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Thank you Andrew Olander and Shaheen @ssikandar.bsky.social for inviting me to visit the MCD Biology Department at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social! I love the insightful comments at my talk and the engaging conversations throughout. Hopefully I can come back, and maybe even get to see a real banana slug!
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Thank you Andrew Olander and Shaheen @ssikandar.bsky.social for inviting me to visit the MCD Biology Department at @ucsantacruz.bsky.social! I love the insightful comments at my talk and the engaging conversations throughout. Hopefully I can come back, and maybe even get to see a real banana slug!
Can a species ‘de-evolve’? Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at University of California, Santa Cruz, said she finds the term to be a great way to engage more people in the concept of evolution.
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Tomatoes in the Galápagos appear to be evolving backward. Here’s what it could mean | CNN
In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Can a species ‘de-evolve’? Beth Shapiro, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at University of California, Santa Cruz, said she finds the term to be a great way to engage more people in the concept of evolution.
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Your Giving Day gifts made a real difference—almost 2M+ in donations by 8k donors—supporting students, research, and programs that keep UC Santa Cruz moving forward. Here’s to 10 years of generosity, community, & impact 💛
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Your Giving Day gifts made a real difference—almost 2M+ in donations by 8k donors—supporting students, research, and programs that keep UC Santa Cruz moving forward. Here’s to 10 years of generosity, community, & impact 💛
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! 🎉 You have 24 hours to make an impact and support scholarships, research, student orgs, & more. Every gift adds up + unlocks bonus funding 💙✨#give2ucsc
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November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! 🎉 You have 24 hours to make an impact and support scholarships, research, student orgs, & more. Every gift adds up + unlocks bonus funding 💙✨#give2ucsc
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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...
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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...
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...
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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...
Read more: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/moor...
Andrew Moore honored for decades of selfless service to ocean sciences community
The Edward A. Flinn III Award recognizes scientists who embody the American Geophysical Union's motto "unselfish cooperation in research"
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October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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 🌊
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The LMB was saddened to hear of the death of #LMBAlumni Bill Scott, who was a postdoc at the LMB working with Aaron Klug from 1993-1996. During this time he won the LMB’s postdoctoral prize for outstanding research.
Read more about Bill from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/in-m...
Read more about Bill from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/in-m...
In Memoriam: William Scott
The longtime professor of chemistry and biochemistry is remembered by family, friends, and colleagues for his immense intellect, generosity, and contributions to advance scientific research
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October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The LMB was saddened to hear of the death of #LMBAlumni Bill Scott, who was a postdoc at the LMB working with Aaron Klug from 1993-1996. During this time he won the LMB’s postdoctoral prize for outstanding research.
Read more about Bill from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/in-m...
Read more about Bill from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/in-m...
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🎉 @curiossorg.bsky.social members from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social #OSPO & the #UnitedNations are collaborating on the next #RebootTheEarth #hackathon to tackle wildfire detection, response and impact solutions through #OpenSource collaboration.
📆 Nov 7-8
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United Nations and Baskin Engineering to host West Coast’s first ‘Reboot the Earth’ hackathon
The event will bring together developers to create technological solutions to address the climate crisis.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉 @curiossorg.bsky.social members from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social #OSPO & the #UnitedNations are collaborating on the next #RebootTheEarth #hackathon to tackle wildfire detection, response and impact solutions through #OpenSource collaboration.
📆 Nov 7-8
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#AcademicOSPOs #AcademicSky
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#AcademicOSPOs #AcademicSky
Ari Friedlaender, an ecologist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who monitors whale migrations, said it could be that changing ocean conditions may be pushing the whales’ prey closer to shore: insideclimatenews.org/news/2410202...
Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Rising ocean temperatures, heatwaves and dwindling prey are forcing marine mammals into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ari Friedlaender, an ecologist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who monitors whale migrations, said it could be that changing ocean conditions may be pushing the whales’ prey closer to shore: insideclimatenews.org/news/2410202...
