Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
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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.
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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.
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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
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Undergraduate wins biomedical research award for minority students
Milana PeBenito, an undergraduate senior at UC Santa Cruz, received a presentation award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
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Why diving marine mammals resist brain damage from low oxygen
Certain animals–including dolphins, whales, and sea otters–appear to be protected from low oxygen by elevated levels of oxygen-carrying proteins in their brains, according to a new study by UCSC researchers.
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UCSC faculty receive $4.5 million in new grants for stem cell research
Two UCSC faculty members have received major grants totalling $4.5 million for stem cell research from the California Insitute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
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UCSC selected to join new Science Education Alliance
UCSC has been selected as one of 12 inaugural members of the Science Education Alliance (SEA), a new program developed and funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that aims to enhance the teaching of science and inspire new generations of res
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Undergraduates tailor UCSC Genome Browser to aid malaria research
UCSC undergraduates have created a genome browser for studying the malaria parasite, enabling a team of UCSC researchers to discover previously unknown genes that could help in the search for antimalarial drugs.
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UCSC neuroscientist Yi Zuo wins two new research awards
Yi Zuo’s innovative research on the nervous system has attracted funding from three major foundations since her arrival at UCSC in January.
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UC Santa Cruz biologist Hinrich Boeger named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Hinrich Boeger, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
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State funds stem cell research facility at UC Santa Cruz
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $2.7 million grant to fund a stem cell research facility at UC Santa Cruz.
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Sutter scholarship will support UCSC health sciences grad in med school
Allison Abresch-Meyer will get some welcome assistance paying her medical school bills thanks to a new scholarship established by the Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center and the Central Coast Alliance for Health to benefit graduates of the health sciences p