UC Santa Cruz - Chemistry Department

UCSC chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics

3D-printed supercapacitor breaks records

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report unprecedented performance results for supercapacitor electrode

On the verge of a technological revolution

Theorist Yuan Ping is developing computational methods to guide the design of new materials for quantum computing

PBSE Grad Student Gian Carlo Parico awarded prestigious HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

Fellowship recognizes exceptional doctoral students who are committed to increasing diversity among scientific leaders

Center for High Content Functional Annotation (HiFAN) will be established

Program is designed to develop new tools to push the frontier of natural products with the support of a $2.4M/3 year NIH grant

Biochemist Carrie Partch honored

Partch has received the Aschoff's Ruler, award is the top honor in her field

NIH grant supports development of novel drug for stroke treatment

Drug discovery grant funds quest by UCSC chem professor Ted Holman to bring new drug treatment for stroke to clinical trials

State program funds lung cancer research

Biomedical researchers at UC Santa Cruz have won major funding to investigate lung cancer

$1.5 million awarded for powerful new instrument

Will provide state-of-the-art platform for performing DEER (double electron-electron resonance)

UC Santa Cruz establishes a Bay Area facility in electron paramagnetic resonance with a $1.5-million grant from NIH's High-End Instrumentation program

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November 1, 2018UCSC chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics
October 18, 20183D-printed supercapacitor electrode breaks records in lab tests
September 13, 2018Quantum information science on the verge of a technological revolution

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