ADVISORY/San Francisco News Conference Planned in Anticipation of Governor's Announcement of Major Research Initiative.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...Thursday (Dec. 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE) The University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). campuses in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Berkeley, and Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. will hold a news conference today (December 7) in San
Francisco as Gov. Gray Davis names the new California Institutes for
Science and Innovation.The three proposals selected by a committee of scientific experts from among six University of California finalists will be announced by the Governor by satellite video conference. Time: 12:30 sharp - 1:30 p.m. Date: Thursday, December 7 Place: Mission Bay Visitors Center (see directions below) Among the finalists is a proposal by UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco , UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz to create the Institute for Bioengineering bioengineering Application of engineering principles and equipment to biology and medicine. It includes the development and fabrication of life-support systems for underwater and space exploration, devices for medical treatment (see , Biotechnology and Quantitative Biomedical Research Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. (QB3) to be headquartered at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The news conference will include UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop John Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He currently serves as an active faculty member and chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco. , MD, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl, PhD, and UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood, PhD. In addition, Zach W. Hall, PhD, executive vice chancellor at UCSF in charge of research and scientists from all three campuses will be available to describe the initiative's vision and explain specific projects it will make possible. The Mission Bay Visitors Center, is located at 255 Channel St., at the north edge of what will be the UCSF Mission Bay campus, a major new teaching and research site now under construction. Directions to the Mission Bay Visitors Center are the following: From the east (crossing the Bay Bridge) - exit Interstate 80 at Fifth Street, turn left onto Fifth to Bryant Street, turn left onto Bryant to Fourth Street, turn right onto Fourth to Channel Street, turn right onto Channel to the visitors center. From the south (on Highway 280) - take Highway 280 to King Street, remain on King to Fourth Street, turn right onto Fourth to Channel Street, turn right onto Channel to the visitors center. For additional information about the news conference, call UCSF News Services at 415/476-2557. |
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