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Responsible for instigating some of humanity’s most high-impact discoveries.
Visit us at https://science.ucsc.edu/ 🐋 🔭 🧬
Visit us at https://science.ucsc.edu/ 🐋 🔭 🧬
Neighbors! Get the scoop on what your local Nobel laureate is working on now to reveal the roots of cancer and other diseases. Our NEW "Science in the Neighborhood" public lecture series kicks off w/ UCSC's Carol Greider!
Sign up now. It's free and starts at 6pm on Dec. 11 at our coastal campus 🌊
Sign up now. It's free and starts at 6pm on Dec. 11 at our coastal campus 🌊
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Neighbors! Get the scoop on what your local Nobel laureate is working on now to reveal the roots of cancer and other diseases. Our NEW "Science in the Neighborhood" public lecture series kicks off w/ UCSC's Carol Greider!
Sign up now. It's free and starts at 6pm on Dec. 11 at our coastal campus 🌊
Sign up now. It's free and starts at 6pm on Dec. 11 at our coastal campus 🌊
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! Support high-impact science by giving to the projects that inspire you most. With 40+ initiatives in the Science Division, from student experiences to equity and access, every gift makes a difference. See all projects here: sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/giv...
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! Support high-impact science by giving to the projects that inspire you most. With 40+ initiatives in the Science Division, from student experiences to equity and access, every gift makes a difference. See all projects here: sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/giv...
6,000+ exoplanets and counting—just this year. This Thursday, Nov. 6, hear from Natalie Batalha, UC Santa Cruz’s director of astrobiology & former NASA Kepler scientist, on the search for life beyond Earth. 🌌
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
6,000+ exoplanets and counting—just this year. This Thursday, Nov. 6, hear from Natalie Batalha, UC Santa Cruz’s director of astrobiology & former NASA Kepler scientist, on the search for life beyond Earth. 🌌
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
Congratulations to NEXTies Earth + Sea winners: UCSC professor Andrew Fisher won the "Brainwave Award" for his work as a scientist in the field of hydrogeology, and Darryl Wong and Gage Dayton shared the honor of winning the "Big Idea Award" for their environmental project work. 🏆👏
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Congratulations to NEXTies Earth + Sea winners: UCSC professor Andrew Fisher won the "Brainwave Award" for his work as a scientist in the field of hydrogeology, and Darryl Wong and Gage Dayton shared the honor of winning the "Big Idea Award" for their environmental project work. 🏆👏
🔬Our 8-foot-tall cryoEM microscope is one of only 232 in the world—helping researchers fight influenza, RSV & more. Through global partnerships, we’re breaking down cost + distance barriers so scientists everywhere can accelerate discovery. 🌍✨ bit.ly/4nz9ml4
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October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🔬Our 8-foot-tall cryoEM microscope is one of only 232 in the world—helping researchers fight influenza, RSV & more. Through global partnerships, we’re breaking down cost + distance barriers so scientists everywhere can accelerate discovery. 🌍✨ bit.ly/4nz9ml4
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@ucsantacruz.bsky.social
Just one year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Ciara Bolt (Kresge ’24, MCD biology) is thriving as a research associate at Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing.
“UCSC greatly prepared me for my career path,” Bolt said.
Read the full article: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/ciar...
“UCSC greatly prepared me for my career path,” Bolt said.
Read the full article: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/ciar...
October 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just one year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Ciara Bolt (Kresge ’24, MCD biology) is thriving as a research associate at Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing.
“UCSC greatly prepared me for my career path,” Bolt said.
Read the full article: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/ciar...
“UCSC greatly prepared me for my career path,” Bolt said.
Read the full article: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/ciar...
A powerful gathering at the Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium in mid-September, hosted by UCSC's Science Communication Program and the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, focused on how we share and shape solutions to climate challenges. 🌍
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/crea...
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/crea...
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A powerful gathering at the Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium in mid-September, hosted by UCSC's Science Communication Program and the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, focused on how we share and shape solutions to climate challenges. 🌍
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/crea...
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/crea...
