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Reporting on biological breakthroughs at UCSD since 2004.
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A Change in Worldview: Vision Correction Explained

By Meena Kian | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-2020) Nearly 75% of the American population relies on some form... Read More
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The Future of Epigenetics: Personalised Medicine

Picture this: The year is 2049. You’re sitting in your swanky San Diego high rise, watching the sunset as you... Read More
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How to be Cool: Tales of Temperature Tasting

Imagine: it’s Friday morning, and you have awoken from your slumber to one of the cloudier days in La Jolla.... Read More
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Music and the Brain

Music and the Brain (Grades 8-12) By SQ Outreach 2017-2018 Adapted to the Web by SQ Outreach 2019-2020 Today we’re... Read More
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We Weren’t Prepared: The COVID-19 Pandemic

By Mahima Advani | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-20) With the start of the new decade, a global health... Read More
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Stressed-Out Plants

It’s midterm season, and the pressure is slowly getting to you. Pungent odors begin to diffuse in the air as... Read More
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The Truth about Dining Hall Food

I don’t know about you, but I for one am a big fan of FD&C red color #40, hydrolyzed corn... Read More
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I Want a Brain Transplant. Change My Mind.

MARY LOMBARDI | BLOGGER | SQ ONLINE (2019-20) Before writing this paper, my knowledge of organ transplantation consisted of Ancient... Read More
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Burning Up

By Mahima Advani | Online Reporter | SQ Online (2019-20) During December 2019, news articles began bringing attention to the... 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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