Department News

Recent News - 4/29/08

Lisberger and Doupe Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The Department of Physiology is pleased to learn that Steve Lisberger and Allison Doupe have been elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The AAAS is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.

Professors Doupe and Lisberger join 46 other School of Medicine faculty elected to the AAAS.

Please follow the link below read the full story:
http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/news/200804291.html

 

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Recent News - 4/7/08 Janet Williams Receives Chancellor's Award Janet Williams is one of three individuals that were awarded this year's Chancellor's Award for Exceptional University Service. The award recognizes non-academic employees who have consistently performed in their university positions at a level beyond ordinary expectations. Janet has been working at UCSF for 18 years, and with Physiology for 6 years. She is our academic personnel analyst, which includes responsibilities for recruitments, promotions, payroll processing, as well as being a resource for all academic personnel regarding employment issues. The Department of Physiology congratulates Janet on this special recognition of her contributions. UCSF will honor her and the other recipients at the UCSF Founders Day Awards Luncheon on May 2, 2008. Please follow the link below see all the recipients: http://chancellor.ucsf.edu/awards/service/recipients.htm   Back to Top

Recent News - 2/25/08

Memorial for Dr. William Frances Ganong, March 3

You are invited to remember the inspiring life and accomplishments of William Francis Ganong, M.D., who passed away December 23, 2007.             The memorial service will be held on Monday, March 3 at 2pm, Lange Room of the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library, 530 Parnassus Avenue.

Contributions in Dr. Ganong’s memory to support research and education in physiology may be sent to the UCSF Department of Physiology, c/o UCSF Foundation, Box 45339, San Francisco, CA 94145-0339.

We look forward to seeing many friends, family, and colleagues sharing this time together.

Please follow the link below to read the full story:
http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/200801073/

 

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Recent News - 6/05/07

David Julius appears on NPR’s All Things Considered to talk about his research

Dr. David Julius, Professor and Chair of the Physiology Department, talks with  NPR’s Debbie Elliot, for the NPR program All Things Considered.  During the talk Dr. Julius discusses his findings regarding the connection between taste and temperature.

Please follow the link below to listen to the full story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10672127

 

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Recent News - 5/09/07

Unilever Science Prize for David Julius

Dr. David Julius has been announced as  the recipient for the Unilever Science Prize 2007.  The Unilever Science Prize is offered to an outstanding scientist whose work contributes to Unilever’s mission to add vitality to life.  Congratulations to Dr. Julius for this outstanding achivement. 

For more information, please see the following link:
http://www.unilever.com/ourcompany/newsandmedia/pressreleases/2007/UnileverSciencePrice2007.asp

 

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Recent News - 4/30/07

Lily Jan, Ph.D. and Yuh Nung Jan, Ph.D. inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

On April 30, 2007 Physiology faculty members Dr. Lily Jan and Dr. Yuh Nung Jan were inducted as fellows into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy, initially founded during the American Revolution, today has become an organization of more than 4000 members drawn from the fields of science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts; to conduct projects and studies for the benefit of society as a whole. Dr. Lily Jan and Dr. Yuh Nung Jan, were inducted into the 2007 class of fellows, and join other members of the department and the university in the Academy's ranks.

Please click this link to the Academy's website for more information: Academy Announces 2007 Class of Fellows

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Recent News - 4/24/07

Herwig Baier holds the Annual Byers Lecture

Herwig Baier, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology (UCSF), has received the 2006/2007 Byers Award in Basic Science for his work on functional analysis of the neuronal circuitry. He gave a talk to the UCSF community on "Blinding Fish with Science - Genetic Architecture of Visual Perception and Behavior".

 

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Recent News - 3/09/07

Igor Mitrovic & the Serbian Connection: UCSF Teaching Goes International

Dr. Igor Mitrovic, the Physiology department’s Direcor for Professional School Education, recently took part in an International outreach program with the School of Medicine at Serbia’s Kragujevac University.

UCSFtoday chronicles the trip in the following article:
http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/feature/200703081.html

 

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Recent News - 3/09/07

Ellison New Scholar Award for Yuriy Kirichok

Dr. Yuriy Kirichok, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology, has received the New Scholar Award in Aging from The Ellison Medical Foundation.  The award is given yearly to cadidates in order to support the establishment of their laboratories.  Congratulations to Dr. Kirichok on this honor. 

For more information, please see the Foundation’s website via the following link:
http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/index.jsp

 

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Recent News - 2/27/07

David Julius wins Scolnick Award

Dr. David Julius, Professor and Chair of the Physiology Department has been awarded the Scolnick Prize.  The Prize, given by The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at is awarded each year by the McGovern Institute to recognize an individual who has made outstanding advances in the field of neuroscience. Dr. Julius received the 2007 prize for his discovery of the molecular receptors for temperature and inflammatory pain. 

For more information please see the following link: 
http://web.mit.edu/mcgovern/html/News_and_Publications/2007_scolnick_winner.shtml

 

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Recent News - 2/15/07

David Julius is interviewed by The Naked Scientists for their Science Podcast

Dr. David Julius, Physiology Department Chair, is interviewed by The Naked Scientists Podcast.  In this interview he reveals the molecular mechanisms of pain, and what a chilli pepper has in common with a tarantula.

For full story, see: The Naked Scientists – Science Podcast - February 2nd 2007 Via the following link:
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/2007.02.04/

 

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