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This illustration shows the “left-handed” and “right-handed” triphenylalanine peptides that bond together to form a rippled beta sheet. (Illustration by Jevgenij Raskatov)
Creating a ripple in the chemistry field
A UC Santa Cruz chemistry professor working to help produce better treatments for Alzheimer’s disease reflects on his journey, from the dark days that clouded his youth to a career defined by a passion for fundamental discovery
Original story from UCSC Magazine
CAMP scholars with Professor Ted Holman (front row, far left).
UC Santa Cruz receives funding to continue undergraduate STEM diversity program
UC Santa Cruz has secured funding to support 100 students in completing bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) through the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP)—a program that has helped more than 300 students from historically underrepresented backgrounds earn undergraduate STEM degrees from the university over the past two decades.
Original story from UCSC Newscenter
Professor Phil Crews with former Ph.D. students Katie Watts, now on faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (middle), and Sarah Robinson, now a senior scientist at Genentech. (Image courtesy of Crews Lab archives)
UC Santa Cruz professor honored by American Chemical Society for natural-products discovery
Phil Crews, distinguished research professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is being honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for outstanding work in the analysis, structural elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. He will be presented with ACS’s prestigious Ernest Guenther Award at the society’s spring 2025 meeting in San Diego on March 25.
Original story from UCSC Newscenter