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Rep. Salud Carbajal speaks with researchers inside a laboratory during a tour of the UC Santa Barbara OASIS facility.

Aug 23, 2026
Rep. Salud Carbajal Commends $20M Federal Grant to Create Cloud Laboratory for Advanced Materials at UCSB

The four-year grant will fund an AI-programmable cloud laboratory at the UCSB facility that can be accessed remotely by any researcher in the country.

Source: Santa Barbara News-Press
Headshot of Kevin Plaxco

Aug 13, 2026
The Endless (and Maddening) Quest to Make a Good Biosensor

Professor Kevin Plaxco's "breakthrough" work in biosensors is featured in leading medical news publication.

Source: Medscape
A researcher wearing a lab coat, hair protection, and eye protection works at a machine inside the Protofab lab, while another researcher works in the background.

Aug 10, 2026
New Prototyping Facility Expands Innovation

Protofab fills the packaging gap in microchip development.

A hand holding a pair of sunglasses, representing a model of a visual prosthesis for the vision-impaired, with a logo of the bionic vision lab

Aug 07, 2026
AI Brings Bionic Eye Research into Focus

Deep learning improves how a visual cortical prosthesis communicates with the brain.

Illustration showing carbon dioxide and methane molecules moving past a catalyst particle above a graph of reaction rates over time. Colored lines represent differing experimental results, which feed into a network symbolizing a machine-learning model.

Aug 03, 2026
Round-Robin Catalysis

Collaboration involving four laboratories from across the country establishes protocol that recognizes the variability of results involving machine learning models.

Headshot of Marley Dewey, UCSB assistant professor of bioengineering

Jul 28, 2026
The Art and Science of Restoring a Reef

A major NSF award fuels Marley Dewey’s work to engineer better coral reef repair and to share this work with the community.

Head shot of UCSB chemical engineering and bioengineering professor Michelle O'Malley

Jul 27, 2026
Michelle O'Malley Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

The UC Santa Barbara professor was recognized for pioneering microbial research and sustained leadership within the scientific community

BioPACIFIC MIP lab assistant Marissa Beyer loads an automated robotic liquid handler inside the facility at OASIS.

Jul 23, 2026
UCSB to Lead National Cloud Laboratory for Advanced Materials

Supported by $20 million from the National Science Foundation, COAST PCL will combine robotics, AI, and advanced instruments so that researchers can conduct experiments from anywhere.

T32 trainee Andrew White examines a sample in a laboratory.

Jul 22, 2026
More Than a Fellowship

An NIH renewal expands interdisciplinary training and mentorship in UC Santa Barbara’s growing Department of Bioengineering.

A rendering of The event camera that will be used in the project depicted next to the physical hardware that will be used in the device.

Jul 21, 2026
A Smarter Way to See Danger

The Zaleski Discovery Award will support Marius Schneider’s effort to develop faster, more energy-efficient wearable safety technology for blind and low-vision travelers.

Formula SAE Electric car runs on the road at night

Jul 21, 2026
Gaucho Racing Accelerates to a Breakthrough Finish

After years of setbacks, UC Santa Barbara’s Formula SAE team earns the best finish in club history.

A close-up view of Anaerobic Gut Fungi under the microscope.

Jul 21, 2026
Two UCSB-Led Projects Selected for DOE's Genesis Mission

Projects led by chemical engineering professor Michelle O’Malley and chemistry professor Justin Wilson will use AI to speed scientific discovery.

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