The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences gives the Nobel Prize to individuals who, according to Alfred Nobel’s will, “have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” Dr. Bruce Beutler, UC San Diego alumnus, was awarded Nobel... Read More
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18) What do an indoor climbing gym, an equipment rental shop, an outdoor obstacle course, and guided trips into the wilderness have in common? They’re all available... Read More
Speed is Everything An audio feature on J. Craig Venter’s latest talk, hosted on the UC San Diego campus. By Brianna Egan | Media Editor | SQ Online (2013-14) [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121959947″ params=”color=415af0&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true”... Read More
It takes guts to make tough decisions, but moving to La Jolla from Germany was an easy decision for Dr. Gabriele Wienhausen... Read More
Picture the scene: In Natural Sciences 2E, students focus on preparing for their upcoming midterm. In class, someone asks the professor what the midterm would cover. The professor replies, "Everything." Read More
What do many doctors, scientists, lawyers, lobbyists, writers and administrators have in common? A degree in biology!... Read More
What can a young girl aspire to become when she grows up? As a very young girl, Dr. Cindy Gustafson-Brown, better known as Dr. Gus, was inspired by her father... Read More
Timing is everything to a circadian biologist. As a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and... Read More
By Sharada Saraf | SQ Online Reporter | SQ Online (2016-2017) ________________________________________________________________________________________ It’s Monday morning. You’re in your BILD 4 class, and it’s painfully obvious that it’s an 8 a.m., because the 300 students in the lecture hall... Read More
The Red Queen hypothesis, first proposed by Leigh Van Valen in 1973, gets its name from a line in Lewis Carroll’s novel Through The Looking Glass. “You see,” says the Red Queen to Alice, “it... Read More