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Research Translation and Outreach in Tijuana

UCSD SBRP Research Translation and Outreach Events in Tijuana, Mexico

News Report from UC President : Your University Online, March 2008

The 90 UC San Diego students hard at work in a canyon neighborhood in Tijuana on a Saturday afternoon are learning about environmental sustainability, municipal infrastructure and border economics one street paver at a time.

The UC San Diego Urban Studies and Planning Club is part of a binational pilot project to reduce water pollution by applying porous or “pervious” surfacing technology to dirt roads. The project focuses on the Tijuana River Watershed, which stretches across the U.S.-Mexico border, and its Los Laureles Canyon where 80,000 Tijuanans live in makeshift homes with no streets, sewers or power. Read more.

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Related story: New Biology and Research Translation in Service of Vulnerable CommunitiesThe article above mentions biomolecular technologies --an applied research project led by Keith Pezzoli and Hiram Sarabia as part of UCSD’s Superfund Basic Research Program (Research Translation Core, with technical support from Dr. Robert Tukey’s Lab). Sarabia and Pezzoli are deploying Dr. Tukey’s cellular bioassays to improve the Los Laureles community’s capacity to do environmental testing for toxicants in soil and water. They are applying new biological methods in molecular and environmental toxicology with the aim to better meet the needs of vulnerable populations at risk of exposure to pollution. The research is funded by the NIEHS. Learn more

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