Research Features

Why Cancer Keeps Coming Back — and How Genetic Engineering Could Change That

Omar Mokhashi | SQ 2025-2026

Research Features

The Aral Sea: History and Environmental Consequences

Anusha Prasad | SQ 2025-2026

Research Features

A Gut Feeling

Sophia Chau | SQ 2025-2026

Research Features

Breaking Barriers: How New Human Astrovirus Strains Invade the Brain and Lungs

Natalie Botelle | SQ 2025-2026

SQ Online
Reporting on biological breakthroughs since 2004.
  • About
    • SQ Core Staff 2025-2026
    • Work With Us
  • Publications
    • Saltman Quarterly
    • Under the Scope
    • Research Features
    • Online
    • Blogs
  • Media
  • SQ B-Sides
  • Outreach
  • See all results
BlogsSaltman QuarterlyStudent

Time to Be Thankful

Theresa Bui | Blogger | SQ Online (2016-17)   Happy Thanksgiving! I can’t wait to stuff my face with mashed... Read More
Featured Articles

Pokemon Go Outside

BY: MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) After years of waiting, it’s finally here; this July,... Read More
Featured ArticlesSaltman Quarterly

Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Organ Transplantation

By: Samreen Haque | UTS Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 Until the mid-twentieth century, organ transplantation was the stuff... Read More
Featured ArticlesSaltman QuarterlyStudentUnder the Scope

MRI meets LSD: The First Brain Scans Conducted

By: Grace Sahyouni | UTS Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 It may be surprising that the illegal drugs in... Read More
High School Essay Contest

Two Steps Back, One League Forward

An impending environmental issue is stirring in every hospital globally: harmful bacteria is becoming immune to modern antibacterial technology. In... Read More
High School Essay Contest

The Future is Up in the Air

Consumption of carbon monoxide and other air pollutants rapidly depleting the Earth’s natural resources and the overall quality of life... Read More
Featured ArticlesOpinion-EditorialSaltman Quarterly

The “Human Touch” in Medicine

BY ANOKHI SAKLECHA | SQ STAFF WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2015-16)   You step into the examination room and take... Read More
Featured ArticlesSaltman Quarterly

The Real Life Walking Dead: Nature’s Zombies

BY CADE OOST | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | SQ ONLINE (2015-16) With Season 7 of “The Walking Dead” closing on... Read More
Featured Articles

Then and Now: CO2 Levels

Paleocene mammals, such as ancestors of modern-day horses, were as small as common day housecats. Due to the rising heat, ectotherms, also known as cold-blooded animals, needed a bigger surface area to regulate their heat, so the bigger ectotherms were the winners and survived. Read More
Load More

UCSD Links

  • Biology Bulletin
  • Division of Biological Sciences
  • SQ Submission Guidelines
  • Student Engagement Opportunities in Biological Sciences
  • Student Research Showcase
  • Undergrad Research Portal

Staff Login

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

About SQ Online

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.

Staff Resources

WordPress Sign-In

SQ Trello Board

Subscribe!

* indicates required

Please check the box below to receive monthly newsletters:

  • About
    • SQ Core Staff 2025-2026
    • Work With Us
  • Publications
    • Saltman Quarterly
    • Under the Scope
    • Research Features
    • Online
    • Blogs
  • Media
  • SQ B-Sides
  • Outreach
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
biology media UC San Diego research UCSD Links
See all results

Lost your password?
Forgotten Password
Cancel