Gallardo 
Head Illustrator: Sara Kian Tech Editors: Juliana Fox, Kaz Nuckowski, Max Gruber, Ishrak Ramzan, Anushka Bajaj, Smriti Variyar, Megha Srivatsa
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