Health
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Effort aims to uncover the learning and reasoning potential of brain organoids
The Braingeneers team will test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time
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New AI tool detects hidden cancer mutations
UC Santa Cruz researchers unveil DeepSomatic, a deep learning method that will help make genomic sequencing a routine part of how cancer is diagnosed and treated
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NIH awards Fitnat Yıldız $7.7 million to find new molecular paths for preventing cholera
Grants will fund research to determine the mechanisms and consequences of a molecule produced by the bacteria that causes the disease
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UCSC-led international collaboration sheds new light on bacterial mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving antibiotic resistance.
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Carol Greider receives American Cancer Society Professor Award
The award includes a grant that will support Greider’s research that advances her Nobel-winning discovery of the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres
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Lessons from a historic quest to heal spider bites are helping to fight neglected tropical diseases today
Associate Professor Lily Balloffet’s latest research traces successful early efforts to produce new antivenoms in Latin America and explores implications for modern public health issues, like snakebite and Chagas disease
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‘Future-guided’ AI improves seizure prediction
Engineers developed a deep learning method that manipulates time to make better predictions.
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Grants to support brain organoid research on neuropsychiatric and developmental conditions
Two researchers received two-year grants from The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
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New international collaboration poised to unlock more health-related discoveries
UC Santa Cruz removes geographic barriers and reduces costs with widened access to powerful Biomolecular cryoEM Facility
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Smart device uses AI and bioelectronics to speed up wound healing process
A wearable device called “a-Heal,” designed by engineers at UC Santa Cruz, aims to optimize each stage of the wound healing process.
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Advocating for federal investment in medical research
UC Santa Cruz researchers are sharing examples of how federal funding supports breakthrough innovations in health care.
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Basic virology research important for childhood health to continue with new NIH funding
The Cortez Lab at UC Santa Cruz studies mucosal microbiology and immunology, with research focused on astroviruses