Some scholars at UC Santa Cruz are exploring what scares us and why. Michael Chemers, with the Center of Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz explained how researchers are looking at monsters all throughout history. Watch now: www.ktvu.com/video/1732134
Explore the history behind monsters and what scares us and why
Some scholars at UC Santa Cruz are exploring what scares us and why. The center for Monster Studies is dedicated to looking at monsters all throughout history. Things like zombies and vampires. They'r...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some scholars at UC Santa Cruz are exploring what scares us and why. Michael Chemers, with the Center of Monster Studies at UC Santa Cruz explained how researchers are looking at monsters all throughout history. Watch now: www.ktvu.com/video/1732134
UC Santa Cruz innovations have been named among TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!🚀✨
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
UC Santa Cruz innovations have been named among TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!🚀✨
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...
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have studied the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve with help from the National Science Foundation. 🦭
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have studied the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve with help from the National Science Foundation. 🦭
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
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" @ucsantacruz.bsky.social research has changed the world—whether it’s proving that commercial strawberry agriculture can be done organically, peering deep into space to understand our universe, or documenting the dehumanizing effects of solitary confinement."
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From nanopore sequencing to neutron stars, UC Santa Cruz research advances our understanding, wellbeing
The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research breakthroughs.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
" @ucsantacruz.bsky.social research has changed the world—whether it’s proving that commercial strawberry agriculture can be done organically, peering deep into space to understand our universe, or documenting the dehumanizing effects of solitary confinement."
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"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 👏🏾👏🏼👏
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"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 👏🏾👏🏼👏
The Class of 2024 is already leaving its mark! From public service and research labs to tech, communications, and venture capital, Slugs are making an impact across California and beyond. Read their stories in Life Beyond the Redwoods: bit.ly/4mIEgpU
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Class of 2024 is already leaving its mark! From public service and research labs to tech, communications, and venture capital, Slugs are making an impact across California and beyond. Read their stories in Life Beyond the Redwoods: bit.ly/4mIEgpU
Behind each new research advancement or insight at UC Santa Cruz is a passionate, dedicated team that made it all happen. Get to know five of our researchers who are committed to making the world a better place. ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Behind each new research advancement or insight at UC Santa Cruz is a passionate, dedicated team that made it all happen. Get to know five of our researchers who are committed to making the world a better place. ⬇️
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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:
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What that DNA is telling us today is surprising even the most seasoned scientists:
news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/rum-...
High-proof alcohol preserved century-old fish DNA to enable ‘genomic time travel’
Unusual preservative in specimen jars proved to be a sweet solution for studying changes in genetic diversity among fish populations in the Philippines since the early 1900s
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October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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-...
What that DNA is telling us today is surprising even the most seasoned scientists:
news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/rum-...
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 ⬇️
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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🔬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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October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🔬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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For more than 50 years, we've been a national leader in supporting farmers + shaping food systems, but cuts to USDA funding & federal settlement demands against the University of California could impact our ability to continue leading research, education, & service work that benefits all Americans.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For more than 50 years, we've been a national leader in supporting farmers + shaping food systems, but cuts to USDA funding & federal settlement demands against the University of California could impact our ability to continue leading research, education, & service work that benefits all Americans.
UC Santa Cruz has earned the Seal of Excelencia recertification, which recognizes our intentional campuswide efforts to serve Latiné and all students through undergraduate and graduate education, affordability and resources and faculty support.
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
UC Santa Cruz has earned the Seal of Excelencia recertification, which recognizes our intentional campuswide efforts to serve Latiné and all students through undergraduate and graduate education, affordability and resources and faculty support.
Gonzalo Respighi Grasso, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has made rent control the focus of his research. He cites a 2019 paper that looked at the effects of implementing rent control in San Francisco in 1994.
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Rent control gets another look amid a national housing crisis
Amid surging rental costs, Zohran Mamdani has introduced the issue of rent control in the New York City mayor's race, prompting a national discussion.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Gonzalo Respighi Grasso, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has made rent control the focus of his research. He cites a 2019 paper that looked at the effects of implementing rent control in San Francisco in 1994.
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🌊🌍 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!
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September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🌊🌍 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!
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🌫️ 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
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🌫️ 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
Learn more: bit.ly/42cycyu