Departmental
Research Programs
Additional Research Clusters
Biomedical Research: UCSC
supports a broad range of biomedical research within Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, Molecular,
Cell and Developmental Biology, Biomolecular Engineering and other departments.
Structural biology, the molecular biology of RNA, genetics, bioinformatics,
neurobiology and developmental biology are areas of particular strength.
Microbiology: Microbiology
research at UCSC is diverse and interdisciplinary, with participants from the
Depts. of Environmental Toxicology, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology,
Environmental Studies, and Ocean Sciences, as well as Biomolecular Engineering.
Research spans microbial genomes, biochemistry, biomedical and environmental
research.
PBSci
Research Facilities and Resources
UCSC
provides a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities, computing resources, and
shops to enable PBSci faculty, staff and
trainees to conduct their research.
UCSC Office of Research
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Research
Units
Center for Adaptive Optics:
This multi-institutional research center has headquarters at UCSC. The CAO is
an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center, focusing on advancing and disseminating
the technology of adaptive optics to science, health care, industry, and education.
Center for the Molecular
Biology of RNA: The RNA Center promotes interdisciplinary study
of the structure, function, and biological
roles of RNA. Its membership spans the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences
and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering.
Institute
of Geophysics and Planetary Physics: With units at four UC campuses,
the IGPP promotes
and coordinates basic research on the origin, structure and evolution of Earth,
the solar system, and the universe. The institute includes the Center for Dynamics
and Evolution of the Land-Sea Interface, the Center for Origin,
Dynamics and Evolution of Planets, the Center
for the Study of Imaging and Dynamics of the Earth, and the Center
for Remote Sensing are affiliated with the IGGP.
Institute of Marine Sciences:
The IMS provides facilities, staff and support to faculty, researchers, graduate
and undergraduate students interested in conducting marine sciences research.
On-campus resources include state-of-the-art marine analytical labs in the Earth
& Marine Sciences Bldg. Off-campus is the Long Marine Laboratory Coastal
Sciences Campus, which includes the Center for Ocean Health, tanks and pools
and a seawater system for marine mammal and other research requiring seawater,
support facilities and staff for scientific diving and research vessels, the
Seymour Discovery Center (a public education facility), a National
Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory and the Marine Wildlife Center of the California
Department of Fish and Game.
Natural Reserves:
The UC system has more than 35 Natural Reserves. The five reserves that form
the UCSC unit spread out along 60 miles of the Central Coast from Año
Nuevo Reserve in the north to Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve on
the Big Sur coast.
Santa Cruz Institute
of Particle Physics: SCIPP is an organized research
unit within the UC system, primarily focusing on experimental and theoretical
particle physics and particle astrophysics. We are also involved in Neural
Systems Research. The institute is a leader in development of custom readout electronics
and silicon micro-strip sensors for state-of-the-art particle detection systems
using these developments.
STEPS Institute for
Innovation in Environmental Research: STEPS is an interdisciplinary
research initiative facilitating teams of researchers within UCSC and regional
partnerships to address three major initiatives: the effects of climate change,
the conservation of biodiversity, and alterations in the earth's water systems.
University of California
Observatories/Lick Observatory: UCO/Lick conducts
leading-edge research to answer the most profound questions in observational
astronomy. UCO provides technical resources to design and fabricate leading
instrumentation, optics, programming and detectors, and oersees the Lick Observatory
on Mt. Hamilton, California, and co-manages the W.M. Keck Observatory
on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. |
