Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Chemistry professor Phil Crews receives outstanding faculty award
Phillip Crews, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the 2008-09 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery
“Full Disclosure”–an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery-is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning.
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Five faculty members win 2009 NSF CAREER awards
Five UCSC faculty members have won NSF CAREER awards in 2009.
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Academic program for community college students wins extended NIH funding
A UCSC program that provides an academic bridge for community college students has received a $1.1 million grant from the NIH.
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Novel light-sensitive compounds show promise for cancer therapy
Novel compounds show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells.
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Study points to disruption of copper regulation as key to prion diseases
An investigation of a rare, inherited form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease suggests that disrupted regulation of copper ions in the brain may be a key factor in this and other prion diseases.
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Hollow gold nanospheres show promise for biomedical and other applications
A new metal nanostructure has already shown promise in cancer therapy studies and could be used for chemical and biological sensors and other applications as well.
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Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life
The efforts of researchers in the field of synthetic biology are yielding clues to the mystery of how life began on Earth.
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Jack Baskin School of Engineering to establish Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics
UCSC has received a $1.5 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to establish the W. M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics.
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Three UCSC professors elected AAAS Fellows
Three UCSC professors have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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November 14 symposium marks a productive first year for UCSC’s Chemical Screening Center
In its first year of operation, the UCSC Chemical Screening Center has enabled researchers to identify a variety of potentially useful compounds, including promising leads for the development of new drugs to treat infections, cancer, and neglected disease
