# @ucsandiego on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DH_qq5FyiHp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28906875-ucsandiego-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/48e24222dc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-03T18:40:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UC San Diego / UCSD (@ucsandiego) — https://gondola.cc/ucsandiego

## Caption

Biologists and chemists at UC San Diego are creating sustainable solutions to tackle plastic waste—protecting our environment and our health. 🌎🌱

Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield highlights the urgent need to protect research funding for scientific and economic progress.

Alt ID: Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor Stephen Mayfield speaks on camera in a lab with clips of him doing work in the lab and clips of the ocean and pier. 

#BehindEveryBreakthrough #SaveResearch #ResearchSavesLives #UCSD #UCSanDiego #EarthMonth

## Stats

- **Views:** 5,630
- **Likes:** 0
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- **Comments:** 11

## Tags

saveresearch, earthmonth, researchsaveslives, behindeverybreakthrough, ucsandiego, ucsd

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