A Sampling of Clips for
September 26 - 27, 2002
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National science
foundation announces grant winners
New York Times, Sept. 26 – The
National Science Foundation announced awards of nearly $30 million
in federal grants to help drive advances in computing and apply
them to such fields as microbiology and environmental science.
UCSD is the leader or major partner in four
of the seven national projects. (Quotes UCSD
CAL-(IT)2 director, Larry Smarr).
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article appeared in:
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 26
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Tough call:
Does a new state stem cell research law change the ethical debate?
CNN, Market Call, Sept. 26 –
UCSD neurobiologist Larry Goldstein
discussed California’s newly signed bill endorsing stem
cell research and how it changes the debate over stem cell research.
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Discovery brings hope to
sufferers of harsh digestive disorder
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 27, Pg. 18
– Scientists say they have pinpointed the cause of a common,
debilitating disease of the gut that affects more than a million
Americans, a finding that could lead to the first effective
therapy for the disorder. (Quotes Martin Kagnoff,
UCSD professor of medicine and director of
the laboratory of mucosal immunology).
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HIV particle
helps anticancer treatment
United Press International, Sept.
25 – Researchers stated that they can use specific bits
of the deadly organism that causes AIDS to assist in fighting
cancers that occur in the eyes. (Quotes UCSD
ophthalmologist Pamela Sample).
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20020925-104942-1456r
UCSD names
dean of pharmacology
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25
– UCSD named Palmer Taylor,
department chair of pharmacology, as dean of the new School
of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20020925-9999_1m25dean.html
UCSD’s new School of Pharmacy helps
fill state’s medicine need
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept.
25 – September 26, 2002 marks the first day of classes
for UCSD’s new School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences, the first public pharmacy school in
Southern California and the second in the state.
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Biochemist
honored for illuminating cells
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 25
– UCSD biochemist Roger Y. Tsien
was honored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
for visualizing the inner workings of cells.
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