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The Thalidomide Tragedy and its Lasting Effects

Shreya Shriram
Consider this: you have been working in a lab for a few years, and you think that you have discovered... Read More

Three-Parent Babies and The Truth Behind Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy

Shreya Shriram
BY SHREYA SHRIRAM | SQ ONLINE REPORTER | 2018-2019   Most of us have heard in a biology class that... Read More

Pacific Plastic

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18)   The beautiful beaches of San Diego and the rest of the... Read More

Outback Adventures: UC San Diego’s Hidden Treasure

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BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18)   What do an indoor climbing gym, an equipment rental shop, an... Read More

23andMe and You

Rebecca Caputo
BY REBECCA CAPUTO| ONLINE REPORTER| SQ ONLINE (2017-18)   Who am I? If you have ever asked this question to... Read More

Succulents: Aesthetic Aspirations

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18)   Between UC San Diego’s student organizations’ sales pitches and sponsored craft... Read More

Escaping Extinction

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18) ___________________________________________________________________________ With the good news that giant pandas are no longer on... Read More

Sustainable Seafood

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18) ___________________________________________________________________________ Some fish are infamous for looking unpleasant to eat. Pufferfish are... Read More

America’s Best and Worst Air Quality

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2017-18) _____________________________________________________________________ California is well-known for its strict environmental standards: we see their... Read More

The Economic Worth of Conservation

Madison Rae
BY MADISON RAE | SQ ONLINE WRITER | SQ ONLINE (2016-17) _____________________________________________________________________ How do we determine the economic worth of conservation? Some people... 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 
Head Illustrator: Sara Kian Tech Editors: Juliana Fox, Kaz Nuckowski, Max Gruber, Ishrak Ramzan, Anushka Bajaj, Smriti Variyar, Megha Srivatsa
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