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Reference genomes from the world’s largest and smallest mammals pave the way toward solving mysteries of development and lifespan

March 18, 2024

UC Santa Barbara researcher Susanne Meyer remembers when she went out to collect skin biopsy samples from free roaming blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel...

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2023 QBio Summer Research Course Successes!

October 24, 2023

From July 24 – August 25, 2023 the Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and Evolution (LSCBE) hosted participants of the 2023 QBio Summer Research Course titled Synthetic Morphogenesis, which was offered by the The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Projects included: Predicting cell fate in pluripotent stem cells and linking fate and force in micro patterned human pluripotent stem cells among other topics.

2023 Course DescriptionStreichan Lab

UC Santa Barbara joins new LA-area regenerative medicine consortium

October 02, 2023

UC Santa Barbara scientists have joined with colleagues from seven regenerative medicine institutes in the Los Angeles region to form a new consortium that will share resources and maximize the impact of funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

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People with late stage age-related macular degeneration lose their central vision. So an image like the one on the left might appear to them as shown on the right.

Seeing Progress

September 10, 2020

Researchers stride toward a therapeutic testbed for age-related macular degeneration

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UCSB Launches New Neuroscience Website Portal

UCSB Launches New Neuroscience Website Portal

April 29, 2020

Highlighting a campus-wide research effort to understand the nervous system using a broad array of powerful approaches.

UCSB Neuroscience Website

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