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What I Wish I Learned in Sex Ed

Lina Lew
If your high school sexual education program was anything like mine, you probably spent a class period or two watching a childbirth video or locating the fallopian tubes on a vague diagram of the female... Read More

Case for Lying

Joseph Oh
By Joseph Oh | SQ Blogger | SQ Online (2020-21) In my opinion, Red is always sus. I know this because I play Red all the time, and I’m always the first one ejected. If... Read More

What Made You Go Vegan? How A Simple Question Reveals the Impacts of Invisible Illnesses

Allison Kifer
In the world before COVID-19, I would walk to the on-campus dining hall Roots and do what I love most when I’m in the Muir area: people-watch. Folks would grab a Polar Bear hot latte... Read More

The Grass is Greener

Mahima Advani
By Mahima Advani | SQ Blogger | SQ Online (2020-21) “Lately I’ve been feeling really isolated and trapped…I think quarantine has been taking over my life,” I sighed.  “Hmm…let’s see. Have you tried taking a... Read More

Would Voldemort Have Benefited From Modern Biology?

Sharanya Sriram
If you were on certain parts of social media during fall quarter (and by that I mean the Harry Potter side of TikTok), you’ve noticed a sudden resurgence in Harry Potter content. As someone who... Read More

1000 Ways to Die: Pick Your Poison

Lina Lew
BY LINA LEW | REPORTER | SQ ONLINE (2020-21) Picture this: You’re attending a rather fancy royal wedding, the band is playing, and the food is divine. The king is taking a sip of his... Read More

A Case for Community in COVID-19

Joseph Oh
by Joseph Oh | SQ Blogger | SQ Online 2020-2021 “You’ve just stopped being a study group. You have become something unstoppable. I hereby pronounce you a Community.” The iconic line, said by Jeff Winger... Read More

Living with the Chronic Disease SLE during COVID-19

Allison Kifer
When asked to describe her reaction when the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic set in, third year Kyla Laing said, “I don’t know how else to express it except I was lying in bed thinking,... Read More

The Science of Boredom

Mahima Advani
By Mahima Advani | SQ Blogger | SQ Online (2020-21) The only consistent parts of my life in the past six months have been a lack of motivation and looming boredom. Scrolling mindlessly through my... Read More

Happy Accidents

Mary Lombardi
Sometimes you accidentally discover dynamite and other times you accidentally discover a life-saving treatment used for numerous diseases and infections (Nobel Prize winners reacts only).  When I’m sleep-deprived to the point where I can’t remember... 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 
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