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NSF grant supports advances in cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data

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Biochemist Yang Yang becomes UCSB’s first Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
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Optogenetic platform illuminates new antiviral strategies
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Aging: Chronic inflammation is associated with industrialized lifestyles
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New NIH grant supports UCSB taste and hydration research
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Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain
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Fruit fly larvae will reorient themselves toward the negative pole of an electric field.

Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields
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New microCT machine unites biologists and materials scientists
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A 3D rendering of a polymer chain

Advancing polymer chemistry through collaboration and innovation
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UCSB postdoc receives competitive award to investigate the genetic changes that shaped the human mind
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Yang Yang’s wizardry with enzymes earns him early career recognition
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Differences in gene expression, not just their presence, seems to drive the remarkable specialization found in the human brain.

It’s all about expression
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Six UCSB researchers named among world’s most influential scientists
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