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Interview with Rebecca Braslau on Developing Alternative Plastics
June 8, 2018
Rebecca Braslau is a chemistry professor at UC Santa Cruz and has been developing an alternative plastic without the harmful phthalates that are found in most plastic materials. Sarah Marshall has the story.
Chemistry Graduate Student Jocelyn Macho Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
June 8, 2018
Jocelyn Macho, a first-year graduate student in the MacMillan laboratory, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
NIH funds $2.4M/3 year grant to develop technology to understand the function of natural products, botanicals and dietary supplements
June 8, 2018
Supported by a nearly $2.4M/3 year grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health, the Center for High Content Functional Annotation (HiFAN) will be established in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz (along with collaborators at Simon Fraser University and UT Southwestern Medical Center).
Biochemist Carrie Partch honored for research on biological clocks
June 1, 2018
The latest findings from Partch's lab have resolved a longstanding question about how the timing of our biological clocks is regulated.
NIH grant supports development of a novel drug for stroke treatment
May 1, 2018
A drug discovery grant is funding the quest by UCSC chemistry professor Ted Holman to bring a new drug treatment for stroke to clinical trials.
UC Santa Cruz honors alumni Thomas Webb and Susanne Hering
April 19, 2018
The Physical and Biological Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize contributions to society by graduate and undergraduate alums.
UC Santa Cruz graduate programs rank among best in nation in U.S. News survey
March 20, 2018
The U.S. News and World Report's 2019 Best Graduate Schools guide evaluates graduate schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, social work, criminology, public affairs, and the sciences.
NIH grant funds high-end instrument for shared biomedical research facility
March 15, 2018
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.
State program funds lung cancer research at UC Santa Cruz
February 13, 2018
The California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has awarded $1.8 million in grants and fellowships to UCSC biomedical researchers.
Surfing into the history books
February 9, 2018
If the right conditions arrive this winter, alumna Sarah Gerhardt could be among the first women to compete in the Mavericks big-wave surf contest.
Climate Conference features visionary artist and Smithsonian biologist
February 9, 2018
The fifth annual Climate Science and Policy Conference presented by UC Santa Cruz brings together a visionary artist and a Smithsonian scientist for an engaging, interdisciplinary conversation about how humans and ecosystems will cope on a warming planet.
New catalyst for hydrogen production is a step toward clean fuel
January 16, 2018
A novel material developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown impressive performance as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen.
Chemistry Undergrads Recipients of Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarships
January 2, 2018
Seven Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology majors are recipients of Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarships.
Local cancer charity group funds four cancer researchers at UC Santa Cruz
October 20, 2017
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group has given more than $450,000 in grants to the campus since 2005.
Congratulations to the Chemistry project leads of the Fall 2017 Launchpad grant
October 15, 2017
Professor Jin Zhang and Assistant Professor Jevgenij Raskatov receive Launchpad awards from the UCSC Industry Alliances & Technology Commercialization office (IATC). Launchpad assists promising UCSC technologies in becoming commercially viable.
Five research labs receive lab safety recognition awards
October 12, 2017
In recognition of outstanding success in developing and maintaining a safe and effective laboratory environment, the Office of Research and Environmental Health & Safety are pleased to announce the 2016-17 Lab Safety Recognition awards.
Sgourakis Lab receives $1.9M/5 year NIH Outstanding Investigator Award
September 6, 2017
Sgourakis Lab receives $1.9M/5 year NIH Outstanding Investigator Award to study Tcell signaling for immunotherapy
Biochemist Carrie Partch honored by the Biophysical Society
August 10, 2017
The Biophysical Society has chosen UCSC biochemist Carrie Partch to receive the 2018 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award.
UC Santa Cruz’s Seth Rubin gets cancer research grant
July 18, 2017
UC Santa Cruz professor Seth Rubin has a $250,000 grant to explore an out-of-the-box idea for fighting children’s cancers such as leukemia and retinoblastoma.
Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?
July 17, 2017
A paradigm-shifting hypothesis laid out by UC Santa Cruz astrobiologists David Deamer and Bruce Damer could reshape our idea about the origin of life.
Chemistry Club students attend annual ACS Conference due to the generous support of our donors
April 20, 2017
Through the generous support of donations to our general gift funds, the Department was able to sponsor three undergraduates to attend the annual American Chemical Society held in San Francisco.
Chemistry Undergrads Recipients of Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarships
January 10, 2017
Nine Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology majors are recipients of the first Koret Undergraduate Research Scholarships.
Two Chemistry faculty members honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards
June 9, 2016
The Excellence in Teaching Awards given each year by the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate Committee on Teaching are among the highest honors faculty members can receive. Lecturer Caitlin Binder is the recipient of the Ron Ruby Award for Teaching Excellence from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences. Distinguished Professor Glenn Millhauser is the recipient of the campus Excellence in Teach Award.
Assistant Professors Ayzner and Raskatov honored as Hellman Fellows
April 5, 2016
Established at UCSC in 2011, the purpose of the Hellman Fellows Program is to support substantially the research of promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their research.
Chemistry Undergrad Major Recognized for Outstanding Research at National Conference
November 18, 2014
Rene Mercado, a chemistry major at UCSC, won in the Chemistry category for his presentation on "The Effect on Various Capping Ligands on Rhodium-Gold Alloy Nanoparticles for use in Electrochemical Reduction." His adviser is Shaowei Chen, professor of chemistry.
In Memoriam: Geoffrey 'Craig' Hunt
October 09, 2014
