A Sampling of Clips for January 22^th, 2010

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Synthetic Biology Cells Produce Light Show
BBC News, Jan. 22 -- Scientists have produced a very unusual light show, engineering bacterial cells to fluoresce in synchrony. The researchers turned the cells into synchronised "genetic clocks" - programming them to switch a fluorescent protein on and off. This same team of researchers, which was led by Dr Jeff Hasty from UCSD, US, first produced "flashing" cells a year ago. More

Meet the Creatures That Live Beyond the Abyss
BBC News, Jan. 22 -- Our fascination with the deepest of the deep was sparked by an extraordinarily dangerous expedition that took place 50 years ago. (Quotes Lisa Levin from UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Governor's Race Poll: GOP Hopefuls Gaining on Brown
Sacramento Bee, Jan. 22 -- For months, Jerry Brown has said he's been in no hurry to declare his candidacy for governor, even as his Republican rivals poured millions of dollars into their gubernatorial campaigns. (Quotes UCSD political science professor Thad Kousser) More

Campaign Financing Strictures Overturned
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday opened the floodgates for corporations, labor unions and other wealthy interests to pour unprecedented sums into political campaigns, from U.S. Senate races to elections for local office in San Diego County.(Quotes Gary Jacobson, a political science professor and campaign finance expert at UCSD) More

Munk Wins Prestigious Crafoord Award
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 21 -- Walter Munk, a world-renowned oceanographer with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD has won the Crafoord Prize, which is given each spring by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to researchers who have made major advancements in their branches of science. More

The Stars Shine at 13th Annual Patte Awards
Del Mar Times, Jan. 21 -- The 13th annual San Diego Patte Awards for Theater Excellence were presented Jan. 18 at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter on Broadway Circle. Theater critic Pat Launer hosted the event. (Mentions Alexis Montes, 16, a junior at The Preuss School, winner of the third annual Patte Scholarship) More

University of California Rewards 38 Hospital Execs for Performance
The Sacramento Bee,  Jan. 22 -- University of California regents, meeting Thursday in San Francisco, approved $3.1 million in performance-based payments for 38 executives at the system's five UC hospitals throughout the state. (Mentions UCSD) More

Yonder Lies It
San Diego Reader, Jan. 20 -- As a native tijuanense, I always tend to have my city on my mind even though I find myself in the northernmost part of Europe: Sweden. The internet age has made it possible for me to be present with my city even though I am so far away. (Mentions UCSD literature professor Cristina Rivera Garza) More

$23.6 Million in Extra Pay
Cincinati.com, Jan. 22 -- By storing up hundreds of hours of overtime and unused holiday, vacation and sick days, 359 members of the Cincinnati Police Department may receive more than six months' extra pay when they retire at a cost to taxpayers of more than $23 million. (Quotes Steve Erie, a political science professor and Urban Studies director at UCSD) More

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