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Andrew Moore honored for decades of selfless service to ocean sciences community
The Edward A. Flinn III Award recognizes scientists who embody the American Geophysical Union’s motto “unselfish cooperation in research”
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NIH awards Fitnat Yıldız $7.7 million to find new molecular paths for preventing cholera
Grants will fund research to determine the mechanisms and consequences of a molecule produced by the bacteria that causes the disease
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Carol Greider receives American Cancer Society Professor Award
The award includes a grant that will support Greider’s research that advances her Nobel-winning discovery of the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres
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New international collaboration poised to unlock more health-related discoveries
UC Santa Cruz removes geographic barriers and reduces costs with widened access to powerful Biomolecular cryoEM Facility
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Advocating for federal investment in medical research
UC Santa Cruz researchers are sharing examples of how federal funding supports breakthrough innovations in health care.
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Basic virology research important for childhood health to continue with new NIH funding
The Cortez Lab at UC Santa Cruz studies mucosal microbiology and immunology, with research focused on astroviruses
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Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways
New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to the sea
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New software promises to make precision genome editing with CRISPR accessible to more researchers
Integration into widely used UCSC Genome Browser makes tool available to entire life-sciences community
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Curing the incurable: Alumni-founded biotech firm partners with global immunology company
The research collaboration opens up treatment possibilities for diseases in areas like oncology, cardiometabolic disorders, and autoimmune conditions.
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A data-driven model to help avoid ecosystem collapse
New study gives conservationists a simpler, general approach for predicting an ecosystem’s tipping point and what comes next
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UN-backed research team shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation
UC Santa Cruz experts and vast data sets on marine mammals contributed to new report
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Digital platform for tracing DNA of rare species, pathogens in environment comes to Canada
UC Santa Cruz’s eDNA Explorer secures $1 million to bring ecosystem-assessment tool to British Columbia