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A Sampling of Clips for
February
7,
2002
Hox
protein mutation and macroevolution of the insect body plan
Nature,
Feb.
7 -- Research by UCSD’s
William McGinnis discusses how molecular changes in
developmental pathways lead to macroevolutionary changes in
morphology.
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature716_fs.html
Changed
body plans due to single gene mutation
United Press International,
Feb.7 -- In research headed by UCSD
biologist William Mcginnis,
a genetic mutation has been uncovered that could explain the origin of
large-scale alterations to body plans during the early evolution of
animals.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=07022002-123711-4991r
Seismic
monitor
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Feb.
7 -- A new seismic monitoring station will send its data to a Scripps
Institution of Oceanography lab.
(Quotes SIO
research seismologist, Frank Vernon).
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_1m7seismic.html
Cholesterol
drug use raises questions about side effects
Wall
Street Journal, Feb.
1 -- UCSD
is conducting a
$4.4 million study assessing the side effects of statin, a popular
drug used to lower cholesterol and reduce heart-attack risk.
UCSD
professor of medicine, Beatrice
A. Golomb, leads
the study.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1012514290596738920,00.html
California
scientists develop an exploding chip
Cyberspace
and Technology Beat, --
UCSD scientist Michael
J. Sailor and team have fabricated a kind of silicon chip
that can be detonated with a remote signal.
No link available online. Email
us for a copy
UC
Berkeley’s highly praised anthropology department turns 100
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb.
6, Pg. A17 -- Article focuses on UC Berkley’s anthropology
department. (UCSD is
ranked 8th among the top research faculties in anthropology
in the U.S.).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/06/MN34074.DTL
The
new drug war
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Feb.
7 -- Article discusses pharmaceutical companies battling for premium
land in San Diego. Companies
say San Diego is a fertile ground for recruiting research scientists
with research institutes such as UCSD,
and the Salk Institute.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/thu/business/news_1b7bigpharma.html
Seeking
understanding… one dinner at a time
The
Christian Science Monitor, Feb.
6, Pg. 11 -- UCSD
professor James Rauch
started two Arab-Jewish Dialogue groups in San Diego.
The goal of the groups is for Arabs and Jews to build a will
for peace.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0206/p11s01-lihc.html
Black
firemen honored as pioneers
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Feb.
7 – As part of UCSD’s
celebration of Black History Month, four
firefighters were honored yesterday during a Revelle College
luncheon.
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20020207-9999_7m7honor.html
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