Chao Tang, nonlinear dynamic systems and the importance of play.

San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, set to become the first female Speaker of the House in history, was among those to recognize Charlene Harrington for a lifetime of contributions recently.

Venom from a West Indian tarantula has been shown to cause pain by exciting the same nerve cells in mice that sense high temperatures and the hot, spicy ingredient in chili peppers, UCSF scientists have discovered.

Honors and awards presented to faculty, staff, and students are an important part of the UCSF story that we want to share.

Words like "pioneering," "original," and "premier," can sometimes overstate a single person's contributions to any field, let alone a medical research specialty, which often moves along lines of collaboration and consensus.

"The injected cells survive and slow down abnormal heart rhythms," says Jeffrey Olgin, MD, the physician and researcher who heads the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service at UCSF.

In his 41 years as a professor and electrophysiologist at UCSF, Melvin Scheinman, MD, has shocked thousands of hearts back to health with a procedure called ablation therapy.

The campus community recently saluted best practices in achieving diversity among faculty and staff at UCSF.