UC San Diego scientists are tackling cancer, Alzheimer’s and more.💡Without funding, progress stalls.
Speak up now ➡️ bit.ly/3DDGKoP
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ResearchSavesLives #SaveResearch
Speak up now ➡️ bit.ly/3DDGKoP
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ResearchSavesLives #SaveResearch
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
UC San Diego scientists are tackling cancer, Alzheimer’s and more.💡Without funding, progress stalls.
Speak up now ➡️ bit.ly/3DDGKoP
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ResearchSavesLives #SaveResearch
Speak up now ➡️ bit.ly/3DDGKoP
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ResearchSavesLives #SaveResearch
What will it take to cure #cancer? 🔬
UC San Diego professor Michael Burkart conducts research in drug discovery, with an emphasis on anticancer and antibiotic natural products. This lifesaving research is supported by funding by the federal government.
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
UC San Diego professor Michael Burkart conducts research in drug discovery, with an emphasis on anticancer and antibiotic natural products. This lifesaving research is supported by funding by the federal government.
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What will it take to cure #cancer? 🔬
UC San Diego professor Michael Burkart conducts research in drug discovery, with an emphasis on anticancer and antibiotic natural products. This lifesaving research is supported by funding by the federal government.
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
UC San Diego professor Michael Burkart conducts research in drug discovery, with an emphasis on anticancer and antibiotic natural products. This lifesaving research is supported by funding by the federal government.
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Scientists at UC San Diego are using patient-derived organoids—tiny, 3D models of human organs grown from a patient’s own cells—to speed up drug discovery and bring promising therapies to clinical trials faster.
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough
April 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Scientists at UC San Diego are using patient-derived organoids—tiny, 3D models of human organs grown from a patient’s own cells—to speed up drug discovery and bring promising therapies to clinical trials faster.
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Did you know that half of the medicines we take come from nature?
Distinguished Professor Brad Moore shares why the potential for medicinal discovery from the ocean is vast — and why now is the time to protect federal research funding ➡️ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Distinguished Professor Brad Moore shares why the potential for medicinal discovery from the ocean is vast — and why now is the time to protect federal research funding ➡️ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
🔬 At @ucsandiego.bsky.social, scientists like Brad Moore–Distinguished Professor at Scripps Oceanography and @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social–are leading the charge to source and develop compounds from nature that are being used to develop the next generation of medicines. 🧵⬇️
June 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Did you know that half of the medicines we take come from nature?
Distinguished Professor Brad Moore shares why the potential for medicinal discovery from the ocean is vast — and why now is the time to protect federal research funding ➡️ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Distinguished Professor Brad Moore shares why the potential for medicinal discovery from the ocean is vast — and why now is the time to protect federal research funding ➡️ bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Biologists and chemists at UC San Diego are creating sustainable solutions to tackle plastic waste. 🌎
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Biologists and chemists at UC San Diego are creating sustainable solutions to tackle plastic waste. 🌎
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Mallory is a postdoc in Alexis Komor's lab. She brings gene editing to high schools, showing them what a future in science looks like. Without funding from the NSF, this outreach would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mallory is a postdoc in Alexis Komor's lab. She brings gene editing to high schools, showing them what a future in science looks like. Without funding from the NSF, this outreach would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
🌊 From monitoring ocean health and seafood safety to providing critical forecasts and weather alerts, federal funding supports vital research that protects the public. Dive into #NOAAfunded research led by Scripps Oceanography. ⬇️ #BehindEveryBreakthrough @noaa.gov @ucsandiego.bsky.social
At UC San Diego, NOAA Collaboration Provides Backbone for Global Environmental Intelligence
Learn more about how NOAA support is critical for providing environmental intelligence necessary to keep the public safe, fisheries healthy, and Americans at large better prepared for extreme weather ...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🌊 From monitoring ocean health and seafood safety to providing critical forecasts and weather alerts, federal funding supports vital research that protects the public. Dive into #NOAAfunded research led by Scripps Oceanography. ⬇️ #BehindEveryBreakthrough @noaa.gov @ucsandiego.bsky.social
In a city known for sun and surf, researcher/inventor/surfer Steve Mayfield finds a way to keep our oceans clean. 🌊#BehindEveryBreakthrough
Biologists and chemists at UC San Diego are creating sustainable solutions to tackle plastic waste. 🌎
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to #SaveResearch funding for scientific and economic progress. #BehindEveryBreakthrough
April 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In a city known for sun and surf, researcher/inventor/surfer Steve Mayfield finds a way to keep our oceans clean. 🌊#BehindEveryBreakthrough
Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean 🌊 @scrippsocean.bsky.social researchers found meltwater from a shrinking Alaskan glacier has lower levels of nutrients that support marine life.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
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#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
Retreating Glaciers May Send Fewer Nutrients to the Ocean
The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their meltwat...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean 🌊 @scrippsocean.bsky.social researchers found meltwater from a shrinking Alaskan glacier has lower levels of nutrients that support marine life.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
I was really excited for this work using AI to sex juvenile sturgeons. Funding has been frozen though, so maybe it will not happen. Edwin Solares is just brilliant. Big bummer. 🧪
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How can artificial intelligence (AI) advance U.S. aquaculture development?
