FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • Dispute over oysters in Drakes Bay pits harvester against park service (San Francisco Chronicle - San Rafael Bureau)
    The Chronicle reports: "Kevin Lunny, the proprietor of Drakes Bay Oyster Co., has accused National Park Service officials of misrepresenting science and even fabricating environmental problems in their zeal to drive his company off the historic Marin County estero. The park service denies the accusations, insisting that the oyster harvesting operation has a negative impact on harbor seal pupping and damages highly sensitive eelgrass." --- Corey Goodman, a UCSF biological scientist, was a consultant in the dispute.
  • Methodist catches California research team (Houston Business Journal)
    Dr. John Baxter, chief of the Endocrinology Section and director of the Metabolic Research Unit at UCSF, is "one of the nation's top researchers in the fields of diabetes and cardiovascular disease" recruited by the Methodist Hospital Research Institute, reports the Houston Business Journal.
  • Stem cell research California will keep its edge in 2008 (East Bay Business Times)
    The East Bay Business Times reports: "California, already a hotbed for stem cell research, is likely to remain at the forefront of that wave in 2008." --- UCSF is mentioned.
  • Songbirds Give Insight Into Motor Skills (Alalam News, Iran)
    Alalam News in Iran published most of a UCSF press release describing research by Evren Turner and Michael Brainard (not mentioned in the article) that found songbirds change their pitch in an effort to maintain or improve their sound, lending an understanding to how humans learn and improve motor skills.

UCSF HEADLINES

  • The Dope on Dopamine (UCSF Today)
    UCSF Today reports: "It seems fitting that as 2007 yields to 2008, we spend a moment thinking about dopamine, one of our brain's chemical messengers -- and a key player in mood, motivation, desire and disease."
  • School of Dentistry Names Deborah Greenspan Orofacial Sciences Chair (UCSF Today)
    UCSF Today reports: "Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, UCSF School of Dentistry professor of clinical oral medicine, interim chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences and clinical director of the UCSF Oral AIDS Center, has been appointed chair of Orofacial Sciences."