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UC Santa Cruz @ucsantacruz.bsky.social · 3d

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 ⬇️

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 4d

🔬Our 8-foot-tall cryoEM microscope is one of only 232 in the world—helping researchers fight influenza, RSV & more. Through global partnerships, we’re breaking down cost + distance barriers so scientists everywhere can accelerate discovery. 🌍✨ bit.ly/4nz9ml4

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 10d

Just one year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Ciara Bolt (Kresge ’24, MCD biology) is thriving as a research associate at Natera, a global leader in cell-free DNA testing.

“UCSC greatly prepared me for my career path,” Bolt said.

Read the full article: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/ciar...

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portrait of Ciara Bolt in gown standing outside of the UCSC sign holding a diploma

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 10d

A powerful gathering at the Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium in mid-September, hosted by UCSC's Science Communication Program and the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, focused on how we share and shape solutions to climate challenges. 🌍

Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/crea...

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 11d

🌊🌍 This Friday, Oct 3, at the Seymour Center, the NEXTies: Earth + Sea honors the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience, including amazing UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff. Don’t miss it!

🎟️ seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...

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portrait of Andrew Fisher smiling at the camera with a forest in the background.

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 12d

🌫️ UC Santa Cruz researchers Peter Weiss-Penzias and Eyal Rahav have recently been awarded a $737k grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation to find out what’s really in the fog that rolls across California’s coast and how a warming climate might affect it.

Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu

fog rolling low in the redwoods with a pink sunset sky

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · 16d

When the new year starts, we come out as one to greet new first-year and transfer students. A warm hello helps them feel seen, supported and stoked about their young journey in the sciences.

The chats b/w the students and folks across our division was a true warm-up for the start of classes today!

New students in UC Santa Cruz's Science Division

UC Santa Cruz Science Division Dean Bryan Gaensler casually chatting with a new student.

Students holding t-shirts up to their chest to see if they will fit.

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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · Aug 7

Out @ Friday Harbor Labs with our drone team conducting intertidal habitat surveys for colleagues from @ucscscience.bsky.social as part of an @waseagrant.bsky.social project. Back to Seattle tomorrow. #drone #drones #dronesforconservation

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Sign for University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congratulations to Valery Ortiz, currently a graduate student at the Scripps Research Institute (@scripps.edu) and former undergraduate in my lab @ucscscience.bsky.social @ucsantacruz.bsky.social, funded through the ACCESS and MARC programs run by the STEM Diversity Program!🥳🎉🎊

HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 7

Read more: www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

The 2025 Gilliam Fellows & Advisors | HHMI

The Gilliam Fellows Program launches promising PhD students into impactful scientific research careers while fostering inclusive training environments.

www.hhmi.org

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Giacomo Bernardi @embiotoca.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our new paper on population genomics of black surfperch. I am incredibly happy, decades in the making....
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Population Genomics, Local Adaptation and Cryptic Speciation in a Temperate Reef Fish, the Black Surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, Using Genome‐Wide Resequencing

The black surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni , exhibits limited dispersal due to its lack of a pelagic larval stage and offers a unique model for studying local adaptation and potential cryptic speciation...

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · Jul 23

On Oct. 3, the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and Event Santa Cruz will host "The NEXTies: Earth and Sea," an evening celebrating the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience. Submit your nominations by Aug. 3 & get tickets: seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/calendar_eve...

Digital collage graphic featuring a woman surfing, monarch butterflies, and a whale tail. Text reads "The NEXTies Earth and Sea" with additional text below Seymour Marine Discovery Center October 3, 2025 6:00pm

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Jun 15

Weather and the Whale is a major exhibition project featuring immersive displays of original science research and newly commissioned contemporary artworks at UC Santa Cruz @ucscscience.bsky.social #sciart

Weather and the Whale — Institute of the Arts and Sciences

Weather and the Whale is a major exhibition project featuring immersive displays of original science research and newly commissioned contemporary

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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Just saw the exciting news that Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (prof at @ucscscience.bsky.social and my PhD advisor) was named the president of the @astrosociety.org!! 🎉🔭 news.ucsc.edu/2025/06/enri...

