Chancellor to be Guest on KQED's "Forum"

UCSF Chancellor Mike Bishop will be the guest on KQED's "Forum" program tomorrow (July 7), from 9 to 10 a.m., the first hour of a two-hour special the radio show is doing on innovation in the Bay Area. Hosted by Michael Krasny, the show was inspired by "The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity," a 5,000-square-foot exhibition which will run from July 14 to October 2 at the Exploratorium. To listen to the show live, tune in to 88.5 on the FM radio dial at 9 a.m. or go to the Northern California public broadcasting website and click on"listen live." Bishop has received numerous honors and awards during his 37-year career at UCSF. He won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, prizes that he shared with Harold Varmus for research that led to the discovery of proto-oncogenes -- normal genes that can be converted to cancer genes by genetic damage. This work improved understanding that all cancer probably arises from damage to normal genes and provided new strategies for the detection and treatment of cancer. Bishop, who is also the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor, University Professor, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF, began at UCSF as an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology working on the replication of poliovirus. Since becoming UCSF's eighth chancellor in July 1998, Bishop has continued to teach medical students and supervise a research team studying the molecular pathogenesis of cancer. Bishop serves as member and chair of the National Cancer Advisory Board and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he holds honorary degrees from Gettysburg College, Miami University, Rochester University and Harvard University.