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UCSF’s Nevan Krogan Wins France’s Highest Honor

Nevan Krogan, PhD, director UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) and founder of QBI’s Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), has been awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest honor, in a ceremony in Paris.

Stewart Cole, President of Institut Pasteur, prepares an award lapel pin for Nevan Krogan (right)

Voters Agree on Need for More Protections from Chemicals

A national online survey revealed American voters overwhelmingly say they want government and industry to ensure the products they buy are free of harmful chemicals, and they are willing to pay more for it.

Three bottles of cleaning detergent. A window is in the background

Omicron’s Evolution and the New Bivalent COVID-19 Booster

Last month new “bivalent” booster vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer became available that protect against currently circulating Omicron variants as well as earlier strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. This Q&A features Joel Ernst, MD, a UCSF professor of medicine whose research aims to understand how pathogens evade the immune system.

Regina Lai, pharmacy technician at UCSF, examines a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine