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Once again, it is time to celebrate the innovative spirit of the Bay Area and all things science! We are thrilled to welcome you to the 3rd annual Bay Area
Science Festival.
Admittedly, we were hesitant when we were first approached several years ago to spearhead a Bay Area Science Festival. There were numerous hurdles to this ambitious project, from geography to timing to financial resources. However, in three short years, we’ve witnessed a consistent and overwhelming response. Tens of thousands have experienced quality hands-on science at Discovery Days. Dozens of new, innovative events have been developed. Countless new collaborations among Bay Area institutions have formed. This response from the community has spurred us to keep progressing, expanding, and celebrating science.
This year, with three Discovery Days, families can engage in hands-on science with scientists in the East Bay, North Bay, or at AT&T Park. Other Festival events include behind-the-scene tours, talks by leaders from a broad range of science fields, and celebrations on an aircraft carrier and in museums. This year, we are excited to offer an evening of science stories with The Moth, to welcome back Radiolab, and so much more! Check out all the possibilities in this Program.
The Bay Area Science Festival - reaching from Santa Rosa to San Jose - is only possible thanks to the collaborative efforts of our region’s leading science, educational, and cultural institutions. We could not do this fun and important work without them. We are also thankful for our many volunteers, who are committed to helping Festival events run smoothly.
We are especially grateful to our sponsors, without whose generosity the
Festival would not be possible.
The Festival is a time for fun, wonder, and discovery. It is a time to connect with scientists who call the Bay Area home and, in so doing, inspire the scientist within yourself. We look forward to seeing you at Festival events.
Katherine Nielsen & Rebecca Smith
Co-Directors
Science & Health Education Partnership
University of California - San Francisco
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Cal State East Bay initiated its first science festival in
1974 and its College of Science faculty, staff and students are particularly excited to kick off the Bay Area Science Festival with this Discovery Day.
Approximately 50 activities are scheduled, with demonstrations, experiments, hands-on-activities, exhibits, lectures and much much more. Participation by everyone is encouraged, especially by school-age children. Everyone – young and old – can experience the wonders of science.
*** Event is held Rain or Shine!
Among the attractions will be:
• Chemistry Magic Show
• Life of a Criminalist
• Geophysical Prospecting
• Fossil Casting
• Observing the Sun with a Telescope
• Mathematical Puzzles
• Statistics Funhouse
• Computer Simulation
• Psychology Playground
• Potpourri of Physics
• Health Screenings
• Robot in Action
• Sea Slugs, Bugs & Other
Creatures
2 For current schedule and tickets visit www.bayareascience.org

Discovery Day - North Bay at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa
Rosa will be a hands-on science extravaganza full of fun activities for all ages. Bring the kids and unleash your inner scientist at this celebration of the Bay Area’s unparalleled leadership in science and technology.
We expect over 8,000 people to attend this North Bay Discovery Day where you can enjoy liquid nitrogen ice cream, extract DNA from a strawberry, build a marble machine and climb into a F-4 Phantom cockpit simulator.
*** Event is held Rain or Shine!
This year:
• Innovate at the Inventor’s Lab hosted by the Lawrence Hall of
Science
• Clean the “grid” with Sonoma
Clean Power
• Sail on land with the Children’s
Museum of Sonoma County
• Observe sun spots with the
Robert Ferguson Observatory
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Open Labs highlights the incredible science resources in the Bay Area by offering a series of tours, hikes and active explorations. 10 tours will be offered on
Sunday, October, 27th, designed to uncover our hidden gems.
Come out for a unique, fun and educational glimpse into the scientific wonders of the Bay Area!
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AT&T Park will become a science wonderland with this FREE science extravaganza.
Last year, more than 30,000 people enjoyed a non-stop program chock-full of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all designed to entertain and inspire. With more than 150 exhibits, there is something for everyone to unleash their inner scientist. *** Event is held Rain or Shine!
