Spotlighting Science

Research Areas Targeted for UCSF Mission Bay

UCSF Mission Bay will bring together world leaders in basic science and clinical research, which will accelerate the pace of biomedical discovery.
Scientists at the 43-acre campus will study how basic cell function can lead to disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease to neurodegenerative disease. What follows is a partial list of research efforts destined for UCSF Mission Bay.

Research fields
Advanced Technology
Antiviral and Anticancer
Agents
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biomechanisms
Biomedical Chemistry
Cell Biology
Chemical Biology
Chemistry
Computational Biology
Developmental Biology
Developmental Neuroscience
Genomics
Human Genetics
Macromolecular Structure and Molecular Design
Molecular Computation and Bioinformatics
Molecular Genetics
Pharmacogenomics
Proteomics
Quantitative Biomedicine
Structural Biology

Centers and institutes
California Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Quantitative Biomedical Research
Center for Advanced Technology
Center for Brain Development
Margaret Hart Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging
Molecular Design Institute
Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging
W. M. Keck Foundation Advanced Microscopy Laboratory

Scientific facilities
MRI, NMRI X-ray crystallography
Mass spectrometry
Transgenic mouse facility
Bioinformatics space
Microchemistry screening laboratory
Cell sorters

Last updated April 27, 2005