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Beth Shaprio and Ben Lamm from Colossal Biosciences stand in front of a large replica of a dodo bird.
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  • How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

    How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures

    In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley have used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons. The researchers used brain tissue that had been removed from epilepsy patients as part of their treatment.

  • $7.5 million awarded to UC Santa Cruz to support leadership in salmon-recovery science

    $7.5 million awarded to UC Santa Cruz to support leadership in salmon-recovery science

    UC Santa Cruz has received nearly $7.5 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to vault scientific research on imperiled Pacific salmon populations into one of the nation’s most powerful collaborations between the agency and academia to save the vital species.

  • Bioluminescent proteins made from scratch enable non-invasive, multi-functional biological imaging

    Bioluminescent proteins made from scratch enable non-invasive, multi-functional biological imaging

    Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and some jellyfish glow. Scientists have long been interested in borrowing the secrets of these animals’ light-producing genes to create similar effects in vertebrates, for a variety of biomedical applications.

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