You’ve been to San Francisco Zoo or the Oakland Zoo, but have you ever been to a Robot Zoo ? Interact with a wide range of robots - from academic research and industry to school robotic club projects.
Chevron STEM Zone Join us on the field and experience fun, interactive activities that provide an inside-look at the science of sports, train like an astronaut, explore robotics, and pick up a science kit. There’s lots to see and do!
LEGOScope by UCSF - Turn the microscope from a scientific
“black box” into a toy that is familiar, easy to modify, and most importantly, fun!
Testing Toys!
- Using handheld devices, test your toys for lead and other contaminants with ThermoFisher Scientific.
Expanded Life Science Alley - Explore biotechnology with exhibits from 10 leading Bay Area life science companies.
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6 For current schedule and tickets visit www.bayareascience.org
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We’re kicking off the Bay Area Science Festival with a celebration of fascinating science from around the Bay
Area. Enjoy special lectures by Andrew Oliphant (SF State
Department of Geography), William Cochlan, PhD (Romberg
Tiberon Center), and Ben Davis (Bay Lights and Pi in The
Sky). Get creative with the Tinkering Social Club’s handson activities, or participate in “The Really Big Questions”, an engaging group conversation about what makes for good storytelling. Skip Elsheimer and senior scientist Ron Hipschman will also provide unique commentary alongside a handpicked selection of vintage science reels.
10/24, 6 - 10pm
Exploratorium
Pier 15
San Francisco
Cost: $15 per person,
$10 for Exploratorium members
18+
Earth was once a molten ball totally uninhabitable. In a geological instant, it was filled with life. What do we know about this transformation? And could there be more than one recipe for the transition from life to nonlife? Share the lively (*ahem*) search for answers with
NASA astrobiologist Lynn Rothschild and Stanford chemist
Richard Zare.
Organized by Wonderfest and the Commonwealth Club
10/24, 7 - 8:30pm
NASA Ames Research Center,
Building 152, Room 171
200 Dailey Road
Mountain View
Cost: FREE, Registration required
Ever wonder what makes wine, chocolate, coffee, and beer so appealing, habit forming, and popular? Come to Chabot Space & Science Center to learn why we crave these vices, how they are crafted, and how they can even be beneficial to your health! Enjoy live music and readings, wine and beer tastings, and most importantly, indulge in the vices!
10/25, 6 - 10pm
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland
Cost: $12
18+
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Join your favorite robot enthusiasts and bring your drinking liver for another round of BarBot: the cocktail robot festival.
Innovators from far and near will show off beloved works both new and old, all of them being robots that engage in some aspect of cocktail culture. Marvel, appreciate, and toss a few back for the sake of SCIENCE.
10/25, 7pm - 12am
The Oddfellows Hall
26 7th St
San Francisco
Cost: $25
21+
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From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create “synthetic life” -- putting humankind at the threshold of the most important and exciting phase of biological research, one that will enable us to actually write the genetic code for designing new species to help us adapt and evolve for long-term survival. In “Life at the Speed of Light”,
Venter presents a fascinating and authoritative study of this emerging field from the inside.
Organized by Berkeley Arts & Letters
Bring the family and spend the day making ice cream with liquid nitrogen, building a marble maze, observing sun spots and more! Join thousands at this science extravaganza, where you can do hands-on science activities, meet local scientists and unleash your inner scientist! For more information, see page 3.
10/25, 7:30 - 8:30pm
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley
Cost: $15 general, $8 students;
$20 at the door
10/26, 11am - 4pm
Sonoma County Fairgrounds
1350 Bennett Valley Road
Santa Rosa
Cost: FREE
For current schedule and tickets visit www.bayareascience.org

Science Festivals are a biennial tradition at Cal State East Bay, dating back to 1974. College of Science faculty, staff and students are particularly excited to kick off the Bay Area Science
Festival with this Discovery Day. Approximately 50 activities are scheduled, with demonstrations, experiments, hands-onactivities, exhibits, lectures and much much more. Participation by everyone is encouraged, especially by school-age children.
