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New chemical process makes biodiesel production easier, less energy intensive
Discovery by UC Santa Cruz researchers could accelerate biofuel’s adoption
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
Annual Chemistry Fall Conference 2024
The SARS CoV 2 Macrodomain and how to inhibit it The nonstructural protein 3 (NSP3) macrodomain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Mac1) removes adenosine diphosphate (ADP) ribosylation posttranslational modifications, playing a key role in the immune evasion capabilities of the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic. Starting from a collaborative X-ray-based fragment […]
Chemists use peptides from Alzheimer’s and Type II diabetes to describe five new rippled beta-sheets
Scientists from the University of California, Santa Cruz, synthesized peptides from proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Type II Diabetes and described five new rippled beta-sheet structures.
In Memoriam: Frank Andrews, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
With enormous gratitude, we celebrate the life of UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Frank Andrews, who died of cancer on January 31, 2024, at age 91.
National Postdoc Appreciation Week: Featuring Priya Crosby and Will DeRocco
National Postdoc Appreciation Week, organized by the National Postdoc Association (NPA) since 2009, takes place this year from September 18-22. The celebration aims to acknowledge the substantial impact postdoctoral scholars have on research and discovery.