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The team’s project, called the Toxic Algal Bloom Interference, centered on addressing harmful algal blooms in local Watsonville’s Pinto Lake, creating a solution that could also be applied globally to similar environmental problems.

UC Santa Cruz’s 2023 iGEM team takes fourth consecutive gold medal and nomination for best software tool at international competition

A team of UC Santa Cruz students won a gold medal at the 2023 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree, marking their fourth consecutive year of bringing home the prize, and were nominated as best software tool for the first time.

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Preparing the next generation of doctors

Preparing the next generation of doctors

UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus debuts premier Premed Postbacc Program focused on bridging looming healthcare gaps in California.

Funding opportunities to develop innovations

Funding opportunities to develop innovations

The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub is accepting applications for two funding opportunities to advance innovations in development on campus.

Alum at the forefront of humanitarian efforts

Alum at the forefront of humanitarian efforts

Peter Gelpi (Crown '77, physics) builds fully equipped and operational kitchens in war-ravaged towns and serves meals to displaced Ukrainians.

JWST identifies methane in exoplanet's atmosphere

JWST identifies methane in exoplanet's atmosphere

Campus researchers demonstrated that WASP-80b is just cool enough to have abundant methane, which hotter giant planets do not have.

Public fellows champion humanities education

Public fellows champion humanities education

The innovative program at the Humanities Institute offers exciting possibilities for the future of graduate education and career pathways.

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