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Study Finds Link Between Chronic Depression and Accelerated Immune Cell Aging
Certain cases of major depression are associated with premature aging of immune cells, which may make people more susceptible to other serious illness, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study.
UCSF Team Shows How to Make Skinny Worms Fat and Fat Worms Skinny
Researchers exploring human metabolism at UCSF have uncovered a handful of chemical compounds that regulate fat storage in worms, offering a new tool for understanding obesity and finding future treatments for diseases associated with obesity.
Aging, Chronic Disease and Telomeres Are Linked in Recent Studies
UCSF Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn is not ready to predict how long you will live. But she and her UCSF colleagues are exploring a feature within cells that is a kind of hourglass for aging.
Lanier to Deliver 54th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Basic Science
Lewis Lanier, American Cancer Society Research Professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF, will deliver the 54th Faculty Research Lectureship in Basic Science on February 14.
UCSF Salutes Three for Commitment to Advancing Diversity
The UCSF community recognized the stellar efforts of a student as well as faculty and staff members at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards on Jan. 25.
UCSF Team Views Genome As It Turns On and Off Inside Cells
UCSF researchers have developed a new approach to decoding the vast information embedded in an organism’s genome, while shedding light on exactly how cells interpret their genetic material to create RNA messages and launch new processes in the cell.
UCSF Team Develops "Logic Gates" to Program Bacteria as Computers
A team of UCSF researchers has engineered E. coli with the key molecular circuitry that will enable genetic engineers to program cells to communicate and perform computations.
Libraries Host Events During Open Access Week, October 18 - 22
The libraries at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital are hosting events this week to discuss what Open Access options are available to the UCSF community for freely sharing information in scholarly journals over the Internet.
UCSF graduate programs receive top rankings in national survey
UCSF research-doctorate programs have ranked among the nation’s best in a survey released today by the National Research Council (NRC).