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OASIS is built to accelerate discovery and move ideas from lab to application, connecting companies directly with UCSB’s research expertise and shared-use facilities.

New Venture Competition Finalists of 2026

At TechTopia 2026, UC Santa Barbara and industry partners emphasized collaboration and introduced OASIS, a new facility supporting startups as they transition from research to industry.

Chemical Engineering Professor Phillip Christopher and Materials Professor Stephen Wilson have been recognized among the world’s most influential scientists.

UC Santa Barbara Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Grace Han has been named one of five scientist-inventors nationwide to receive a 2025 Moore Inventor Fellowship from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

UC Santa Barbara professor Daniel Blumenthal’s lab is part of one of four design teams from around the country selected by the National Science Foundation for its recently launched National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NVQL).

UCSB startup Active Life Scientific announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance for their OsteoProbe® device. