Manuel Ares

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/Miscellaneous Agencies & Departments
• Description: Structure, regulation, and evolution of the splicing machinery

Roxanne Beltran

• Department: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Sponsor: David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Description: Integrated ecosystem monitoring of global change impacts using animals as smart sensors

Needhi Bhalla

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: 1) NIH/NIGMS, 2) NIH/NIGMS
• Description: 1) Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, 2) Cell cycle checkpoint control in C. elegans

Susan Carpenter

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIAID
• Description: Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Multiple Stressors on Marine Mammals- Elephant Seals as a Model System

Daniel Costa

• Department: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Sponsor: Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research Development
• Description: Ribosome Structure and Function

Carlos Diaz-Castillo

• Department: Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
• Sponsor: UC/Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
• Description: Offspring effect of preconception exposure to nicotine, nicotine cessation and nicotine substitutes

Jonathan Fortney

• Department: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
• Description: The Masses and Metallicities of TESS’s Cool Giant Planets

Borja Gonzalez Reguero

• Department: Institute of Marine Sciences
• Sponsor: California Ocean Protection Council
• Description: Quantifying the social and economic benefits of nature-based adaptation solutions to protect San Mateo County from storms and sea level rise

Theodore Holman

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: NIH/NIA
• Description: Discovery of 12/15-lipoxygenase therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease

Douglas Kellogg

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: Control of Cell Growth and Size

John MacMillan

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• Description: Natural Products with Selective Cytoxicity to Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Carrie Partch

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: Structures and mechanisms of circadian rhythms from cyanobacteria to humans

Adina Paytan

• Department: Institute of Marine Sciences
• Sponsor: University of California Office of the President (UCOP)
• Description: Coastal Wetland Restoration a Nature Based Decarbonization Multi-Benefit Climate Mitigation Solution

Jevgenij Raskatov

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: NIH/NIA
• Description: Using Chirality to Understand and Control Amyloid Beta Neuronal Uptake and Toxicity

Seth Rubin

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: Stanford University
• Description: Determining and targeting mechanisms controlling cancer cell division

Bruce Schumm

• Department: Physics
• Sponsor: UC Davis
• Description: Advanced Enabling Diagnostics for Future Accelerators

Abraham Seiden

• Department: Physics
• Sponsor: Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Description: ATLAS Strip Modules

Fitnat Yildiz

• Department: Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology
• Sponsor: 1) NIH/NIAID, 2) NIH/NIAID
• Description: 1) Vibrio cholerae c-diGMP signaling: motile to biofilm transition and transmission, 2) Vibrio cholerae biofilms: structure, function, regulation and role in infection

Alan Zahler

• Department: Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Sponsor: NIH/NIGMS
• Description: The MARC Program at UCSC

Jin Zhang

• Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Description: Chemical Control of Spin and Carrier Dynamics in 2D Hybrid Metal Halide Double Perovskites