UCSF Alumni at the California Academy of Sciences

Join alumni and friends for a delicious breakfast followed by a stimulating short talk, “Living at Peace With Our Skin Bacteria,” by Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD ’08, associate professor in the UCSF Department of Dermatology.

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Golden Gate Park
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

10 a.m. – noon

Moss Room
California Academy of Sciences

Timed to coincide with the museum’s current exhibit, “Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity,” Dr. Scharschmidt’s talk will focus on topics including how we promote a preferential symbiosis with beneficial skin bacteria, how the timing and location of bacterial exposure shapes the skin’s immune response, and why it’s good for kids to get dirty.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under age 16 and include breakfast, access to all museum exhibits, and discounted holiday shopping in the museum gift shop.

RSVP