UCSB — The Current — ‘Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria’ and more news, events
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The team in chemistry Professor Guillermo Bazan’s lab was trying to develop compounds to harness energy from bacteria. They wound up developing the basis for a new class of antibiotics.
The first phase of the two-part project includes 2,250 new student beds and is expected to be ready for occupancy by the fall of 2027; an additional 1,250 beds are projected to be completed by 2029.
Courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures, Mann will appear on campus in a pair of free events that help to launch the UCSB Campus Decarbonization Study Project.
The celebrated blues legend brings his voice and virtuosic multi-instrumentalism to this evening of new world music featuring, in Jobarteh, Gambia’s griot kora sensation.
Director James Hayman joins moderator Patrice Petro of the Carsey-Wolf Center for a pre-screening discussion of the enduring legacy of Preston Sturges’ 1941 satirical comic masterpiece.
“This new umbrella office will provide systemwide leadership, guidance and support on issues related to protecting civil rights at our 10 campuses, medical centers, national labs, and the UC Office of the President.”
“This is a classic situation of bad versus worse. It’s bad we have potential low-level radioactive waste just sitting there on the seafloor. It’s worse that we have DDT compounds spread across a wide area of the seafloor at concerning concentrations,” said David Valentine, whose research team at UC Santa Barbara had first discovered the barrels and sparked concerns of what could be inside.”
