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Chancellor Cynthia Larive (center), John MacMillan and Ryan Sharp seated with others and speaking

Campus leaders showcase innovation, entrepreneurship efforts to special Regents committee

by adauksa | September 5, 2023 | QB3 News | 0 Comments

The Hub is also working to build a supportive innovation ecosystem. What has become known as the Innovation Champions Network provides those on campus involved in entrepreneurship efforts with a forum for information sharing, strategic planning, and special initiatives coordination. The network includes members from several long-standing campus organizations including the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development (CIED), student organizations like Student Creativity Empowerment and Entrepreneurship (SCEE), and the university’s two Institutes for Science and Innovation, QB3 and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

Ed Green in a lab coat in front of samples

Ed Green named QB3-Santa Cruz Scientific Director

by rmiyatsu | May 3, 2023 | QB3 News | 0 Comments

Richard (Ed) Green, professor of biomolecular engineering, has been selected to serve as the next director of the California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at UC Santa Cruz.

QB3 is the University of California’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship in life science, working with UC researchers and other scientists to launch startup companies and partner with industry. QB3 has centers at UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, and San Francisco and operates in collaboration with private industry and venture capital.

“The opportunities in biotechnology are enormous,” Green said. “QB3 has been at the forefront, fostering the connections that aim UCSC technology at important problems. I’m looking forward to expanding the impact of QB3 in Santa Cruz and beyond.”

New program advises UCSC Ph.D. students on their path to entrepreneurship and venture capital

by adauksa | March 30, 2023 | QB3 News | 0 Comments

The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub, in collaboration with the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at UCSC, launched a new fellowship program in 2022 organized through Nucleate, a free and collaborative student-run organization founded at Harvard University with a focus on identifying future “bioentrepreneurs.”

$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...

California’s Institutes for Science and Innovation celebrate 20 years of research and discovery

California’s Institutes for Science and Innovation celebrate 20 years of research and discovery Twenty years ago, nobody could have foreseen how vital telemedicine would become for safely delivering health care during a pandemic. Nor did they anticipate the urgent...

Introduction to CruzX The Social Network for UCSC Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Changemakers

CruzX is a social network bringing together UC Santa Cruz students, faculty, alumni and partners interested in innovation, entrepreneurship and change-making. On CruzX you'll be able to find inspiring teams and team-mates, mentors, innovation courses, workshops,...

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 |...

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