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<p>UCSF is launching a new effort to boost research development to help the University’s scientists better compete in an increasingly complex funding environment.</p>
<p>For the children, women and cancer patients who will be treated there, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will be an invaluable resource offering groundbreaking care for patients and a full range of amenities for their visiting family members.</p>
Gladstone President R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams, MD, a professor of medicine at UCSF, will receive the ARCS Foundation’s 2012 Pacesetter Award next week for his lifelong dedication to furthering education and his extensive contributions to science and medicine.
<p>Weeks after winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, and John Gurdon, PhD, were able to celebrate their monumental achievement together for stem cell discoveries made half a century – and half a world – apart.</p>
<p>AT&T Park – home of the World Series champions, the San Francisco Giants – will become a science wonderland when the Bay Area Science Festival concludes again with a free science extravaganza on Saturday, Nov. 3. </p>
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes and the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered how modifying a gene halts the toxic buildup of a protein found in nerve cells. These findings point to a potential new tactic for treating a variety of neurodegenerative conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease).
<p>The UCSF community is invited to get into the Halloween spirit at parties on October 31.</p>
<p>The University of California’s Open Enrollment period begins next week, with some important changes coming to Health Net coverage affecting employees in San Francisco.</p>
<p>With the November election looming, University of Calfornia President Mark Yudof wrote an open letter to the UC community urging students, faculty, staff and alumni to exercise their right to vote.</p>
Universities should do a better job translating public funding into health and jobs, according to a new case study by UCSF researchers.
<p>Three burglary suspects, who were being pursued by the San Francisco Police Department, crashed their pickup truck into a loading dock on the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus Wednesday morning.</p>