First Appeared Monday, 04 February '08

inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for January 2008

Each weekday Public Affairs publishes online the news from and about UCSF — from the latest research in basic and clinical science to weekly Science Café conversations and podcasts, from stories that embody the UCSF tagline, advancing health worldwide™, to daily campus news and calendar events. Here's a handy index of the content we brought you in January on the UCSF.edu website, in case you missed something the first time around.

Feature Stories - The Big Picture on the UCSF.edu Homepage

Translating Science: A Conversation with Pioneering Fetal Surgeon Michael Harrison
Fetal surgery pioneer Michael Harrison, MD, ponders a bright future as treatments for fetal conditions become even less-invasive and ever more successful...

UCSF’s Jeff Wall Uses New Computational Methods to Search for a Neanderthal Legacy and for Disease Genes
Did your prehistoric ancestors mate with another species? Researchers are looking for a mingling of Neanderthal and modern human genes. Their methods also may shed light on genes that affect health risks...

Poring over Proteins: A Conversation with Biopharmaceutical Scientist Andrej Sali
UCSF School of Pharmacy protein expert Andrej Sali and colleagues at Rockefeller University are being celebrated for a new technique that reveals the shape of large protein assemblies. The implications for drug design are rock-star huge...

VA Leader, UCSF Researcher Will Use VA’s Computerized Medical Records for Physician Education
Medical care is no longer information-limited, says leading UCSF and VA physician Paul Volberding. The challenge is to present the most important information to the physician during moments of individual patient care. Volberding sees a bigger role for the VA's computerized medical records system...

News Center - News and Research for the Global UCSF Community

• • Analysis Calls for Medical Device Information to Better Serve Patients and Doctors
  
  
• • Morphine Dependency Blocked by Single Genetic Change
  
  
• • Deafness and Seizures Result When Mysterious Protein Deleted in Mice
  
  
• • Renowned UCSF Anesthesiologist Samuel Hughes Dies at 61
  
  
• • January 25 Film and Discussion to Focus on HIV/AIDS in Africa
  
  
• • Key Bone Building Pathway Identified in Mice
  
  
• • Statement from UCSF Dept of Public Affairs Regarding Study on Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Clone USA300 in Men who Have Sex with Men
  
  
• • New Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria Emerge in U.S. Cities on Both Coasts
  
  
• • Sleep Apnea Linked to Cognitive Impairment in Older Women
  
  
• • UCSF Briefing on Liver Transplantation for Asian Americans
  
  
• • Teens Find the Benefits of Not Having Sex Decline with Age
  
  
• • Leading UCSF Neuroendocrinologist and Medical Leader dies
  
  
• • Language Centers Revealed, Brain Surgery Refined with New Mapping
  
  
• • Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely to Get Strong Pain Drugs in Emergency Rooms
  
  

UCSF Today - Campus News and Events

• • Longtime Dentist Loses Battle with Leukemia
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Free Heart, Hepatitis B Screenings on Saturday
  
  
• • National Leader in Family Medicine Dies
  
  
• • Severe Weather Prompts Reminder of How to Handle an Elevator Failure
  
  
• • UCSF Student Receives Scholarship from National Hispanic Health Foundation
  
  
• • Peasant Pies Brings Portable, Affordable Meals to UCSF
  
  
• • UCSF Panel to Discuss HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, Screen Film
  
  
• • UC Continues Progress in Sustainability Practices
  
  
• • Arenson Elected to Board of Radiological Society of North America
  
  
• • UCSF Meningioma Research Laboratory Receives Donation
  
  
• • UCSF Postdoc Receives Genetics Society of America’s DeLill Nasser Award
  
  
• • New UCSF PowerPoint templates available
  
  
• • Ad Campaign Raises Awareness of UCSF Medical Center’s Innovation
  
  
• • Governor’s Budget Proposes Education Cuts to Address Deficit
  
  
• • UCSF Experts to Talk About Finding a Cure for Asthma
  
  
• • UCSF Police Report Attempted Robbery and Battery at Mount Zion, Malicious Graffiti at Mission Bay
  
  
• • Campus Life Services to Pilot Going Greener Campaign
  
  
• • Gilead Sciences and Gladstone to Collaborate on HIV Targets
  
  
• • UCSF Names MLK Awardees, Hosts Series of Events
  
  
• • Medical Anthropologist Awarded Top Honor
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Focus the Nation Teach-in
  
  
• • UCSF Tropical Disease Researcher in Scientific American’s Top 50
  
  
• • UCSF to Celebrate National Mentoring Month
  
  
• • UCSF Series on the Pharmaceutical Industry's Marketing of Medicines

Science Café - Weekly Conversations About the Culture, Conduct and Community of Science

• • January 25, Translating Science: A Conversation with Pioneering Fetal Surgeon Michael Harrison (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • January 18, Gravity-Free: A Conversation with Cell Growth Space Scientist Millie Hughes-Fulford (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • January 11, Poring Over Proteins: A Conversation with Protein Expert Andrej Sali (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Subscribe to the Science Café podcast in iTunes
  
  
• • Subscribe to the Science Café podcast and feed in your preferred newsreader

UCSF People / UCSF Blogs - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students in Their Own Words

• Meet New UCSF Faculty

Spotlight / Multimedia - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students "on the Air"

UCSF Science Café 59: A Conversation with Michael Harrison

UCSF Science Café 58: A Conversation with Millie Hughes-Fulford

UCSF Science Café 57: A Conversation with Andrej Sali

FYI... UCSF in the News - Daily summary of news stories that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University

• January 31	• January 30	• January 28	• January 25
• January 24	• January 23	• January 22	• January 16
• January 15	• January 14	• January 10	• January 9
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