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UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn Delivers Nobel Lecture
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn joined Nobel laureates in Stockholm to discuss their discoveries and what their ongoing research tells us about health, cancer and aging.
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Honorary Degree Ceremony Aims to Help Right a 67-Year-Old Wrong
UCSF granted honorary degrees to 67 former students – three of whom happily accepted their diplomas in person on Friday – after their studies ended abruptly when they were sent to Japanese internment camps during World War II.
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Blackburn’s Nobel Win Earns Praise from Political Leaders
When UCSF’s Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, was named one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 5, the seemingly endless stream of well-wishers included not only friends, relatives and colleagues, but also several prominent political figures.
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UCSF Awards Honorary Degrees to Former WWII Internees
UC restored some justice on Friday when former students of Japanese ancestry received honorary degrees after being forced to leave college to enter internment camps during World War II.
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UCSF to Follow Blackburn During Nobel Week 2009
The UCSF community will have several opportunities to share in the excitement of the Nobel Prize festivities, which begin on Monday with a lecture by UCSF’s newest Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn. Read more on the <a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/nobel/2009/blackburn/ucsf-to-follow-blackburn-during-nobel-week-2009/">UCSF Nobel website</a>.
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UCSF, UC Berkeley Consider New Translational Medicine Degree Program
UCSF and UC Berkeley are mulling the idea of offering a first-of-its-kind joint degree program in translational medicine — an idea proposed by former Intel CEO Andy Grove.
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KQED Forum hosts UCSF psychiatrist as expert panelist on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Panel Calls for Continued Investment in UCSF's Research Programs
Leaders from both inside and outside the University discussed strategies for weathering the budget crisis and preserving academic and research excellence recently.
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KGO showcases breast cancer research project
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Magazine feature spotlights Helen Diller
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UCSF Chancellor Offers Advice to Women Leaders
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann shared some lessons learned over her lifetime during a recent meeting with senior women leaders.
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New Guidelines on Pap Tests Draw from UCSF Expert's Findings
A new set of recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says cervical cancer screening can start later and occur less frequently for most women.
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UCSF Brain Tumor Vaccine trial focus of KGO-TV (ABC) story
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UCSF awards honorary degrees to students interned during WWII
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will award honorary degrees to 68 former students who were interned in the United States during World War II due to their Japanese heritage. UCSF is the first public university in California to provide such degrees to former students, many of whom will be honored posthumously. Three other UC ceremonies will follow during annual commencement ceremonies on the Davis, Berkeley, and Los Angeles campuses.
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Scientist names UCSF photoswitch research among Top 10 Life Science Innovations of 2009
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Chimp Subspecies Identified as Suspected Source of Human HIV Virus
Scientist pinpoints chimpanzee origin of HIV during Merle Sande Memorial Lecture.
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SJ Mercury News features UCSF Brain Tumor Vaccine study
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UCSF to Observe World AIDS Day with Symposium, Film Screening
The campus community is invited on December 1 to attend a symposium and screening of a short film documenting San Francisco’s leading role in responding to the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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World AIDS Day events at UCSF & Gladstone
The November 30, 2009 Merle Sande Memorial Lecture: “The Prehistory of HIV-1: Understanding the Primate Roots of Human AIDS" and the December 1, 2009 “Minority Stress Theory, Findings and Implications for HIV/AIDS Prevention with Racial/Ethnic Minority Gay and Bisexual Men” lecture.
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UCSF Neurosurgery media coverage
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Stuffed on Thanksgiving? Dementia Research May Shed Light on Overeating
UCSF studies of frontotemporal dementia may shed light on Thanksgiving and year-round overeating.
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Annual tree lighting ceremony to benefit UCSF Children's Hospital
The 20th annual Macy’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, benefiting UCSF Children’s Hospital. Macy’s partners with UCSF each year to raise funds for the UCSF Children’s Hospital palliative care program – Compass Care – which provides essential medical care and emotional support for families whose children have life-threatening illnesses. Over the last six years, more than $800,000 has been raised through sponsoring lights that adorn Macy’s gift to the city, an 85-foot-tall Shasta Fir tree.
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"UCSF in India" Film Series Showcases Fruitful Partnerships
A series of three short films depicts how UCSF is advancing health in India by addressing three of its major health concerns: HIV/AIDS, tobacco use and eye diseases.
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Colleagues Commend Blackburn’s Nobel Prize-Winning Research
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to UCSF’s Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD – along with Carol Greider, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Jack Szostak, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital – recognizes the importance of the most fundamental kind of basic biological science.
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$2 M Gift to Help Build New UCSF Children's Hospital at Mission Bay
A $2M gift for the new UCSF Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay was unveiled on November 19 in San Francisco during a conference hosted by the cloud computing company Salesforce.com. The gift is comprised of $1M from the Salesforce.com Foundation and a matching gift of $1M from Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and his family. The Foundation gift is part of a new initiative called Healthy Communities and honors General Colin L. Powell, USA (retired), who is a strong child advocate and friend of the Foundation.
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UCSF to Host Town Hall to Provide Progress Update on Medical Center at Mission Bay
The UCSF community is invited to attend a town hall meeting on December 4 to hear an update on the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay project.
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Tissue tension regulates tumor progression
UCSF scientists have shown for the first time that the rigidity of a tissue can induce cancer. The research team identified an enzyme that is crucial for regulating tissue stiffness and demonstrated that the enzyme can turn abnormal but non-malignant breast tissue into tumors, according to a study published in “Cell” online.
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Community Forum Highlights Environmental Breast Cancer Risks
Activists, scientists and administrators convene to discuss research on the role of environmental chemicals in breast cancer.
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UC Commission on the Future to Visit UCSF
The UCSF community is invited to offer ideas on the future of the University of California on December 1, when members of the UC Commission on the Future will visit the campus.