Media Coverage
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Immunity Is a Matter of Timing
Microbiologist Jacqueline Kimmey was quoted in a Nautilus article about how circadian rhythms and time of day affect the immune system.
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Every base everywhere all at once: pangenomics comes of age
Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Benedict Paten and Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Karen Miga were quoted in a Nature story on the emerging field of pangenomics.
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How a rural school teacher became a top COVID sleuth
UCSC Genome Browser Senior Software Architect Angie Hinrichs was quoted in a Nature story on citizen scientists who help track SARS-CoV-2 mutations.
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From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a New York Times article about the difficulty of protecting telescope mirrors from bird droppings and other hazards.
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This technology could alter the entire planet. These groups want every nation to have a say.
Environmental Studies Professor Sikina Jinnah spoke with MIT Technology Review about her work on environmental justice in solar geoengineering research and governance.
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Santa Cruz County vector control ramping up invasive mosquito monitoring efforts
Biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about efforts to control invasive mosquitoes.
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How the Tonga eruption rang Earth ‘like a bell’
Geophysicist Ricky Garza-Giron was quoted in a Popular Science article about the massive Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption.
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Avian Flu Claims at Least 7 California Condors—and a Beloved Bay Area Peregrine Falcon
Zeka Glucs, director of the Predatory Bird Research Group, was quoted in a Bay Nature article about condors and peregrine falcons dying from avian flu.
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Researchers help guide the future of technology
On Talk of the Bay, Zac Zimmer and Theresa Hice-Fromille explored how the machines we create reflect our biases and discussed recommendations for developing more inclusive and responsive technologies.
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Psychoactive drug use revealed via 3,000-year-old hair
In a podcast for NPR, Benjamin Breen, associate professor of history at UC Santa Cruz, spoke about the results of a new study finding that Bronze Age people used psychoactive drugs, perhaps as part of ancient rituals, as evidenced by the presence of chemicals in 3,000-year-old hairs found in a burial cave in Menorca off…
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UC Santa Cruz professor says rising sea levels are a growing threat to coastal California
Geologist Gary Griggs was featured in a KCBX Radio news story about the impacts of global warming and sea level rise on the California coast.
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Drugs in the Bronze Age: NPR podcast features interview with associate professor of history Benjamin Breen
In a podcast for NPR, Benjamin Breen, associate professor of history at UC Santa Cruz, spoke about the results of a new study finding that Bronze Age people used psychoactive drugs, perhaps as part of ancient rituals, as evidenced by the presence of chemicals in 3,000-year-old hairs found in a burial cave in Menorca off…