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Science Division staff honored with new award for outstanding service and dedication
The Science Division is honoring staff members Jeannette Peters, Patti Schell, and Deana Tanguay for demonstrating outstanding service and dedication to the division’s mission within the past five years.

Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2024 AAAS fellows
Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.

Phillip Crews honored with inaugural ASP Mentorship Award
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Phillip Crews has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) Phillip Crews Mentorship Award.

Pushing the boundaries of biotechnology
UCSC alumni and founders of Unnatural Products, Cameron Pye and Joshua Schwochert, are at the forefront of cutting edge biotechnology.

2022, research, UCSC
UC Santa Cruz Innovation Catalyst Grant program propels research into real-world solutions
UC Santa Cruz has announced the Innovation Catalyst Grant proof-of-concept program awardees, showcasing the campus’s commitment to fostering transformative research with significant societal benefits.

60th Anniversary Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium
Click here to register for the 60th Anniversary Symposium The UCSC Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at UCSC was established 60 years ago (1965). In this time, we have graduated over 5,000 undergraduate, 500 graduate students and hosted 300 post-doctoral researchers and visiting scholars. To celebrate this milestone, we are excited to announce our 60th Anniversary […]

New chemical process makes biodiesel production easier, less energy intensive
Discovery by UC Santa Cruz researchers could accelerate biofuel’s adoption

Ending jet lag: Scientists discover secret to regulating our body clock
Scientists have discovered a revolutionary way to put an end to jet lag by uncovering the secret at the tail end of Casein Kinase 1 delta (CK1δ), a protein that regulates our body clock. This breakthrough, achieved by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the University of California, Santa Cruz, offers a new approach to adjusting our circadian rhythms, the natural 24-hour cycles that influence sleep-wake patterns and overall daily functions.

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