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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming year\, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics\, 2002)\, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2021)\, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2025)\, and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nSept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd\nOct 25: The Pale Horse\nNov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage\nDec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nJan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nFeb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nMar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nApr 25: TBD\nMay 23: TBD\nJun 27: TBD\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-christie-mysteries/2026-09-27/
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SUMMARY:Latin American & Latino Studies Ph.D. Program Information Sessions
DESCRIPTION:An interdisciplinary department that centers the interconnected experiences and perspectives of Latin American and Latinx communities.  This program provides rigorous training in disciplinary and interdisciplinary theory and research methods to investigate transnational processes that link the Americas.  \nWe especially invite applications from students interested in: \n\nTransnationalisms\, Migration\, and Displacement\nIntersectionality\, Identities\, and Inequalities\nCulture\, Power\, and Knowledge\nCollective Action\, Social Movements\, and Social Change\n\nSession 1: Tuesday\, September 29\, noon-1pm\n\n\n\nLearn about our interdisciplinary and hemispheric approach and major research areas\nHear from faculty and graduate students about their scholarship\nAsk questions about the program and UC Santa Cruz\n\n\n\nSession 2: Tuesday\, November 17\, noon-1pm\n\n\n\nLearn about the Ph.D. program curriculum and structure\nHear from the Graduate Director and Graduate Program Coordinator\nAsk questions about the application process\n\n\n\nRSVP to one or both sessions using our Google Form >>
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lals-phd-program-information-sessions/2026-09-29/
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SUMMARY:Student Health Services Scavenger Hunt
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to UCSC! Explore UCSC Student Health Services (SHS)\, collect stamps at each department\, and win free swag plus entry into a grand prize drawing! \nDrop by the Student Health Center for an interactive Scavenger Hunt to get familiar with all the health and wellness resources available to you on campus. \nPick up your official Scavenger Hunt Passport at the Welcome Table\, then tour stations across the facility—including the Medical Clinic\, Pharmacy\, CAPS\, Insurance Office\, Lab\, and X-Ray. Meet our staff\, learn how to access services\, and get your passport stamped along the way. \nEvent Highlights \n• Free SHS Swag: Complete all stations to take home water bottles\, chapstick\, lens cleaner\, toothbrushes\, stickers\, and stress balls. \n• Grand Prize Drawing: Every finished passport earns an entry to win a $50.00 Amazon gift card! \n• Open to All: Available to all UCSC students with no advance registration required. \nEvent Details \n• Date: Tuesday\, September 29\, 2026 \n• Time: 12–2 p.m. \n• Location: UCSC Student Health Center (Welcome Table at Main Entrance) \n• Cost: Free! \n\n\n\nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/student-health-services-scavenger-hunt/
LOCATION:Health Center (Student Health Center)\, 525 McLaughlin Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Competition,Reception,Social Gathering,Undergraduate
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SUMMARY:Cookies & Conversations with Provost Aims
DESCRIPTION:Meet Provost Aims and Poppy the Chihuahua outside of the Crown College Office for yummy cookies and conversation. Stay and chat or grab and go.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cookies-conversations-with-provost-aims/2026-09-29/
LOCATION:Crown College\, Cultural Center at Merrill\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Heath\, H. (BMEB) - Linking Altered mRNA Processing to Translational Regulation in Lung Cancer
DESCRIPTION:In lung cancer\, recurrent alterations in RNA processing regulators reshape both the proteins genes encode and the sequences that regulate their production. Understanding how mRNA processing influences protein production requires resolving the coding and regulatory sequences present in individual mRNA isoforms. Transcription start site (TSS) choice\, alternative splicing (AS) \, and polyadenylation site (PAS) choice determine which coding sequences (CDS) and untranslated regions (UTRs) are expressed together. This allows transcripts from the same gene to differ in the structure and abundance of proteins they generate. Short-read RNA sequencing is only able to identify single splicing changes\, failing to link them together\, while long-read RNA sequencing (LRS) reads can span across exons allowing for more confident transcriptome assembly. However\, accurate transcript end detection is not a priority for most LRS transcript assemblers. As a result\, they may miss transcript end changes that could obscure real variations in UTR regulatory sequences. In preliminary benchmarking across multiple cell lines and LRS technologies\, we compared validated transcript-end locations to isoform assemblies. Here we found TSSs and PASs are present in long reads but not recovered by current transcriptome assembly methods\, in addition to incorrect transcript ends. To address these limitations\, I will develop FLAIR-Transcript-End Detection (FLAIR-TED)\, a computational method to improve identification of accurate alternative transcript ends during transcriptome assembly (Aim 1). I will then use FLAIR-TED on long-read polysome fractionation (LRPF) sequencing to identify splicing and UTR sequence differences associated with ribosome association in lung cancer cell-line models – revealing how splicing and UTR choice work together to impact translation and protein production (Aim 2). Finally in matched lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) primary tumor and normal tissues\, I will examine whether recurrent isoform usage changes favor transcripts with distinct predicted translational efficiencies (Aim 3). Together\, these studies will connect disease-associated mRNA processing changes to the coding and regulatory sequences expressed and their potential translational consequences. \n  \nEvent Host: Harrison Heath\, PhD Student\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics \nAdvisor: Angela Brooks  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92519872137?pwd=mn1j67FWrojyx6bPt8ekwugm0Tcpaw.1 \nPasscode: 208120
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/heath-h-bmeb-linking-altered-mrna-processing-to-translational-regulation-in-lung-cancer/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences\, Biomedical Sciences Building Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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