Meenakshi Manoj

August 25, 2023

Simply Stated: What’s actually in my supplements?

By Meenakshi Manoj

A July 17 report revealed that an alarming number of sports supplements contain incorrect amounts of ingredients, traces of prohibited compounds, and missing ingredients that are reported on the labels. Sports suppleme...

July 14, 2023

Nuevos restaurantes, eventos locales y noticias gastronómicas en y los alrededores de I.V.

By Stephanie Gerson, Meenakshi Manoj

Desde la apertura de una nueva café en Isla Vista hasta demostraciones de cocina gratuitas de Salud y Bienestar de UC Santa Bárbara y la migración de una Goleta emergente en el centro, la escena gastronómica de Santa...

July 11, 2023

FDA makes history, approves Elevidys to treat pediatric Duchenne muscular dystrophy

By Meenakshi Manoj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Elevidys in June, making it the first gene therapy designed to treat pediatric Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a life-threatening genetic disorder of progressive muscular weakn...

April 24, 2023

Simple Dicho: ¿Que tan poderoso es ChatGPT?

By Katharine Chi, Meenakshi Manoj

Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, el aprendizaje en línea ha tentado a los estudiantes a abandonar la integridad académica. Algunos programas familiares incluyen Photomath, Quizlet y Socratic, que están diseñados par...

April 24, 2023

América unida – El día Panamericano

By Meenakshi Manoj

El día Panamericano marca el día en que se formó la Unión Internacional de las Américas. La idea fue propuesta durante el Congreso de Panamá de 1826 por José de San Martín y Simón Bolívar. El 14 de abril de 189...

April 22, 2023

Simplemente Dicho: ¿Conoces tu marihuana?

By Meenakshi Manoj, Mari Villalpando-Ortega

La planta de cannabis, una planta frondosa de fitocannabinoides, una clase de compuestos químicos naturales y terpenoide, moléculas chiquititas y con olor fuerte producidas en miles de especies de diferentes plantas. L...

April 20, 2023

Simply Stated: Do you know your weed?

By Meenakshi Manoj

The cannabis plant, a leafy green plant of phytocannabinoids, a class of naturally occurring chemical compounds, and terpenoid, tiny and strong-smelling molecules produced in thousands of different plant species.

April 13, 2023

Can we slow our biological clocks? Cynthia Kenyon lectures on the molecular components of aging at Corwin Pavilion

By Meenakshi Manoj

Cynthia Kenyon, vice president of aging research at Calico Life Sciences and director of University of California, San Francisco’s Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, presented her research regarding e...

February 2, 2023

Addressing the Groundwater Problem in one of the World’s Largest Crop producers

By Meenakshi Manoj

An assistant professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan Meha Jain presented her research on ways to sustainably increase agricultural production, specifically in India on J...

January 26, 2023

“Implicit Bias in Healthcare:” A Webinar hosted by the Health Professions Association

By Meenakshi Manoj

UC Santa Barbara’s Health Professions Association’s Inclusivity & Outreach Committee hosted a webinar to highlight implicit, unconscious and structural bias in healthcare, on Jan. 21.

October 27, 2022

Simply Stated: How Do You Lessen The Toll Of A Sugar Rush?

By Meenakshi Manoj

While it’s important to enjoy these Howmoments while they last, there is one important thing to watch out for, which is a major glucose spike when you subconsciously munch on some Sour Patch Kids or M&M’s.