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Chemist Jin Zhang elected Fellow of American Physical Society

Nov 18, 2009 Jin Zhang, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his outstanding contributions to physics....

Chemistry professor Phil Crews receives outstanding faculty award

Nov 8, 2009 Phillip Crews, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the 2008-09 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences....

UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery

Oct 5, 2009 “Full Disclosure”--an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery—is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning. ...

Five faculty members win 2009 NSF CAREER awards

Oct 1, 2009 Five UCSC faculty members have won NSF CAREER awards in 2009....

Academic program for community college students wins extended NIH funding

Sep 28, 2009 A UCSC program that provides an academic bridge for community college students has received a $1.1 million grant from the NIH....

Novel light-sensitive compounds show promise for cancer therapy

Jun 16, 2009 Novel compounds show promise for photodynamic cancer therapy, which uses light-activated drugs to kill tumor cells....

30 Grads in 30 Days: Farzaneh Tondnevis

May 5, 2009 B.S., biochemistry and molecular biology...

Study points to disruption of copper regulation as key to prion diseases

Apr 17, 2009 An investigation of a rare, inherited form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease suggests that disrupted regulation of copper ions in the brain may be a key factor in this and other prion diseases....

Hollow gold nanospheres show promise for biomedical and other applications

Mar 23, 2009 A new metal nanostructure has already shown promise in cancer therapy studies and could be used for chemical and biological sensors and other applications as well....

Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life

Feb 16, 2009 The efforts of researchers in the field of synthetic biology are yielding clues to the mystery of how life began on Earth....

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