Faculty News
$3.7M NIH grant funds development of novel biosensor technology for diagnosing viral infections
$3.7M NIH grant funds development of novel biosensor technology for diagnosing viral infections Electrical engineer Ali Yanik is leading a team of infectious disease experts developing a low-cost, easy-to-use platform for diagnosing viral infections in point-of-care...
Slugs lauded as Hometown Heroes
Slugs lauded as Hometown Heroes Chancellor, faculty, staff and alumni honored at Santa Cruz Works event Marc DesJardins | UCSC | December 02, 2020 UC Santa Cruz is well represented at this year’s Santa Cruz Works Hometown Heroes awards ceremony, with Chancellor...
Bioelectronic device achieves unprecedented control of cell membrane voltage
Tim Stephens | UCSC | September 24, 2020 In an impressive proof-of-concept demonstration, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has developed a bioelectronic system driven by a machine learning algorithm that can shift the membrane voltage in living cells and...
Marco Rolandi (ECE): Promoted to full professor
Marco Rolandi (ECE): Promoted to full professor July 23, 2020 | Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz Marco Rolandi is Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is an expert in bioelectronic ion conducting devices,...
Congratulations Baskin Engineering Faculty QB3 Affiliates on 2020 Promotions and Advancements
Rebecca DuBois (BME): Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor Rebecca DuBois has performed outstanding work on understanding and combating viruses including astrovirus, RSV, and SARS-COV-2. Her lab’s protein engineering expertise is highly sought after and...
New optical technique provides more efficient probe of nanomagnet dynamics
New optical technique provides more efficient probe of nanomagnet dynamics Data storage devices and other emerging technologies use magnetic elements smaller than 100 nanometers, but studying their magnetization dynamics can be a challenge June 01, 2020 | UCSC | Tim...
UC Santa Cruz leads research center on botanical dietary supplements
UC Santa Cruz leads research center on botanical dietary supplements New $5 million NIH grant supports a collaborative research program to understand the cellular mechanisms by which botanical natural products may affect human health July 08, 2020 | Tim Stephens |...
Raising a glass (and funds) for research
Michael David Winery helps fund professor’s COVID-19 research with “Going Viral” Merlot June 18, 2020 | UCSC | Dan White Michael Phillips had been looking for an eye-catching, thoughtful way to honor the groundbreaking and lifesaving work of his daughter, the...
Steck Award recipient helps discover protein involved with circadian clock timing
June 17, 2020 | UCSC | Lisa Renner Every once in a while, professors meet a student who seems destined to be a star in their field. For Carrie Partch, UC Santa Cruz associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, one of those students is Alfred Freeberg, this...