A team of scientists from UC San Diego, University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington have been awarded ...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I was really excited for this work using AI to sex juvenile sturgeons. Funding has been frozen though, so maybe it will not happen. Edwin Solares is just brilliant. Big bummer. 🧪
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Research breakthroughs—from lifesaving treatments to cutting-edge technology—are made possible with federal funding. But today, that funding is at risk. Without it, progress stalls.
Help us protect research funding: ucsd.edu/research-inn...
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Help us protect research funding: ucsd.edu/research-inn...
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
March 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Research breakthroughs—from lifesaving treatments to cutting-edge technology—are made possible with federal funding. But today, that funding is at risk. Without it, progress stalls.
Help us protect research funding: ucsd.edu/research-inn...
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
Help us protect research funding: ucsd.edu/research-inn...
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch
By pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in a petri dish, @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social researchers are making drug discovery faster, better and more human. #BehindEveryBreakthrough #Research #DrugDiscovery #StemCells #Humanoids #Organoids
Meet us at Phase 0: Inside the HUMANOID™ Center at UC San Diego
With world-class research capabilities and an ethic of service, the HUMANOID center at UC San Diego is revolutionizing drug discovery.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
By pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in a petri dish, @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social researchers are making drug discovery faster, better and more human. #BehindEveryBreakthrough #Research #DrugDiscovery #StemCells #Humanoids #Organoids
Muscle disease research at @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social is at risk due to NIH cuts. 🔬💪
Protect future breakthroughs: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough #NIH
Protect future breakthroughs: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough #NIH
April 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Muscle disease research at @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social is at risk due to NIH cuts. 🔬💪
Protect future breakthroughs: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough #NIH
Protect future breakthroughs: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#SaveResearch #BehindEveryBreakthrough #NIH
Kimberly Peters, currently in treatment for stage four uterine #cancer at @UCSDCancer, has one message for leaders in government: Don’t cut #researchfunding #UCSD #behindeverybreakthrough @ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
Read Kim's story: buff.ly/ksVWtZW
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Read Kim's story: buff.ly/ksVWtZW
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Why Research Funding Matters: A Patient Perspective
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September 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Kimberly Peters, currently in treatment for stage four uterine #cancer at @UCSDCancer, has one message for leaders in government: Don’t cut #researchfunding #UCSD #behindeverybreakthrough @ucsandiego.bsky.social @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social
Read Kim's story: buff.ly/ksVWtZW
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Read Kim's story: buff.ly/ksVWtZW
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Natalie is a grad student in Alexis Komor's lab working to make diagnoses for heart disease and cancer easier. Without funding from the NIH, her research would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough #FundScience
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Natalie is a grad student in Alexis Komor's lab working to make diagnoses for heart disease and cancer easier. Without funding from the NIH, her research would not be possible. #BehindEveryBreakthrough #FundScience
A new study co-authored by Professor Pieter Dorrestein shows that sending microbes to space may improve #astronaut health—and could inform care in ultra-clean environments on Earth such as hospitals and submarines ➡️ rebrand.ly/85irwwj
#BehindEveryBreakthrough @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
#BehindEveryBreakthrough @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A new study co-authored by Professor Pieter Dorrestein shows that sending microbes to space may improve #astronaut health—and could inform care in ultra-clean environments on Earth such as hospitals and submarines ➡️ rebrand.ly/85irwwj
#BehindEveryBreakthrough @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
#BehindEveryBreakthrough @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social
UC San Diego bioengineers reveal how aortic valve stenosis progresses differently by sex, highlighting the need for personalized treatment.
#BehindEveryBreakThrough #HealthcareResearch #ResearchSavesLives
#BehindEveryBreakThrough #HealthcareResearch #ResearchSavesLives
How a Y Chromosome Gene May Shape the Course of Heart Valve Disease
UC San Diego bioengineers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
UC San Diego bioengineers reveal how aortic valve stenosis progresses differently by sex, highlighting the need for personalized treatment.