🌊🌍 This Friday, Oct 3, at the Seymour Center, the NEXTies: Earth + Sea honors the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience, including amazing UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff. Don’t miss it!
🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🌊🌍 This Friday, Oct 3, at the Seymour Center, the NEXTies: Earth + Sea honors the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience, including amazing UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff. Don’t miss it!
🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
🌫️ UC Santa Cruz researchers Peter Weiss-Penzias and Eyal Rahav have recently been awarded a $737k grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to find out what’s really in the fog that rolls across California’s coast and how a warming climate might affect it.
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🌫️ UC Santa Cruz researchers Peter Weiss-Penzias and Eyal Rahav have recently been awarded a $737k grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to find out what’s really in the fog that rolls across California’s coast and how a warming climate might affect it.
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu
When the new year starts, we come out as one to greet new first-year and transfer students. A warm hello helps them feel seen, supported and stoked about their young journey in the sciences.
The chats b/w the students and folks across our division was a true warm-up for the start of classes today!
The chats b/w the students and folks across our division was a true warm-up for the start of classes today!
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When the new year starts, we come out as one to greet new first-year and transfer students. A warm hello helps them feel seen, supported and stoked about their young journey in the sciences.
The chats b/w the students and folks across our division was a true warm-up for the start of classes today!
The chats b/w the students and folks across our division was a true warm-up for the start of classes today!
On Oct. 3, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and Event Santa Cruz will host "The NEXTies: Earth and Sea," an evening celebrating the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience. Submit your nominations by Aug. 3 & get tickets: seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
July 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
On Oct. 3, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and Event Santa Cruz will host "The NEXTies: Earth and Sea," an evening celebrating the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience. Submit your nominations by Aug. 3 & get tickets: seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...
94% of California's Chinook salmon die on their way to sea. A UCSC-led team has created a playbook to help water managers adjust flows—timing, temp, volume—to boost survival and restore balance in human-managed waterways. #salmon #conservation
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/faci...
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/faci...
July 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
94% of California's Chinook salmon die on their way to sea. A UCSC-led team has created a playbook to help water managers adjust flows—timing, temp, volume—to boost survival and restore balance in human-managed waterways. #salmon #conservation
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/faci...
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/faci...
Upasna Sharma, professor of molecular, cell, & developmental biology at UCSC, has received the 2025 McKnight Foundation neurobiology award, which will advance her research on how a father’s life experiences & environment can influence the health of his future children. news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/upas...
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Upasna Sharma, professor of molecular, cell, & developmental biology at UCSC, has received the 2025 McKnight Foundation neurobiology award, which will advance her research on how a father’s life experiences & environment can influence the health of his future children. news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/upas...
A team of scientists, artists, engineers, and students have joined forces at UC Santa Cruz to help promote the use of stored rainwater as a resource for growing food close to home.
news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/inno...
news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/inno...
May 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A team of scientists, artists, engineers, and students have joined forces at UC Santa Cruz to help promote the use of stored rainwater as a resource for growing food close to home.
news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/inno...
news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/inno...
Congratulations to this year’s UCSC Science Distinguished Alumni! Enjoy these “then and now” photos spanning back as far as 1989, and read more about the winners and their accomplishments here: news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/the-...
May 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations to this year’s UCSC Science Distinguished Alumni! Enjoy these “then and now” photos spanning back as far as 1989, and read more about the winners and their accomplishments here: news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/the-...
In a literal head-to-hand competition that explores the fascinating field of “biomusicality,” the smart and playful California sea lion at UC Santa Cruz named Ronan has proven her rhythm is just as precise—if not better—than us humans. Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/rona... (Photo permits #23554)
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In a literal head-to-hand competition that explores the fascinating field of “biomusicality,” the smart and playful California sea lion at UC Santa Cruz named Ronan has proven her rhythm is just as precise—if not better—than us humans. Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/rona... (Photo permits #23554)
Congratulations to Beth Shapiro, UC Santa Cruz professor and acclaimed evolutionary biologist, who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences yesterday! 🏆 🤩 news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/beth...
