the end product is a feat of human ingenuity and is a testament to the architectural genius of rafael dinolileadership of the ucsf architectural and construction teams with smith group and dpr construction. so thank you to all these folks. [applause] in 1981, ucsf's gail martin codiscoverer cells in mouse embryos that were capable of giving life to all the tissues in the body. she named them embryonic stem cells. little did she know that this momentous revelation would ultimately sent a tremor through both society and national politics. just under two decades later, when ucsf's roger peterson and university of wisconsin's jane townsend began exploring every adding some so research, the political climate had changed, but this did not stop their work. 10 years ago this month, ucsf scientists develop two of the first embryonic stem cell lines in a modest lab. to look up now and see entire building dedicated to stem cell research created with state and private funds is truly gratifying. it is also gratifying to have our program led by arnold krickstein. as a neurologist, he has spent much of his