#BehindEveryBreakThrough #HealthcareResearch #ResearchSavesLives
#BehindEveryBreakThrough #HealthcareResearch #ResearchSavesLives
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new AI-powered dose prediction model to enhance breast cancer radiotherapy. This innovation aims to improve treatment precision and outcomes for patients. 🔬
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#AIinHealthcare #BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
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#AIinHealthcare #BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
UC San Diego Team Develops New Dose Prediction Model for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed advanced deep learning techniques that could revolutionize treatment planning for breast cancer radiotherapy – making it faster and improving its quality.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new AI-powered dose prediction model to enhance breast cancer radiotherapy. This innovation aims to improve treatment precision and outcomes for patients. 🔬
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#AIinHealthcare #BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
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#AIinHealthcare #BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
From a wish on a napkin to a pioneering #genetherapy, @UCSanDiego.bsky.social Gene Therapy Initiative is transforming lives. Natalie Stack's #cystinosis journey shows how #research, families, and hope can change the future. 💙🧬 #BehindEveryBreakthrough
From Wish to Reality — The Gene Therapy Initiative at UC San Diego
A young patient’s wish sparks a decades long partnership that leads UC San Diego to pioneer life changing gene therapies, transforming cystinosis care and advancing treatments for many diseases.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
From a wish on a napkin to a pioneering #genetherapy, @UCSanDiego.bsky.social Gene Therapy Initiative is transforming lives. Natalie Stack's #cystinosis journey shows how #research, families, and hope can change the future. 💙🧬 #BehindEveryBreakthrough
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new AI-powered dose prediction model to enhance breast cancer radiotherapy. This innovation aims to improve treatment precision and outcomes for patients. 🔬
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
UC San Diego Team Develops New Dose Prediction Model for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed advanced deep learning techniques that could revolutionize treatment planning for breast cancer radiotherapy – making it faster and improving its quality.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
UC San Diego researchers have developed a new AI-powered dose prediction model to enhance breast cancer radiotherapy. This innovation aims to improve treatment precision and outcomes for patients. 🔬
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
🔗 bit.ly/43NbsXx
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #BreastCancerResearch #AI #Healthcare
Check out this fascinating interview from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social 's IGCC on the ripple effect of American investment in tech innovation since WWII. @gpsucsd.bsky.social @jacobsschool.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social #BehindEveryBreakthrough
In the first episode of a new Talking Policy miniseries on Technology & Global Security, William Bonvillian (MIT) discusses the U.S. government’s role in driving innovation, and the potential challenges for American science & technology leadership in the future. Listen now: bit.ly/42wHG6U
The American Innovation System’s Storied History and Uncertain Future - IGCC
American technological advances have fueled economic growth and created life-saving technologies—and the U.S. government has been a key catalyst of these giant success stories. But its role is under-a...
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June 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Check out this fascinating interview from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social 's IGCC on the ripple effect of American investment in tech innovation since WWII. @gpsucsd.bsky.social @jacobsschool.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social #BehindEveryBreakthrough
From walking in space to uncovering new worlds — UC San Diego’s impact goes far beyond Earth.
👩🚀 4 NASA astronauts — all Tritons
🧬 Stem cell research in orbit
🌙 Water on the Moon + Mars
🔭 Discoveries beyond
#WorldSpaceWeek #BehindEveryBreakthrough
👩🚀 4 NASA astronauts — all Tritons
🧬 Stem cell research in orbit
🌙 Water on the Moon + Mars
🔭 Discoveries beyond
#WorldSpaceWeek #BehindEveryBreakthrough
Inside UC San Diego’s Out-of-This-World Impact
Explore 13 ways our research is extending past Earth’s atmosphere, from astronaut firsts to breakthroughs in orbit and discoveries across the cosmos.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
From walking in space to uncovering new worlds — UC San Diego’s impact goes far beyond Earth.
👩🚀 4 NASA astronauts — all Tritons
🧬 Stem cell research in orbit
🌙 Water on the Moon + Mars
🔭 Discoveries beyond
#WorldSpaceWeek #BehindEveryBreakthrough
👩🚀 4 NASA astronauts — all Tritons
🧬 Stem cell research in orbit
🌙 Water on the Moon + Mars
🔭 Discoveries beyond
#WorldSpaceWeek #BehindEveryBreakthrough
At UC San Diego, we're not just imagining the future, we're building it. Innovation requires investment, and without federal support, progress slows. We must protect research funding. Join us in advocating: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch #UCSanDiego
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch #UCSanDiego
March 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
At UC San Diego, we're not just imagining the future, we're building it. Innovation requires investment, and without federal support, progress slows. We must protect research funding. Join us in advocating: bit.ly/3FlXQs3
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch #UCSanDiego
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch #UCSanDiego
Celina Nguyen is an M.D./Ph.D. student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, which this year celebrates 50 years! 🩺
Learn about the work she’s conducting on the function of MEF2C, a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder. 🧬#BehindEveryBreakthrough
Learn about the work she’s conducting on the function of MEF2C, a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder. 🧬#BehindEveryBreakthrough
July 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Celina Nguyen is an M.D./Ph.D. student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, which this year celebrates 50 years! 🩺
Learn about the work she’s conducting on the function of MEF2C, a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder. 🧬#BehindEveryBreakthrough
Learn about the work she’s conducting on the function of MEF2C, a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder. 🧬#BehindEveryBreakthrough