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Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe.
August 7, 2026
Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the thr...
Six New Projects Are Empowering Early-Career Engineering and Computer Science Faculty
April 23, 2026
Six teams from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been awarded funding to accel...
Plastic Pollution Promotes Hazardous Water Conditions, New Study Finds
January 29, 2026
UC San Diego researchers tied to the Future Biomanufacturing Center conducted a three-month study co...
By Building Virtual Cells, Researchers Aim to Design Better Microbes and Drugs
January 15, 2026
Bioengineers are creating comprehensive digital twins of bacterial cells to better understand how to...
Three UC San Diego Professors Inducted Into the National Academy of Inventors for 2025
December 11, 2025
Three professors at the University of California San Diego have been elected to the 2025 Class of Fe...
Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage
November 3, 2025
Scientists have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment...