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February 02, 2006

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Getting to the Nut of Biodiversity
USA Today, Feb. 1-An international team of scientists, led by UCSD biologist Christopher Wills, has found that biodiversity builds as the least-common trees gain footholds and grow. The results, they say, could help with recovery strategies for damaged areas where forest managers are trying to restore diversity. More

A Fork in Memory Lane: UCSD Research Indicates Hippocampus Supports Two Aspects of Recognition
Innovations Report, Feb. 1- Anyone who has recognized a person but then struggled with the particulars - "I know I know her, but how...?" - can also appreciate the distinction between "familiarity" and "recollection." Published in the Feb. 2 issue of the journal Neuron, the UCSD study contradicts a recent body of work which maintains that the hippocampus is involved only in recollection. More

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University Removes Transplant Director
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 2-UCSD Medical Center has removed the director of its abdominal transplant program, saying he helped mislead regulators about problems that forced the closure of the liver transplant program at UCI Medical Center, a sister institution 90 miles away. More

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San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 2

Belief Special: When
Delusion Triumphs Over Truth
New Scientist, Jan. 28 -- What is going on inside our brains when we believe? How does that trigger physical changes in our bodies? And why would our minds believe the world is a certain way in flat contradiction to the evidence of our own senses? Or, put another way, what exactly is the biological basis of belief? (Quotes by UCSD neurologist Vilayanur Ramachandran.) More

Big River
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 2- The San Diego Repertory Theatre's 'Restless Spirits' aims to be an epic 'quest,' as multiple streams funnel into a swift-moving current of tales and image. (Quote by Allan Havis, the Rep's artistic director and a professor at UCSD.) More