Everyone – young and old – can experience the wonders of science. For more information, see page 2.
10/26, 11am - 4pm
Cal State East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd
Hayward
Cost: FREE
Come to Insects vs. Robots and do activities related to both entomology and engineering. As a budding entomologist, you will look deeply into the insect world. Then try being an engineer by engaging in robotics challenges led by the UC Berkeley
Pioneers in Engineering.
After trying out both, vote for your favorite. Which will win — insects or robots?
10/26, 11am - 2pm
Lawrence Hall of Science
1 Centennial Dr
Berkeley
Cost: FREE with Museum
Admission
The physics and physiology of your pedestrian self
Why does your heart beat faster when you exercise? What do those “power” drinks do for you when you’re sweating?
Investigate what goes on in your body during everyday exercise while scaling some of the city’s most scenic inclines and sauntering through hidden alleyway flats. We’ll experiment with balance, learn how food fuels us, and monitor our vital signs along the way.
Presented by Discovery Street Tours
10/26, 1:30 - 4pm
Sydney Walton Square park
Front and Jackson Streets
San Francisco
Cost: $25/adults, $20/youth under 18
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Discover fascinating research connections between UC Berkeley scientists and the beautiful natural lands of Yosemite — connections that began over 100 years ago! Explore displays about projects from the present and the past, get behind-the-scenes museum tours, and learn about the Grinnell Resurvey Project at a keynote lecture by renowned UC Berkeley emeritus professor and museum curator, Jim Patton. This event will also feature a special introduction from Doug McConnell, host of Backroads Bay Area and Honorary National Parks Service Ranger.
Organized by Science@Cal
10/26, 5pm - 8:30pm
Valley Life Sciences Building
UC Berkeley
Berkeley
Cost: FREE
Join your favorite robot enthusiasts and bring your drinking liver for another round of BarBot: the cocktail robot festival. Innovators from far and near will show off beloved works both new and old, all of them being robots that engage in some aspect of cocktail culture. Marvel, appreciate, and toss a few back for the sake of
SCIENCE.
10/26, 7pm - 12am
The Oddfellows Hall
26 7th St
San Francisco
Cost: $25
21+
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Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science and find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers markets during the
Bay Area Science Festival.
Sat 10/26 • 10am-3pm • Downtown Berkeley Market • Center St @ MLK, Berkeley
Tue 10/29 • 2 - 6:00pm • Lorin (South Berkeley) Market • Adeline & 63 St • Berkeley
Wed 10/30 • 3 - 6pm • Albany Market • Solano @ San Pablo Ave • Albany
Thu 10/31 • 3 - 6pm • North Berkeley Market • Shattuck @ Rose St • Berkeley
Organized by Science@Cal
For current schedule and tickets visit www.bayareascience.org

Open Labs highlights the incredible science resources in the Bay
Area by offering a series of tours, hikes and active explorations.
Over 20 tours will be offered designed to uncover our hidden gems. Come out for a unique, fun and educational glimpse into the scientific wonders in the Bay Area!
For more information, see page 4.
10/27, times vary
Various locations & times
The Berkeley Science Review invites you to explore the science of touch sensation. We will showcase the fascinating ways that both animals and robots navigate the tactile world. The sensitive snout of the star-nosed mole provides a window into the neuroscience of touch receptors. Flexible, touch-sensitive electronic skin gives robots the ability to detect surfaces and textures. Psychologists teach us about the uncanny ability for touch to communicate emotion. Listen to “late show style” interviews with Bay Area scientists followed by a reception with interactive exhibits.
Build a microscope out of LEGOs, test mutant worms for their ability to sense touch, play with robots, and participate in a live experiment.
