Office of Research
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Symposium celebrates influential career of biologist Burney Le Boeuf
Colleagues and former students of biologist Burney Le Boeuf gathered to celebrate his career.
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Genome scientists gather in Santa Cruz for back-to-back meetings
Leading scientists in the field of genome sequencing and analysis will gather in Santa Cruz for two meetings during the week of March 14 to address challenges and progress in genome research.
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Gilead grant supports collaborative drug discovery program with UCSC
Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is supporting a collaborative drug discovery program using UCSC’s unique collection of marine natural products.
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UCSC’s Richard Green honored for top research paper in Science
Bioinformatics expert Richard Green has won the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for his paper on the Neanderthal genome.
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UCSC faculty featured in “Masters of Innovation” episode on Plum TV
Two cutting-edge laboratories at UCSC are featured in a recent episode of the “Masters of Innovation” program on the Plum TV network.
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Six small planets orbiting a Sun-like star amaze astronomers
A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits.
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UCSC faculty mentor Intel science contest finalists
Two high-school students mentored by UC Santa Cruz professors are finalists in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search competition.
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Arboretum propagates cuttings from the last wild S.F. manzanita
Arboretum staff propagated cuttings from the last known San Francisco manzanita in the wild.
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UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away.
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Earthquake expert Emily Brodsky featured in NSF lecture series
Seismologist Emily Brodsky is featured in the National Science Foundation’s “Voices From the Future” lecture series.
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Astronomers release the largest color image of the sky ever made
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III has released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made.
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Paul Whitworth to deliver 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture-Feb. 3
UC Santa Cruz professor of theater arts Paul Whitworth will deliver the 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture on Thursday, February 3, at 6 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.