mtDNA Recombination: O'Farrell Lab
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. These organelles support cellular functions through ATP production and have been implicated in...
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Throwback Thursday: UC Tutition Troubles
Today, we have grown accustomed to fees increasing on an annual basis, to perpetual meetings with UC officials, and to...
Humans of UCSF: Laura Aguilar
"School has always been a privilege for me. I always think about how I want to do my best because...
This month in DNA repair: the elephant and the prize
Increases in body size and lifespan should theoretically make an animal more prone to DNA replication errors that can produce...
The Parts of the Brain
Consider brains and computers. How are they similar? Both can perform complex, rational tasks. Both take inputs and make decisions...
Throwback Thursday: Revolutions Old and New
Fifty years ago in 1965, a headline on the front page of Synapse read, “Revolution, Response: Viet Program Here.” On...
Tauopathies: A Neurodegenerative Disease
Tauopathies are a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases defined by their cellular pathology. Their name refers to the protein tau which...
Up and Down: Mars and DNA
Water on Mars! And this time, it’s liquid! Salty water flows on Mars slopes – during “warm seasons” of above...
Evolution in Action
In 2015, evolution is considered an older discovery, and perhaps seems dusty to a generation piqued by CRISPR gene editing...
What Scientists Did This Summer
The breast, or mammary gland, is a unique organ: it’s the only one that develops predominantly after birth – during...
Throwback Thursday: Women across UCSF History
On this day in 1987, Dr. Dorothy Ford Bainton became the UCSF School of Medicine's first woman chair of the...
Journal Club: Cancer Biology, Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, Infectious Disease and Immunology
Reviews of journal articles covering topics of Cancer Biology, Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, Infectious Disease, and Immunology.
Synapse: May 24, 1990
The Synapse issue that came out 25 years captured an exciting time in UCSF history. The front page was crowded...
Biomedical Science is Awesome
As I sit at my lab bench, bent over an ice bucket cluttered with FACS tubes, trying to make some...
Journal Club: Physiology, Developmental & Evolutionary Biology, Immunology and Microbiology
Reviews of journal articles covering topics of Physiology, Developmental & Evolutionary Biology, Immunology, and Microbiology.