Ready to put your science smarts to the test? Ask a Scientist will be celebrating the Bay Area Science Festival with a boisterous science trivia contest hosted by Robin Marks of Discovery Street
Tours. (It’s just like a pub trivia night, but without all those other boring categories.) Even if you don’t know your cortex from a coprolite, come enjoy a night of fascinating science trivia and general revelry. You can bring your own team of ringers with you, assemble a team on the spot, or just come to cheer, hang out, and learn stuff. The winning team will receive an awesome prize and a really cool feeling of superiority that should last at least several days. Six people max per team. Bring your own writing utensils.
10/27, 6 - 10pm
David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Berkeley
Cost: $5
10/27, 7 - 9pm
SoMa StrEat Food Park
428 11th St
San Francisco
Cost: FREE
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Nerd Nite East Bay is a monthly lecture-in-a-bar series. They get smart and interesting people, give them lots of free drinks, and put them on stage in front of a couple hundred tipsy nerds.
Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s salacious, and it’s always nerdy. Nerd Nite East bay celebrates their 1-year anniversary with an all-science lineup: Paul Constantine will let us know why the supercomputers of the future will be smarter and less malignant than HAL 9000. Then Wild Oakland’s Constance Taylor will take us on a tour of Lake Merritt’s flora and fauna, including the sharks!
Finally, Damon Tighe informs us of the latest and greatest in DNA sequencing technologies.
10/28, 7 - 10pm
The New Parkway
474 24th St
Oakland
Cost: $8
Join the Moth for explosive tales of discovery, creation and chaos, where eruptions in the laboratory of mind or spirit (eureka!) yield fiery results.
The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. The Moth has presented more than three thousand stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded more than 15 million times a year, and The Moth
Radio Hour airs weekly on radio stations nationwide.
10/28, 7:30 - 10pm
Zellerbach Hall
101 Zellerbach Hall
Berkeley
Cost: $25 - $45
Get to know 5 Bay Area scientists who are making some of the most exciting discoveries of our day and hear the latest on their fascinating research in a lightning round format. Presented in the Academy’s Morrison Planetarium, the world’s largest all-digital planetarium dome, learn how science visualization brings complex scientific concepts to life in an immersive visual experience. What if robots and automation systems were not limited by onboard computation, memory, or software? What if scientists could create an artificial retina to put an end to blindness? What do we know about dark matter? Find out and then mingle with the scientists and have your burning science questions answered in a one on one environment.
10/28, 7 - 9pm
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr
San Francisco
Cost: $15 per adult, $12 for seniors and Academy members
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October 28, 7:30 - 10pm
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Medicine is moving far beyond just popping a pill. Come hear a bioengineer share fascinating new means of medication delivery and cellular discoveries. UCSF Professor Tejal Desai’s research brings together advanced micro- and nanotechnologies for insights into cellular behavior in engineered environments, and novel pharmacologic delivery approaches to address disease treatment and clinical translation.
Non-Members can use coupon code “friendsfordesai” to purchase tickets at member rate. Seating is limited. Advance registration recommended.
10/29, 5:30 - 7pm
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco
Cost: $20 non-members,
$8 members, $7 students
Science, Neat is a monthly happy hour that pairs short talks with live demos on the back patio of the El Rio bar in the Mission.
Keeping with the holiday spirit, October’s theme is Bones, and will be featuring animal skulls from UC San Francisco, blue whale flipper bones with Mission Science Workshop, and bone prep with live flesh-eating beetles with the Museum of Vertebrate
Zoology. Get in touch with your inner scientist while sipping your favorite drink and network with other like-minded nerds. It’s going to be an awesome evening, no bones about it.
10/29, 6:30-8:30pm
El Rio
3158 Mission St @ Precita
San Francisco
Cost: $4
21+
In January, a researcher tracked down five randomly selected people from a database with only their DNA, ages, and states they lived in. With the increasing ease and access to genetic information, ensuring the privacy of patients, volunteers, and citizens is increasingly important. How can we protect the rights of individuals while encouraging genetic exploration and research? Join the ScienceOnline community at Swissnex San
Francisco to hear from the scientists in the heart of the debate.
