Month: April 2019
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Distinguished Professor & Affiliated QB3 UCSC Faculty Member Susan Strome Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and Foreign Associates; Historic Number of Women Elected to Its Membership The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 100 new members and 25 foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Forty percent of the newly elected members are women—the most…
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New study shows effects on offspring of epigenetic inheritance via sperm
In experiments with worms, researchers showed that epigenetic marks on sperm chromosomes affect gene expression and development in offspring UCSC.edu | March 20, 2019 | Tim Stephens As an organism grows and responds to its environment, genes in its cells are constantly turning on and off, with different patterns of gene expression in different cells.…
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Chemist Jevgenij Raskatov honored for peptide research
The American Peptide Society and the Boulder Peptide Society have both recognized Raskatov for his scientific achievements as an early-career investigator From UCSC. edu Jevgenij Raskatov, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored by the American Peptide Society with the 2019 APS Early Career Lectureship, which recognizes early career…