Event flyer for April 17 screening and panel discussion of "The Power of One"
🌏 Join us tonight for "The Power of One," a free Earth Day event at UCSC! Film screening + panel with filmmakers Alex Valdez and Pablo De la Fuente, followed by a habitat restoration project tomorrow on the San Lorenzo River. Free and open to all. UCSC students are especially encouraged to attend!
Congrats @sarahsteelescience.bsky.social – She joins us as a 51 Pegasi b postdoc fellow this fall to probe the moon's magnetic past for clues about its formation and interior. A fuller understanding of the moon will make it a firmer stepping stone for future science research and space exploration 🚀
New study finds the mating antics of animals can alter an ecosystem. Constant sexual harassment of female mosquitofish by males results in depletion of prey lower in the food web due to both sexes needing to maintain the energy for all the chasing and evading 🐠 💨 🐠
news.ucsc.edu/2026/03/sexu...
For #WomensHistoryMonth we spotlight Prof. Shaheen Sikandar. Her research shows how early pregnancy may protect against breast cancer by blocking age-related cell changes. A new @americancancersoc.bsky.social grant will allow her to shift focus from cure to prevention.
news.ucsc.edu/2026/01/preg...
A close-up, top-down view of an elderly person's weathered hands holding a variety of colorful prescription pills and capsules.
A detailed 3D molecular model illustration showing the complex, ribbon-like structure of the P3 peptide, also referred to as Amyloid alpha.
For decades, Alzheimer’s research focused almost exclusively on Amyloid beta. But is a “neglected cousin" peptide called P3 actually an overlooked culprit? New research from UC Santa Cruz suggests this supposedly harmless protein is anything but. news.ucsc.edu/2026/02/negl...
Eric Palkovacs holding a fish and smiling at the camera
Coho salmon with a black background
Calling all salmon lovers 🐟 On March 6, join UCSC’s Eric Palkovacs to learn about research-driven approaches to restoring Pacific salmon, threatened by dams, overharvest & climate change. This free, in-person lecture is from 6–7:30 p.m. Space is limited—register here: events.ucsc.edu/event/transf...
Three of our @ucscscience.bsky.social
superstars presented their extraordinary work to the UCSC Foundation Board today!
Thanks to Rachel Meyer, Roxanne Beltran, and Elizabeth Howard for changing students lives, while at the same time finding solutions to our most pressing challenges.
logo and text that says "KRAW Lecture Series: Science and Technology" with a portrait of Rachel Meyers smiling
Environmental DNA (eDNA) helps scientists track pathogens, rare species, & ecosystem health using genomics. Join UCSC’s Rachel Meyer tonight for her Kraw Lecture at our Silicon Valley Campus at 5:30 pm. Register here: events.ucsc.edu/event/kraw-l...
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logo for 247th AAS conference in Phoenix AZ
UC Santa Cruz astronomy & astrophysics professor Raja GuhaThakurta is a distinguished researcher, inspiring teacher, leader in equity in science, & AAS Fellow. Today he delivers a keynote at the 247th AAS conference, highlighting programs he founded. Read more: astrobites.org/2026/01/05/m...
students in group in water in Alaska
diver in kelp
@ucscscience.bsky.social is reshaping what learning looks like, taking students down to Alaskan kelp forests, up to mountaintop observatories, and into cutting-edge cancer research labs. The skills and courage they build go far beyond graduation.
Photo credit: 1. Dave Benet, 2. Sofia Orelind
In memoriam: UC Santa Cruz honors the passing of physicist and cosmologist Joel Primack, co-developer of the cold dark matter theory and a leader in linking science with public policy.
Please join us in honoring the life of a dedicated mentor and truly seminal scientist: bit.ly/4rDCZ7e
Social card for UC Santa Cruz's Science in the Neighborhood talk by Carol Greider
Neighbors! Get the scoop on what your local Nobel laureate is working on now to reveal the roots of cancer and other diseases. Our NEW "Science in the Neighborhood" public lecture series kicks off w/ UCSC's Carol Greider!
Sign up now. It's free and starts at 6pm on Dec. 11 at our coastal campus 🌊
Our Degree-Defining Experiences program at @ucscscience.bsky.social is now a year old, and the results have been transformational! As Zimin Cohen puts it: “This is the kind of science I want to do.”
