December 2005

UCSF ranks #1 in chemical research and development funding

Thu Dec 8, 2005

For the 2nd consecutive year, UCSF topped all United States universities and colleges in both total and federally financed spending for chemistry research and development. These results reflect data for 2003 from the National Science Foundation. These are the most recent statistics available as of August 2005.

Bacteria engineered to produce images

Wed Dec 7, 2005

By genetically engineering microbes to act like biological camera film, UCSF School of Pharmacy assistant professor Christopher A. Voigt, PhD and doctoral students show the potential of the new field of synthetic biology to create useful tools for medicine and technology. Details of this research appeared November 24, 2005 in Nature. • Full story: Scientists engineer bacteria to create living photographs.