“UC San Diego brings exceptional strengths across biological sciences, medicine, engineering, computation, environmental research and ocean science that align powerfully with the IGI’s mission,” said Dean Pogliano. “I am excited to help lead this campus-wide collaboration, building on years of productive partnership between UC San Diego and IGI scientists while creating new opportunities to develop genomic technologies that can move from fundamental discovery toward scalable solutions in human health, climate resilience and the environment.”
Future Prospects
In addition to the current collaborations, IGI’s Executive Director Brad Ringeisen foresees multiple areas of synergy.
“UC San Diego’s strengths in engineering, medical devices, environmental research and the microbiome complement IGI’s current research areas, and allow us to expand our societal impact in new ways,” says Ringeisen. “AI and machine learning are dramatically accelerating the speed of research in genomics, so we are very excited about applying the joint power of UC Berkeley and UC San Diego’s computer science prowess to large problems in human health and the environment.”
New joint projects of particular interest include interdisciplinary programs designed to bolster the climate resilience of our oceans and soils through innovative scalable solutions, and combining UC Berkeley’s biotechnology discovery engine with UC San Diego’s biomedical research and health system to improve the drug discovery pipeline for rapid translation across areas like antimicrobial resistance and neurodegenerative disease.
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