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named president of Astronomical Society of the Pacific

UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist is the first Latino president in society's 135-year history

news.ucsc.edu

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KneeDeep Times Magazine @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social · Jun 26

A new UC Santa Cruz study found that horizontal "living levees" - gently sloped, planted barriers - can protect against rising seas and storm surge when added in front of existing levees. @ucscscience.bsky.social

#naturebasedsolutions #sanmateo #sealevelrise

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Pam Kan-Rice @ucanrpam.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Brian Woodward, PhD @woodcology.bsky.social · Jul 9

Banana slug feeding on a hypoxylon fungus on the side of a dead tanoak in a lightly burned area of Pescadero Creek Park, San Mateo County, CA.

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · Jul 21

94% of California's Chinook salmon die on their way to sea. A UCSC-led team has created a playbook to help water managers adjust flows—timing, temp, volume—to boost survival and restore balance in human-managed waterways. #salmon #conservation

Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/faci...

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Member of the UC Santa Cruz Fisheries Collaborative Program holds a live adult Chinook salmon from the Sacramento River.

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · Jul 21

Upasna Sharma, professor of molecular, cell, & developmental biology at UCSC, has received the 2025 McKnight Foundation neurobiology award, which will advance her research on how a father’s life experiences & environment can influence the health of his future children. news.ucsc.edu/2025/07/upas...

purple and pink abstract background with overlayed text that it titled "Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award" and below that reads "For scientists translating laboratory discoveries about the brain and nervous system into diagnoses and therapies to improve human health."

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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics.bsky.social · Jun 9

What can a 28-eyed jellyfish teach us about the ~wild~ evolution of vision? 👀🧬

Genomics Institute affiliate @aidemm.bsky.social and collaborators have sequenced the genome of a rare 28-eyed jellyfish to find out!

news.ucsc.edu/2025/06/jell...

Genome of a 28-eyed jellyfish could provide insight on evolution of vision

Researchers have sequenced the genome of a unique species of jellyfish with 28 eyes to help us understand the wild evolution of vision.

news.ucsc.edu

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · Jun 6

Genome BC is expanding environmental DNA monitoring across British Columbia—particularly in remote and Indigenous communities. One of the tools they're investing in is eDNA Explorer—a genomics platform that began as a research project at UC Santa Cruz and is led by ecology professor Rachel Meyer.

genomebc.bsky.social @genomebc.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌿 It’s #WorldEnvironmentDay and we’re investing in science that listens to the land.

Supporting three new eDNA projects designed to uplift #Indigenous and remote communities, ensuring genomics works for everyone.

Find out more here: bit.ly/eDNAforBC

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Dr Laura Sanchez @drlaurasanchez.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats Carli and Jason on your #ASMS2025 awards!! 🥳😎🤩 @ucscscience.bsky.social

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · Jun 2

It’s Genome June at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History— in partnership with the UCSC Genomics Institute! Check out the line up of events throughout the month, most of which feature UC Santa Cruz scientists, researchers, and genomics experts. 🦣🧬🐺🌲 santacruzmuseum.org/series/genom...

Genome June - Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Join us for Genomic June! The Museum is thrilled to be partnering with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute for a month of molecular marvels! Meet the scientists behind cutting edge discoveries, rangi...

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Dr Laura Sanchez @drlaurasanchez.bsky.social · May 31

Check us out at #ASMS2025 at our posters, Carli is also speaking during the Tuesday Night Young Mass Spectrometrist workshop @ucscscience.bsky.social
Find me if you want a sweet Sanchez Lab logo sticker

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UC Santa Cruz Science @ucscscience.bsky.social · May 29

A team of scientists, artists, engineers, and students have joined forces at UC Santa Cruz to help promote the use of stored rainwater as a resource for growing food close to home.

news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/inno...

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group of people stand in front of 500-gallon rainwater tank

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Jonathan Fortney @jjfplanet.bsky.social · May 21

Congrats to Dr. Anne Dattilo, a @ucscscience.bsky.social student with Prof. Natalie Batalha, who got her PhD this afternoon! She is an expert in exoplanet demographics, with a focus on sub-Neptunes.

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Dr Laura Sanchez @drlaurasanchez.bsky.social · May 3

@ucscscience.bsky.social at #CBBADay2025 #Sluglife #noknownpredators thanks for hosting Cal, great day of chemical biology and professional presentations!

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