Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- August 05, 2008
Community shows overwhelming support for UCSC research scientists
More than 200 community and campus members gathered at the UC Santa Cruz entrance Monday afternoon to show their support for scientific research at the university and denounce two recent firebombings targeting UCSC researchers.
- July 09, 2008
Researchers find new mode of gene regulation in mammals
UCSC researchers have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals--a "ribozyme" that controls the activity of an important family of genes in several different species.
- May 30, 2008
Three UCSC graduate students win big grants for biotechnology research
Three UCSC graduate students have been selected to receive training grants intended to hasten innovations in a variety of biotechnology-related fields. The two-year grants provide $50,000 per year for each student.
- May 07, 2008
UC Santa Cruz awarded $7.2 million grant for stem cell research center
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $7.2 million grant to fund a new stem cell research center at UCSC.
- April 04, 2008
Scientists obtain first direct observations of protein-synthesis mechanism
Research by UCSC molecular biologist Harry Noller and his collaborators has led to the first direct observations of the mechanism for protein synthesis in living cells.
- April 01, 2008
Rx for Health Care: Graduates of UCSC's innovative health sciences program are good medicine for California's ailing health-care system
Diego Inzunza grabbed a laptop on his way past the laboratory inside Plazita Medical Clinic, where jaunty Mexican music danced from a large speaker on the counter. Holding the computer open like a clamshell in one hand, the 21-year-old UC Santa Cruz stude
