A Sampling of Clips for
September 26, 2003
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UCSD Joins Center to ID Genes with Illness Links
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 26-The
University of California, San Diego and the
Center for the Advancement of Genomics announced yesterday that
they will be formally collaborating to use large-scale genome
analysis to predict the occurrence and outcome of disease, with
an initial focus on hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
The Center for the Advancement of Genomics, also known as TCAG,
was created by J. Craig Venter, a UCSD graduate.
(Quote by Palmer Taylor, the founding dean
of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m26gene.html
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article appeared in:
GenomeWeb, Sept. 26
http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=200392695818
SD Pharmaceutical
Building
City News Service, Sept. 25-Officials
at UC San Diego broke ground today for a 104,000-square-foot
facility to house a new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences. The $42 million, four-story building will house classrooms
and an auditorium as well as a clinical pharmacy practice and
laboratories. (Quote by Palmer Taylor, the
founding dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
at UCSD.)
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SD Bhatia
City News Service, Sept. 25- A UC
San Diego associate professor of engineering was named
to MIT Technology Review's list of the world's 100 top innovators
under 35. Sangeeta Bhatia was recognized for
her groundbreaking research in nonotechnology, medicine and
tissue engineering.
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Researchers
Say Whaling Altered the Food Chain
MSNBC, Sept. 25-A recent study sets
forth a radical and potentially important new idea: An ecological
chain reaction dating to industrial-scale hunting of whales
in the North Pacific a half-century ago has driven the widespread
decline of Alaskan seals, sea lions and otters that have puzzled
scientists for decades. (Quote by Jeremy Jackson,
a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
in La Jolla.)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/PISEA/141208.asp
Chancellor Plans
Return to Teaching
Oakland Tribune, Sept. 26- University
of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert Berdahl -- whose
tenure has been marked by academic achievement, protests and
new research initiatives -- said Thursday he intends to step
down from his post next June. Berkeley won't be the only UC
campus searching for a new chancellor. UC San Diego
is conducting a nationwide search for a new chief because its
current chancellor, Robert Dynes, has been
named the new president of the 10-campus UC system.
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~1658162,00.html#
Schwarzenegger Flip but Exceeds Expectations
in Recall Debate
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 26-It
may not have been wise for Arnold Schwarzenegger to invite Arianna
Huffington to appear in his next Terminator film, but political
observers said yesterday that the movie action hero-turned Republican
gubernatorial candidate met and may have exceeded modest expectations
for his first debate performance.(Quote by Gary Jacobson,
a political science professor at UCSD.)
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