
Teaching Ants How to Pipette
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Pipetting takes approximately 1027.66 hours/year-person (unpublished) in an average biology lab, and a way to automate that process would save...

Running to Fort Point
November 28, 2023
I became a runner during my clinical rotations of medical school. When my days overflowed with meaning. So much to...

This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin
November 28, 2023
[Originally authored by medical student Eric Chow and published in Synapse on November 20, 1998.] After a five-minute walk, I...

UCSF Healthcare Workers Stage Walkout for Gaza
November 14, 2023
More than 400 UCSF-affiliated students, faculty, community members and healthcare workers — many wearing scrubs and white coats — held...

The Tractor
November 14, 2023
The boy smiles upwards at his father, cherub cheeks and a childish grin. The man lifts the child onto his...
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This Date in UCSF History: November Traditions
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[Originally authored by medical student Ashkay Govinder and published on Nov. 15, 2012.] I love cooking a traditional Thanksgiving meal...

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[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest Photography category.] In this captured moment, behold a miniature range of sand...

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