Science
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz honored as Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences
Ramirez-Ruiz and alumnus Scott Shaffer were selected by the California Academy of Sciences to join the ranks of Academy Fellows.
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Applications now available for the 2023 UCSC CIDER Pilot Training Program
The UCSC CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research has opened applications for the 2023 Drone Pilot Training and Mentoring Program.
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Research on shear strength of rock has implications for carbon sequestration
With a $1.1 million grant from the Department of Energy, seismologist Emily Brodsky will address seismic challenges involved in carbon sequestration, geothermal energy, and other areas.
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UCSC welcomes 41 outstanding new faculty members
With the start of the 2022-23 academic year, UC Santa Cruz welcomes 41 new senate faculty members. The research and creative scholarship and expertise brought to our campus by these new faculty colleagues will strengthen existing areas of work and open discovery opportunities.
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Biologist Carol Greider to receive Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
Greider, a professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, will receive the Association of Molecular Pathology’s highest honor.
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Ocean scientist Christina Ravelo awarded AGU’s Maurice Ewing Medal
The American Geophysical Union’s Ewing Medal is given annually in recognition of significant original contributions to the ocean sciences .
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Collaboration between engineering and astrophysics will develop cutting-edge spectrometers-on-a-chip
Two researchers have won an NSF grant that will allow them to pursue the emerging technology of spectrometers on a chip – tiny devices for separating and measuring light at ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths which can enable advances in astronomy when used as part of telescope instrumentation.
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Frontier Fellows: Peter Nguyen
The Earth Futures Institute’s Frontier Fellows program offers undergraduate research opportunities and funding at UC Santa Cruz. UCSC student Peter Nguyen studies a federally listed endangered flowering plant—Lupinus nipomensis.
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New study shows transmission of epigenetic memory across multiple generations
Changing the epigenetic marks on chromosomes leads to altered gene expression in offspring and in grandoffspring, demonstrating ‘transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.’
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UCSC chemistry department garners three NIH MIRA grants
These grants provide five years of funding for research programs at UCSC on protein synthesis, biosynthetic strategies, and biochemical mechanisms involved in cancer.
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz to give NSF Distinguished Lecture Oct. 6
The National Science Foundation has invited Ramirez-Ruiz to give a Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the NSF Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Education and Human Resources.
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Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon
A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.