Archive: 2015 Year in Pictures
See a collection that highlights 30 moments and milestones of 2015 that represent our missions in research, patient care and education.
Archive: UCSF Speakers Announced for 2016 Personalized Medicine World Conference
The lineup is finalized for the 2016 Personalized Medicine World Conference, with nine scheduled talks by UCSF leaders and faculty.
Archive: UCSF Tackles San Francisco Housing Crisis
The city offers its residents and the UCSF community an abundance of benefits, from its thriving culture of innovation to its surrounding natural beauty. Those benefits, however, have come at a cost – especially in recent years, as housing costs have skyrocketed and competition for affordable units has grown fierce.
Archive: UCSF and UC Hastings to Collaborate on New Housing Plan
UCSF and UC Hastings College of the Law have signed a Letter of Intent to jointly develop new campus housing in San Francisco’s Civic Center and Tenderloin neighborhoods, in an effort to serve the growing housing needs of their students and trainees.
Archive: Cancer Center Solicits High-Risk, High-Reward Ideas for $250K Award to Impact Cancer
The Cancer Center will give $250,000 to one high-risk, high-reward research project to address a key problem in cancer. Deadline for applications is Dec.18.
Archive: UCSF Among 10 Institutions to Receive Grants to Retain Clinical Scientists
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced grants totaling $5.4 million to 10 medical schools, including UCSF, to provide stronger institutional support and supplemental funds for early-career physician scientists.
Archive: ‘Purity’ Of Tumor Samples May Significantly Bias Genomic Analyses
A new study by UCSF scientists shows that the proportion of normal cells, especially immune cells, intermixed with cancerous cells in a given tissue sample may significantly skew the results of genetic analyses and other tests performed both by researchers and by physicians selecting precision therapies.