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Reporting on biological breakthroughs at UCSD since 2004.
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Motor Learning and Dendritic Spines: How Learning Persists to Form Memories

Do you remember the first time you rode a bike? For many, tightly grasping the handlebars and swerving from side... Read More
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3D Drug Testing: Organ-on-a-Chip

Culturing organ tissue to study the cell is a foundational technique for testing drug toxicity and efficacy. Present in vivo... Read More
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Right to Abort

“My body, my choice”: A statement that demands autonomy over one of the only things that is truly ours in... Read More
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Matriarchies and Patriarchies: Who Runs the Show in the Animal Kingdom

The raccoons on UC San Diego’s campus hold a special place in the hearts of many students. You might have... Read More
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Into the Colorful World of Fluorescence: An Introduction to Biosensors

  What if I told you that this colorful plate depicting a tropical landscape with ocean waves and a setting... Read More
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Food for Thought: An Analysis of Food Modification for Commodity and for Necessity

Introduction: When one thinks of food modification, stories from the last decade about food that is abnormally large or long... Read More
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Microplastics: The Blood’s Tiny yet Cruel Invaders

  When we think of plastic in relation to the environment, heart-wrenching images of polluted seas, dolphins trapped in plastic... Read More
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A Deadline for Social Exploration

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, children experience less social interaction than possibly ever before. Ideally, they would continuously learn and... Read More
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Introvert or Extrovert? How personality played a role in the Pandemic’s impact on mental health

I’ve always been very sure of who I am. I mean I’ve taken every personality test known to man. My... Read More
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SQ Online is part of the Saltman Quarterly program, a biology student organization committed to communicating science and research. The late Dr. Paul Saltman inspired the program’s creation, and the Saltman Family continues to generously support our efforts. For more on Dr. Saltman’s legacy, read our tributes. If you are the copyright holder and believe our website has not properly attributed your work to you or has used it without the requisite permission, please let us know. Refer to the Notice and Takedown Policy for further details.

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