Larry L. Hillblom Foundation


NEWS - PRESS RELEASES

Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 5th Annual Scientific Sessions November 6-8, 2006

Estancia La Jolla Hotel - The Learning Theater
La Jolla, CA
November 6-8, 2006
See Meeting Agenda


 

Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 4th Annual Scientific Sessions November 1-2, 2005

Buck Institute for Age Research – Drexler Auditorium
Novato, CA
November 1-2, 2005
See Meeting Agenda


 

May 2005
UC San Diego Health Sciences

Geriatrics specialist named to the Larry L. Hillblom Chair in Geriatric Medicine.

About Laura L. Dugan, M.D.


April 2005
Stem Cell Research Milestone Achieved
Supported by a grant from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation

Activin A Maintains Pluripotency of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in the Absence of Feeder Layers
Gillian M. Beattie, Ana D. Lopez, Nathan Bucay, Andrew Hinton, Meri T. Firpo, Charles C. King, Alberto Hayek

UC San Diego Press Release

Stem Cell Journal - April 2005 Issue
abstract (free), full article (by subscription)


November 2004
Dedication
Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center
at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

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October 2003
Larry L. Hillblom Annual Scientific Meeting

Held at UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Dedication of Larry L. Hillblom Center for Biology of Aging
Genentech Science Hall

2002 Grant Recipients present their research reports and findings

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June 2003
Scientists Discover What Type of Genes Affect Longevity
Larry L. Hillblom Center for Biology of Aging
UCSF - Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall

more info (UCSF News release, .pdf format)


April 2003
New Downs Syndrome Research Center at Stanford University
The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation supports the newly created multi-disciplinary center at Stanford University School of Medicine with a $2 million research grant.

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/2003/april9/newcenter.html


December 2002
“War on Cancer: Where Are We?”
A public symposium, featuring some of the leading cancer scientists in the US, addresses the “War on Cancer: Where Are We?” on Saturday, December 7. The symposium is sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging

http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/news.php?news_id=200211222


October 2002

Larry L. Hillblom Annual Scientific Meeting held at Lake Tahoe, California
2001 Grant Recipients present their research reports and findings
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November 2002
Hillblom Foundation Grants $12 million to UCSF
UCSF Press Release - .pdf

$8 million - Larry L. Hillblom Center for Biology of Aging
(UCSF - Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall)

$2 million - UCSF Diabetes Center
$2 million - Additional Network and Research Grants including:
UCSF Memory and Aging Center, UCSF Beckman Vision Center

For additional UCSF Press Releases:
http://media.ucsf.edu/ucsf/newsitem.nsf/(SearchView)?SearchView&Query=hillblom


July 2000
$2.5 millon - UCSF Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, UCSF School of Dentistry
Karin Vargervik, DDS, Chair of the Department of Growth and Development and the Director of the UCSF Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, has been appointed to the Larry L. Hillblom Distinguished Professorship in Craniofacial Anomalies

http://media.ucsf.edu/ucsf/newsitem.nsf/(SearchView)?SearchView&Query=hillblom


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