AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate

A new study, published in Cell, found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function. Researchers at the University of California San Diego used artificial intelligence to help both unravel this mystery of Alzheimer’s disease and discover a potential treatment that obstructs the gene’s moonlighting role.

The paper's main PI is BISB Prof. Sheng Zhong, and BISB Ph.D. student Xingzhao Wen is a coauthor.

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Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler elected to National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Elizabeth Winzeler was one of three professors from the University of California, San Diego, and one of 120 academics across the country, to be elected as a member in The National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.

Jeff Jaureguy awarded PPPF Fellowship

Jeff Jaureguy, a Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, has been awarded a University of California President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship (PPPF).

Den Chen awarded NIH F31 grant

Bioinformatics & Systems Biology graduate student Den Chen has been awarded an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awarded to Hyrum Eddington

Congratulations to Hyrum Eddington (BISB Ph.D. student) on being awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!

Rob Knight named 2025 ARCS Scientist of the Year

Prof. Rob Knight has been named the Scientist of the Year by the San Diego Chapter of ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists Foundation).

Story at ARCS, San Diego Union-Tribune