Year: 2020

From developing diagnostic tests to conducting surveys of infection prevalence, UCSC-QB3 researchers are on the offense, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with science. Here are the highlights.

“I think the extent to which we can show students the possibilities of contributing to public health and to health-care careers, which after all, are 20 percent of our economy, we’re going to do good things both for our local community, but more broadly for the country and the world,” Hartzog said. UCSC | Jessica…

KSBW  While doctors and nurses treat COVID-19 patients on the front lines, behind the scenes scientists are working hard in their labs to come up with ways to battle the pandemic. One thing University of California, Santa Cruz scientists are working on is to create a diagnostic testing lab on campus that will meet the…

UCSC The UC Santa Cruz campus has been eerily quiet since stay-at-home orders went into effect to limit the spread of the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty are adapting to teaching classes online, and research labs have had to shut down much of their work. Nevertheless, many UCSC researchers are finding ways to apply…

UCSC A new study of molecular interactions central to the functioning of biological clocks explains how certain mutations can shorten clock timing, making some people extreme “morning larks” because their internal clocks operate on a 20-hour cycle instead of being synchronized with the 24-hour cycle of day and night. The study, published February 11 in…

UCSC The current flu season is shaping up to be a particularly severe one, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting 2,900 deaths from flu as of the end of December. Vaccines offer protection from this threat, but getting the flu vaccine every year can be a hassle, and many adults go…