UC Santa Barbara discovers cell survival gene may lead to treatments for degenerative diseases
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Our cells are constantly making life and death...decisions. A new gene that controls this life or death switch and protects...cells from dying has been discovered by researchers at the University of...California, Santa Barbara, as reported in the August 28 edition of the...scientific journal Nature.... ...The discovery may provide scientists with new means for identifyin...UC Santa Barbara donates discovery to OneWorld Health that may speed disease treatment
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) The University of California, Santa Barbara announced today that it has donated all rights to a patent that covers the novel use of an established class of cardiovascular medicines as a potential new drug against a global parasitic disease. The Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company based in San Francisco, will use the UCSB discovery and the we...Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Santa Barbara, October 28-31
... ...Almost 200 research findings are scheduled for presentation at the 37th Western regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, in Santa Barbara, October 28-31. Approximately 300 scientists, including Nobel Laureates Sir Harold Kroto, F. Sherwood Rowland and Alan J. Heeger, as well as undergraduate and graduate students are expected to attend the...Webcast will ensure broad public access to the UC Santa Cruz Public Forum on Human Genome Research
SANTA CRUZ, CA--The University of California, Santa Cruz, will host a public forum on human genome research on Saturday, August 25, featuring a keynote address by Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, and a moderated discussion by a panel of experts. Public interest in this free event has been strong, and most of the advance tickets have already been claimed....UC Santa Cruz Public Forum on the Human Genome
... ... ... ... ... SANTA CRUZ, CA--In May 1985, a group of eminent biologists gathered at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to discuss a radical proposal put forth by molecular biologist Robert Sinsheimer, then chancellor of the UCSC campus. His idea was to launch a massive project to determine the complete DNA sequence of the human genome. It would be five years before the Human Genome...Coastal research project at UC Santa Cruz receives major boost in funding
...SANTA CRUZ, CA--For the past two years, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been studying and monitoring coastal ecosystems as part of a long-term collaborative research project involving four major universities in California and Oregon. Now the organization funding the project, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, has augmented its original $17.7 million grant t...UC Davis, Santa Barbara get $6 million to help estuaries
...University of California researchers at the Davis and Santa...Barbara campuses will receive $6 million in federal funds to...develop much-needed health assessments for estuaries, the...critical coastal ecosystems where fresh water meets salt...water.... ...The grants, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,...will support the development of chemical, biological and...physical standards...Future uses of MicroElectricalMechanical (MEM) systems to be featured at Santa Clara show
. Imagine machines with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen, fabricated.thousands at a time for pennies apiece. Sandia National Laboratories is a leader.in the development of microsystems, and seeks partners and contributors for.research into MicroElectricalMechanical Systems (MEMs) that meld traditional.engineering disciplines. Current projects are being showcased to potential.partners Sept....USGS Scientists To Speak On Rare Plants And Invasive Species At Santa Barbara Symposium
...U.S. Geological Survey scientists of the Western Ecological Research Center will...report on the effects of exotic animals on native plants in Channel Islands...National Park at the 5th California Islands Symposium, in Santa Barbara, Calif.,...Mar. 29-Apr. 1. ... ...Plant ecologist Kathryn McEachern will present information on soft-leaved Indian...paintbrush, which is found only on Santa Rosa...