Category: QB3 News

National Academy of Sciences | March 15, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC – The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2020 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the scientific disciplines represented by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Papers…

This illustration shows the setup of the optofluidic chip for rapid detection of single antigens of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A. (Image credit: Stambaugh et al., PNAS 2021)

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 settings.

QB3-UC Berkeley faculty affiliate and 2020 Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna works with students in her biochemistry lab at UC Berkeley.

Chancellor, faculty, staff and alumni honored at Santa Cruz Works event

CruzX is a social network bringing together UC Santa Cruz students, faculty, alumni and partners interested in innovation, entrepreneurship and change-making. 

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 maintain it at a set point for 10 hours. Every living cell maintains a voltage across the cell membrane that results from differences in…

Marco Rolandi is Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is an expert in bioelectronic ion conducting devices, bioelectronics to control biological processes, biomimetic materials integration in micro- and nanostructures, and biosensors. His work on bioelectronic transistors and shark electrosensors has been highlighted in The New York Times, the Washington Post,…

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 has led to numerous collaborations, scientific discoveries, and several grant awards, including multiple NIH awards. Rebecca is a recognized…

New $5 million NIH grant supports a collaborative research program to understand the cellular mechanisms by which botanical natural products may affect human health

Understanding the molecular warfare between humans and viruses is foundational to the development of next-generation vaccines. UC Santa Cruz Professor Rebecca DuBois and her team use an integrated toolkit of structural biology, biochemistry, virology, and immunology to investigate how viruses cause infections and identify weaknesses that can be targeted with vaccines and antiviral therapies. All…