10/29, 7 - 9pm
Swissnex San Francisco
730 Montgomery St
San Francisco
Cost: FREE, Registration
Required
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Nerd Nite at Sea returns! And this year we’ve got a bigger boat: an aircraft carrier! The USS Hornet is an incredible museum of space and military history and technology that we’ll pack from bow to stern with lectures, science demos and activities, and beer! Step aboard and see an aerial drone flight show with 3D Robotics, Portable Planetarium shows with Chabot Space & Science Center and join special docents for tours of the aircraft carrier.
10/30, 6 -10pm
USS Hornet
3 West Hornet Avenue
Alameda
Cost: $30
21+
All over the world, people are living longer and having fewer children than ever before. In less than two decades, one fifth of the US population will be over 65 years old.
So what do these radically changed demographics mean for how we re-imagine the shape of a human life? Should we think of the rapidly increasing older population as a blessing or a burden? And what kinds of changes should we make – both individually and as a society – to adjust to this new world awash with old folks?
Guest: Laura Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on
Longevity
10/30, 7 - 8:30pm
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
8001 Redwood Blvd
Novato
Cost: $10
The creatures come out at NightLife for an evening of spine-tingling delight. Discover the science behind werewolves, vampires, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night. Come in costume and catch a drag show and costume contest hosted by local legend
Peaches Christ. Learn about electrifying advances in bioengineering (what brought Frankenstein to life), get tips on how to survive a zombie attack, and hear from the authors of “How to Defeat Your Own Clone: And Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution.” Plus, heckle the bad science of Sharknado with acclaimed shark scientists and comedians from The Dark Room.
10/31, 6 - 10pm
California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr
San Francisco
Cost: $12, $10 for Academy
Members
21+
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Grab your lightsaber and dress up in your favorite Star Wars ® costume. Re-create your favorite Star Wars scenes, take photos with
Stormtroopers, R2-D2, and Jedi Knights, or train for the Jedi™
Academy. The science behind Star Wars becomes reality in The
Tech’s hands-on workshops: Techsabers – where guests tinker with circuitry, LEDs, and various light diffusing and reflecting materials – and Skywalker Writing where guests leverage “The
Force” for intergalactic light paintings and control their own hovercrafts. Engage in the exhibition’s hands-on design labs where you’ll defy gravity, engineer Droids™, and manipulate robots. Presented by ScholarShare College Savings Plan.
TM & © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Used under authorization.
10/31, 6:30 - 9:30pm
The Tech Museum of Innovation
201 South Market Street
San Jose
Cost: $22 adult/$12 child
$14 adult/$9 child for Tech members
Actors meet scientists! See what happens when experts in comedy improvisation glorify, qualify, and versify the science insights of earnest PhD students (Wonderfest’s Science Envoys)…
Laughter joins learning to capture your imagination.
Organized by Wonderfest
11/1, 7 - 8:30pm
SoMa StrEat Food Park
428 11th St
San Francisco
Cost: FREE
Celebrate your creativity, imagination, and resourcefulness playing with cardboard. What can you build out of cardboard? A house? A spaceship? A fort for your rolly pollies? Using cardboard and simple materials, you can build almost anything. Come create with the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County and
Friedman’s Home Improvement for KidsWorx Creative Workshop for FREE fun with the family in the Friedman’s parking lot.
11/2, 9 - 11am
Friedman’s Home Improvement
4055 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa
Cost: FREE
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AT&T Park will become a science wonderland with this FREE science extravaganza. Last year, more than 30,000 people enjoyed a non-stop program chock-full of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all designed to entertain and inspire. With more than 150 exhibits, there is something for everyone to unleash their inner scientist.
For more information, see page 5.
