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UC SAN DIEGO FACULTY , STAFF AND ALUMNI
SEEN & HEARD
UC San Diego faculty , staff and alumni experts are often cited in national and international media outlets addressing today ’ s most pressing issues .
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THE CONVERSATION
On atmospheric rivers “ Warmer air can hold more moisture . As global temperatures rise in the future , we can expect more intense atmospheric rivers , leading to an increase in heavy and extreme precipitation events .”
— Qian Cao , hydrologist , Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes , Scripps Institution of Oceanography
KPBS
On the new addition at Birch Aquarium “ Birch Aquarium has significantly expanded its breeding and conservation efforts over the years . The hatching of our first Little Blue Penguin chick is a major milestone for how today ’ s aquariums can make a difference in a changing planet .”
— Harry Helling ’ 80 , executive director , Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
On technology and the arts “ Theater and dance are human art forms , so it may seem counterintuitive to lean into technology . However , in the hands of artists , technology has the potential to make performance more human , more intimate , to transcend borders and to connect us more deeply .”
— Lisa Portes , chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
BBC NEWS
On Antarctic ice shelves “ Floating shelves are to the ice sheet as flying buttresses are to buildings — they provide structural support and prop the ice sheet up . Pinning points increase this effect , and as contact is lost , the support weakens . So , by focusing on pinning points , this beautiful study has assessed the stability of the support of Antarctica and how and where it is weakening .”
— Helen Amanda Fricker , professor of geophysics , Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NEW YORK TIMES
On Kawasaki Disease , a rare childhood illness “ Every day in our country , somewhere , a child with K . D . is being misdiagnosed . Before now , we didn ’ t have the tools and the teams and the samples and the data to really attack this disease . Now we do , so let ’ s get moving .”
— Jane Burns , professor of pediatrics and director of the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at UC San Diego School of Medicine
WIRED
On contaminant-detecting plants that change color “ This technique is nice because you don ’ t need any special equipment . You just see it .”
— Yunde Zhao , professor of cell and developmental biology , School of Biological Sciences
Photo : Yunde Zhao , UC San Diego
CNN
On the superbug and phage therapy “ It ’ s estimated that by 2050 , 10 million people per year — that ’ s one person every three seconds — is going to be dying from a superbug infection .”
— Steffanie Strathdee , infectious disease epidemiologist and co-director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at UC San Diego School of Medicine
FORTUNE
On an experimental drug for breast cancer “[ Rebecsinib ] is basically preventing this breast cancer from cloning itself ,” adding that it may be a “ kill switch for cancer .”
— Catriona H . M . Jamieson , hematologist and medical professor , UC San Diego School of Medicine and director , Sanford Stem Cell Institute
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