Office of Research
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UCSC researchers to test new technologies for monitoring harmful algal blooms in California coastal waters
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received a $400,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop an improved system for monitoring toxic algae in the coastal waters of California. The UCSC researchers will work closely with the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), testing new technologies and developing…
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Biodiversity ‘SWAT Team’ conducts an unprecedented survey of intertidal life on the West Coast
Peter Raimondi, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been studying marine life on the West Coast for about 20 years. But when it comes to field surveys that require identification of all the organisms that occur in a particular area, he defers to the biodiversity…
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Astronomers discover first Neptune-sized planets outside our solar system
A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of some of the smallest planets yet detected beyond our solar system. The two newly discovered planets represent a new class of extrasolar planets, and their discovery is a significant advance in the quest for such objects. “These are important milestones on our way toward being able…
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UCSC physicist receives award to develop technology for neuroscience
Alan Litke, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience to support an interdisciplinary research project with neurobiologist E. J. Chichilnisky of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. The McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award will provide…
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The Getty Awards Campus Heritage Grant to UC Santa Cruz
Long before the first student ever set foot on campus, the land now home to UC Santa Cruz was the hub of a booming limekiln business that filled ships bound for San Francisco and beyond. Before that, Native Americans known as Costanoans settled the area. Capturing and preserving this colorful history is the goal of…
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UCSC scientist Jonathan Zehr receives major award from Moore Foundation for marine microbiology research
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has selected Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to receive more than $4 million over the next five years as a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator in marine science. The award will support Zehr’s groundbreaking research on microorganisms that “fertilize” the…
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UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories
An international team of scientists will investigate how water flows through rock formations beneath the seafloor during an eight-week expedition this summer to the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of British Columbia. It will be the first expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), an ambitious new international…
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Alumnus Kent Nagano selects new transcription by UC Santa Cruz arts dean to open annual Ojai Music Festival
The San Francisco-based choral group Chanticleer gave the premiere performance of UCSC Arts Division dean and professor of music Edward Houghton’s new transcription of Johannes Ockeghem’s, Missa Ecce ancilla domini, at the opening concert of the Ojai Music Festival on June 3. Renowned conductor and UC Santa Cruz alum Kent Nagano–the music director of the…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Bio industry group from Russia and U.S. State Department will visit UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, June 10
A delegation of Russian scientists working through the U.S. State Department’s BioIndustry Initiative will participate in a full-day program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, June 10. Reporters are invited to attend the introductory remarks and the symposium. The event will begin with coffee and introductory remarks in the Thimann Courtyard (between…