Oakland Promise’s Brilliant Baby program seeds $500 college funds for Medi-Cal-eligible babies, provides families with free financial coaching, and offers educational programming for caregivers.
Emily Goldberg's lab studies what happens during aging to a particular set of immune cells: those embedded in fat tissue. She hypothesizes that changes to these cells during aging could be key to age-related inflammation.
Vissers’ work on RNA tags helped found the field of epitranscriptomics, the study of how chemical marks on RNA, rather than their sequence alone, dictate the function of the molecules.
When we inhale an airborne virus, our lung cells take on the role of immune system first responders. Catera Wilder, PhD, studies the molecular details of this response and how it can go awry, causing the body to damage its own tissue and cells.
A pediatric specialty clinic has been transformed into a pier, complete with lighthouses, sea life and pirate ships. The mural makeover was funded by a Children’s Miracle Network grant.
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