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
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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.
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, 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.
Two UC Santa Cruz research teams that can make impactful advancements in drug discovery and human health outcomes have been chosen as recipients of the university’s inaugural Innovation Catalyst Grants program. These new grants, administered by the Innovation & Business Engagement Hub, are designed to support and propel early-stage technology innovations developed by UCSC researchers.
Parking Permits are available for purchase on the second floor of the Core West Parking Structure for $5 from 4:30pm-6:00pm. Cash and cards are accepted, no Amex. To donate to the Phillip Crews Symposium: Powered by Chemistry, Strengthened by Diversity fund, please follow this link.
Please join us as we recognize and honor our distinguished research professor of chemistry at the inaugural Phillip Crews Symposium: Powered by Chemistry, Strengthened by Diversity Chemists Daniel Romo, Laura Sanchez, Patrick Still, and Alegra Eroy‑Reveles will relate their many challenges and successes in becoming the scientists they are today Friday, October 8, 2021 5–7 p.m. symposium presentations Jack Baskin […]
Skin is the body’s largest organ. It is responsible for the transduction of a vast amount of information. This conformable, stretchable, self-healable and biodegradable material simultaneously collects signals from external stimuli that translate into information such as pressure, pain, and temperature. The development of electronic materials, inspired by the complexity of this organ is a […]
Project will explore new chemical bonding motifs with novel reactivity to help develop sustainable chemical processes
