Health & Wellness

UCSB Marine Science Institute Highlights Microbes as Key to Further Medical Discovery

November 23, 2021 by and

In early October, researchers Isabel J. Jones, Susanne H. Sokolow and Giulio A. De Leo from the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara explored the benefits of using natural enemies as a sustain...
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UCSB Professor Urges Centrality of Women in Biomedical Research

November 4, 2021 by

Emily Jacobs gave a lecture last week in the library entitled, “The Uncharted Mind — The Scientific Body of Knowledge: Whose Body Does it Serve?”
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The State of COVID-19 Boosters in the United States

October 7, 2021 by

Although the COVID-19 vaccine remains highly effective against COVID-19, this effectiveness decreases over time.
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SB County Begins Rollout Of Pfizer Booster Shots To Vulnerable Populations

September 30, 2021 by

These guidelines do not apply to those who received the Moderna or Janssen (J&J) vaccine.
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Researchers Study PTSD-related Symptoms Among LGBTQ Latinx Immigrants

July 18, 2021 by

Researchers discovered that not even high levels of social support insulated SGM Latinx immigrants from developing symptoms. 
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UCSB Researchers Uncover Pharmaceutical Potential in the Microbiota of Animal Digestive Tracts

May 23, 2021 by

From fungi within these animals, the researchers found a host of genes which encode for biosynthetic enzymes and in turn natural products. 
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Star Tunicate’s Vascular System Sheds Light on Future Treatments for Aging-Associated Diseases

May 19, 2021 by

One of the questions the researchers asked was how an old-appearing blood vessel cell is different from a young-appearing cell.
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COVID-19 Vaccines: How They Work and Why You Should Get One

March 14, 2021 by

Here is what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines currently available and what they mean for you and the UC Santa Barbara community.
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UCSB STEM Disciplines Come Together To Study Cell Polarization

February 28, 2021 by

Banavar and her collaborators were interested in understanding how cells understand their own geometry and maintain polarity.
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Here Comes the Sun: UCSB Researchers Uncover Link Between UV Radiation and COVID-19 Transmission

January 31, 2021 by

However, the strength of the relationship was not quite as strong as others have proven to be, such as social distancing policies.
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Santa Barbara County Hopeful for Accelerated Vaccine Distribution in Coming Weeks

January 30, 2021 by

By mid-February, a new standardized vaccine distribution standard will be implemented statewide.
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Cancer and Chemo From a Wider Lens

January 17, 2021 by

Boddy began studying comparative oncology hoping to understand why some species are better equipped to weather cancer than others.
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New Mobile COVID-19 Testing Unit Set Up in Santa Barbara

January 11, 2021 by

Because the location of the testing site isn’t stationary, greater coverage is provided by the unit, as it can be moved based on the current distribution of COVID-19 cases at the time.
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UCSB Expands COVID-19 Testing With CLIA-Certified On-Campus Diagnostic Laboratory

January 7, 2021 by

The lab allows for coordination of patient sample acquisition of tests, testing logistics, case management and contact tracing efforts. 
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Dating To a Science: UCSB Researchers Study Patterns in Assortative Mating

December 20, 2020 by

While doing matrix models of mate choice, Conroy-Beam saw a correlation between specific traits, despite the traits being assorted randomly throughout individuals in the simulation. 
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