UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus on 3333 California Street has reopened after a power outage cut electricity to the building for three days.

Researchers at UCSF have identified the lynchpin that activates brown fat cells, which burn fat molecules instead of storing them, making them the focus of pharmaceutical research aimed at fighting obesity.

UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD, has been elected to the BayBio Pantheon, a group of 52 San Francisco Bay Area life sciences leaders who have made a significant contribution to the industry, for his work toward creating the world’s first implantable artificial kidney.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $15 million over the next five years to the UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) to continue its pioneering translational AIDS research.

Cristina Morrison began her career at UCSF 14 years ago in Community & Governmental Relations and now works as the Operational Excellence (OE) Coordinator in the UCSF School of Medicine.