April 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Congratulations to Beth Shapiro, UC Santa Cruz professor and acclaimed evolutionary biologist, who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences yesterday! 🏆 🤩 news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/beth...
Tomorrow 4/29 at 10:30am PST is the UC Grad Slam 2025, where UC campus champions face off to explain their graduate research in under 3 minutes! PhD candidate Jenna Myers will be representing UC Santa Cruz & presenting on her stem-cell research. Tune in and vote! gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu
April 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tomorrow 4/29 at 10:30am PST is the UC Grad Slam 2025, where UC campus champions face off to explain their graduate research in under 3 minutes! PhD candidate Jenna Myers will be representing UC Santa Cruz & presenting on her stem-cell research. Tune in and vote! gradslam.universityofcalifornia.edu
Congrats to UCSC undergrad Izzy Connor, named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar! A LAMAT fellow & Olympic rhythmic gymnast, she researches high-energy astrophysics, coaches gymnastics, & promotes STEM outreach—on track to earn a PhD & inspire the next generation of scientists.🏆💫 news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/astr...
April 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Congrats to UCSC undergrad Izzy Connor, named a 2025 Goldwater Scholar! A LAMAT fellow & Olympic rhythmic gymnast, she researches high-energy astrophysics, coaches gymnastics, & promotes STEM outreach—on track to earn a PhD & inspire the next generation of scientists.🏆💫 news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/astr...
Scientists from UC Santa Cruz and Colossal Biosciences have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in de-extinction science! They used ancient DNA to bring to life three wolf pups who resemble the extinct dire wolf. 🧬🐺 Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/dire...
April 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Scientists from UC Santa Cruz and Colossal Biosciences have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in de-extinction science! They used ancient DNA to bring to life three wolf pups who resemble the extinct dire wolf. 🧬🐺 Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/dire...
Meet Patricia Schell, Deana Tanguay, and Jeannette Peters, co-recipients of the UC Santa Cruz Science Division’s first Outstanding Staff Award. The award recognizes leadership, innovation, and "invisible labor." Join us in congratulating them! news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/scie...
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Meet Patricia Schell, Deana Tanguay, and Jeannette Peters, co-recipients of the UC Santa Cruz Science Division’s first Outstanding Staff Award. The award recognizes leadership, innovation, and "invisible labor." Join us in congratulating them! news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/scie...
Over the weekend, 17 researchers from the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) were awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their significant contributions to particle physics. A huge round of applause for all! news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/brea...
April 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Over the weekend, 17 researchers from the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) were awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their significant contributions to particle physics. A huge round of applause for all! news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/brea...
Brain cells are more plastic than previously thought 🧠 New research from the Braingeneers, researchers from UC Santa Cruz & UC San Francisco, used in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell to show neurons are capable of changing from one type to another. news.ucsc.edu/2025/03/most...
April 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Brain cells are more plastic than previously thought 🧠 New research from the Braingeneers, researchers from UC Santa Cruz & UC San Francisco, used in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell to show neurons are capable of changing from one type to another. news.ucsc.edu/2025/03/most...
🌏 Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? @npr.org partnered with Radiolab in this new podcast episode “Can the economy grow forever?”, which was made in conversation with UCSC astronomy professor Sandy Faber. 🎙️Give it a listen: www.npr.org/2025/03/28/1... #sciencepodcast
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🌏 Earth can sustain life for another 100 million years, but can we? @npr.org partnered with Radiolab in this new podcast episode “Can the economy grow forever?”, which was made in conversation with UCSC astronomy professor Sandy Faber. 🎙️Give it a listen: www.npr.org/2025/03/28/1... #sciencepodcast
Congratulations to UCSC chemistry professor Phil Crews on receiving the American Chemical Society's prestigious Ernest Guenther Award at the society’s recent spring meeting. Crews was honored for his outstanding work in the analysis, structural elucidation, & chemical synthesis of natural products.
March 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Congratulations to UCSC chemistry professor Phil Crews on receiving the American Chemical Society's prestigious Ernest Guenther Award at the society’s recent spring meeting. Crews was honored for his outstanding work in the analysis, structural elucidation, & chemical synthesis of natural products.