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/degr...
Twenty-five UC Santa Cruz researchers earned a spot on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers, placing their work among the top 1% most cited globally. The list included faculty and staff from across @baskinengineering.bsky.social, @ucscscience.bsky.social and @ucscgenomics.bsky.social ⬇️
Nearly every day for the past 20 years, UC Santa Cruz and NOAA scientists have waded into Scott Creek in search of endangered coho salmon. Their long-term research could hold the key to the species’ recovery across California. 🐟
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/cali...
graphic image with collage of pictures of students in the labs and fields with a banner that says "UC Santa Cruz Giving Day 2025"
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! Support high-impact science by giving to the projects that inspire you most. With 40+ initiatives in the Science Division, from student experiences to equity and access, every gift makes a difference. See all projects here: sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/giv...
Natalie Batalha looking at a projection of an exoplanet on a wall in front of her
Artist rendition of an exoplanet and a sun
Natalie Batalha on stage speaking with a creative graphic being projected behind her
6,000+ exoplanets and counting—just this year. This Thursday, Nov. 6, hear from Natalie Batalha, UC Santa Cruz’s director of astrobiology & former NASA Kepler scientist, on the search for life beyond Earth. 🌌
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
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student and faculty looking at whiteboard
student and faculty member looking at electronic in optics lab
student on computer in optics lab
Today’s undergraduate STEM majors are tomorrow’s K-12 teachers, and Cal Teach is preparing them to transform how students see science, math, and their own potential. 🌱
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
It was very inspiring last night to hear from @ucscscience.bsky.social professor @roxannebeltran.bsky.social about her research, in which she uses tagged seals to explore our oceans. Just fourteen tagged seals can provide detailed data on 1% of the entire 3D volume of the world’s oceans every year!
Ocean sciences prof Andrew Moore @ucsantacruz.bsky.social receives AGU’s Edward A. Flinn III Award for “unselfish cooperation in research,” for decades of work w/ peers @rutgersu.bsky.social on one of the world’s most widely used community ocean models 🌊
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/moor...
"Data shows that expansion of those who participate in academic science produces better science that has a wider impact." From a new research-backed defense of DEI programs published today by Needhi Bhalla @ucsantacruz.bsky.social and peers @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social and @uofmass.bsky.social 👏🏾👏🏼👏
Andy Fisher smiling at the camera holding up his award.
Wong and Dayton smiling at the camera holding up their awards.
Congratulations to NEXTies Earth + Sea winners: UCSC professor Andrew Fisher won the "Brainwave Award" for his work as a scientist in the field of hydrogeology, and Darryl Wong and Gage Dayton shared the honor of winning the "Big Idea Award" for their environmental project work. 🏆👏
Danny Cruz
Ciara Bolt
From @ucscscience.bsky.social, Danny Cruz (Porter, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) is a Cellular and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan, and Ciara Bolt (Kresge, B.S. Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology) is a research associate at Natera.
Need proof that the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is worth preserving? Here are century-old fish preserved in essentially rum–a sweet twist that kept their DNA intact 🧬
What that DNA is telling us today is surprising even the most seasoned scientists:
news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/rum-...
Congratulations to Fitnat Yildiz, distinguished professor of microbiology and environmental toxicology at UC Santa Cruz, for receiving $7.7 million in funding from the NIH to conduct precision research aimed at preventing cholera – a global health problem.
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/yild...
New research from UCSC’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience puts a dollar value on the storm protection mangroves provide—showing they reduce hurricane property damages by millions to billions. Read more:
news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/mang...
Nobel laureate Carol Greider has been named an @americancancersoc.bsky.social Professor 🎉 Her work at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social aims to overcome longstanding barriers to new cancer treatments—understanding how telomere length is regulated and accurately measuring it.
🔗 news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/grei...
tim with jane
In the wake of Jane Goodall’s passing last week, many of our researchers here at UC Santa Cruz shared fond memories of Goodall and appreciation for her role as a champion of the natural world. Hear from a few faculty members who have been and will continue to be inspired by her legacy ⬇️