11/2, 11 am - 4pm
AT&T Park
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco
Cost: FREE
Seismic forces that shaped the city
San Francisco is famous for its hills, which lend the city its character and breathtaking views. On this tour, we’ll explore the unique qualities that have made San Francisco’s landscape what it is, while getting to know the local geology and munching our way through edible seismic science activities.
We’ll visit some stellar rock formations that draw geologists from around the world, and you’ll gain a new appreciation of the city’s legendary landscape.
Presented by Discovery Street Tours
11/2, 1:30 - 4pm
Meet at Dolores Park
20th and Church Sts.
San Francisco,
Cost: $25 adults
$20 under 18
The evening will begin with a lecture and slide presentation on the search for ET by UC Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer.
Then Paul Salazar, the Urban Astronomer, will lead the audience in a brief tour of the night sky. Finally, all attendees are invited to walk to a nearby site where the San Francisco Amateur
Astronomers will make their telescopes available for public deep-sky observing.
If cloudy, lecture still happens. If raining, full event is cancelled.
For weather info, call 949-391-3604.
Organized by Wonderfest
11/2, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Cushing Amphitheater
Ridgecrest Blvd.
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Cost: FREE
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“Good morning, Earth.” That is how Colonel Chris Hadfield— writing on Twitter -woke up the world every day while living aboard the International Space Station. Since blasting off from Kazakhstan in 2012, Hadfield has become a worldwide sensation, harnessing the power of social media to make outer space accessible to millions and infusing a sense of wonder into the collective consciousness not felt since humans first walked on the moon. Called “the most famous astronaut since
Neil Armstrong,” Hadfield - now safely back on Earth -continues to bring the glory of science and space travel to everyone he encounters. Moderated by Adam Savage
11/8, 7 - 8:30pm
NASA Ames Research Center
200 Dailey Road, Building 152
Room 171
Mountain View
Cost: FREE
In this new live stage performance, Radiolab turns its gaze to the topic of endings, both blazingly fast and agonizingly slow.
With their signature blend of storytelling, science, and music, hosts Jad Abumrad and
Robert Krulwich romp through hundreds of millions of years of history to arrive at the end, again and again. Reggie Watts joins the show to provide his raucous brand of comedy. With a cinematic live score created before your eyes by On Fillmore and
Noveller, the evening will be a thought-provoking and laughter-inducing dance on the grave of our inevitable demise.
For current schedule and tickets visit www.bayareascience.org
When 4-year-old Grace Rego was diagnosed with severe scoliosis, several specialists advised that she would have to wear a brace for years, followed by complicated, invasive surgery. Refusing to accept that option, Grace’s parents turned to UCSF, where one of our pediatric orthopedic experts recommended a new procedure called vertebral body stapling. Since her surgery, Grace’s improvement is “astonishing,” according to her mom. “It’s just given her whole life back.”
No one ever expects that their child will need such specialized medical care. But it’s comforting to know that the Bay Area’s best hospital is also home to one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals and some of the best doctors in the country.
If your child ever needs advanced medical care, rest assured that our team of world-renowned pediatric specialists are close to home.
Learn more at www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org
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When 4-year-old Grace Rego was diagnosed with severe scoliosis, several specialists advised that she would have to wear a brace for years, followed by complicated, invasive surgery. Refusing to accept that option, Grace’s parents turned to UCSF, where one of our pediatric orthopedic experts recommended a new procedure called vertebral body stapling. Since her surgery, Grace’s improvement is “astonishing,” according to her mom. “It’s just given her whole life back.”
No one ever expects that their child will need such specialized medical care. But it’s comforting to know that the Bay Area’s best hospital is also home to one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals and some of the best doctors in the country.
If your child ever needs advanced medical care, rest assured that our team of world-renowned pediatric specialists are close to home.
Learn more at www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org
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Bike with an ecologist
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Pet a robot
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Touch a aircraft carrier
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Pet a robot
brain
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Look inside your
Genes with top scientific minds