Biologist Upasna Sharma wins $1.18 million grant from Templeton Foundation
New funding will advance research on how effects of environmental stresses can be transmitted from one generation to the next.
Scientists assemble a biological clock in a test tube to study how it works
A team of scientists has reconstituted the circadian clock of cyanobacteria in a test tube, enabling them to study rhythmic interactions of the clock proteins in real time and understand how these interactions enable the clock to exert control over gene expression.
Stem cell agency funds research training program at UC Santa Cruz
A $4.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine supports a pre- and postdoctoral training program in systems biology of stem cells at UCSC
NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz
The NIH Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science program has awarded $13.5 million over five years for a new center to advance genomics in biomedical research
UCSC signs $3M state contract to deliver a public health data platform for pathogen genomics
One-year, $3 million contract with the California Department of Public Health will galvanize pandemic-related genomic data analysis efforts for the public good
Five-year NIH grant supports collaborative research into rejuvenating the aging brain
Scientists at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and Stanford are working together to discover and treat the causes behind age-associated cognitive decline.
NIH grant funds collaborative research on protein-RNA interactions in cancer
Jeremy Sanford, professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, has received major funding from the National Cancer Institute for research on the role of protein-RNA interactions in cancer.
A non-hallucinogenic psychedelic is found to reverse effects of stress
Free of toxic and hallucinogenic side effects, the psychedelic analog ibogaine-inspired tabernanthalog (TBG) shows promise as a potential treatment for the detrimental effects of stress on the brain.
UCSC Science student helps power campus testing program
Meet UC Santa Cruz senior Arcelia Gonzalez Jimenez, who found a way to help with the COVID–19 pandemic by joining the first cohort of students trained to help run the campus’s asymptomatic testing program.
COVID and the road ahead
Can we safely visit our aging parents or grandparents after they are vaccinated? Can the vaccines protect us against the troubling new COVID variants that are arising around the globe? UC Santa Cruz infectious disease expert A. Marm Kilpatrick explored these pressing issues during a Zoom-based lecture on COVID.
Noncoding RNA has surprising effects on immune response and sepsis, study finds
When the body’s immune response to an infection gets out of control, the result can be a life-threatening condition known as sepsis. In a new study, researchers at UC Santa Cruz have identified a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) molecule that has surprising effects on the immune system and susceptibility to septic shock.
New cryo-electron microscopy facility a boon for UCSC structural biologists
With major funding from NIH, researchers at UC Santa Cruz have acquired powerful imaging tools for studying the structures of biomolecules and their roles in disease.