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December 09, 2004

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NIH Gives $32.8 Million to Bioinformatics
UPI, Dec. 8-The National Institutes of Health said it will invest $32.8 million to support collaborative efforts to use information technologies to aid medical research. The UCSD Medical School will receive $18.8 million over five years, while Massachusetts General Hospital will be granted nearly $14 million over three years. More

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Comings and Goings
Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 10-Judith L. Swain, a molecular cardiologist and chairwoman of the department of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, will become the first director of the College of Integrated Life Sciences at UCSD. More

Aquarists Discuss Safe Breeding of Seahorses
Monterey Herald, Dec. 8-The captive breeding of seahorses was a hot topic of discussion Wednesday at the International Aquarium Congress, a weeklong event for more than 500 aquarium experts at the Monterey Conference Center. Leslee Matsushige, assistant curator at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, shared four years experience breeding seahorses full time. More

Experts will Discuss Stem Cell Research Today at 'U'
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Dec. 8-Dr. Evan Snyder, a leading researcher in stem cell biology and director of the basic science program in neonatology at UCSD, will give a free public lecture at the University of Minnesota today. More

Conference's Goal is to Help Latino Boys
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 9-South County educators plan to bus about 500 Latino boys to UCSD on Saturday to encourage them to get college degrees and good jobs as a way to reverse lagging achievement among Latinos. More