Biomolecular Engineering

The Biomolecular Engineering (BME) Department within the Baskin School of Engineering features an interdisciplinary blend of engineering, biology, chemistry, and statistics designed to foster collaboration with other departments. This blend reflects our vision of the direction that biomedical discovery will take over the next two decades.

Members of the Biomolecular Engineering Department collaborate actively with faculty from other engineering departments and with the Physical and Biological Sciences departments of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Ocean Sciences.

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Research

Learn about the research being conducted within our department.

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People

Meet people in Biomolecular Engineering.

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Degrees

Learn about the Graduate and Undergraduate programs in Biomolecular Engineering.

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Slithering into history with complete banana slug genome

Banana slug

For the first time, UCSC scientists have sequenced the full DNA map of the Pacific banana slug—which could play a key role in conservation efforts amidst climate change.

BME research news

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Grants to support brain organoid research on neuropsychiatric and developmental conditions

Two researchers received two-year grants from The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

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New international collaboration poised to unlock more health-related discoveries

UC Santa Cruz removes cost, geographic barriers with widened access to powerful Biomolecular cryoEM Facility

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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Danny Cruz at University of Michigan Medicine

One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Danny Cruz (Porter ’24, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) is a Cellular and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Student at University of Michigan Medicine.

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