A Sampling of Clips for April 10^th, 2008

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An Engineer Takes On the Art Experts
The Wall Street Journal, April 10 – UCSD researcher Maurizio Seracini may be on the verge of one of the most spectacular art historical finds of recent times: the rediscovery of a masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. More

Original Kin
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 10 – UCSD researcher Ajit Varki and colleagues have launched a novel institute that will emphasize the study of human origins. Dubbed the Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny, or CARTA, the institute will have offices at both UCSD and the nearby Salk Institute. Mostly, however, CARTA will be virtual, its members connected via the Internet and a common curiosity about how man began. More

Writer to Discuss China Goods Boycott
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 10 -- When UCSD alumna Sara Bongiorni set out with her experiment of boycotting Chinese goods for a year, she expected it would be difficult for herself and her husband, Kevin. What she didn't expect was how hard it would be for their 4-year-old son. More

Blankets for Tiniest of Babies
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 10 – It was a simple request, but it would change Joan Graves forever. And it would bring added warmth to some of the sickest, tiniest babies at UCSD Medical Center's neonatal intensive-care unit. More

How San Diego Researchers Walk Through the 'Valley of Death'
Voice of San Diego, April 10 -- Like many scientists working in San Diego’s burgeoning biotechnology sector, Yong Qian presented his mission to dozens of friends and family members, and asked them to invest in his research. Eventually he collected $318,000 dollars from a network of 28 people that he met at church, graduate school, and through his family, to rent out his own lab and begin the heralded task of curing cancer. (Quotes Pedro Cuatrecasas, professor of pharmacology and medicine at UCSD) More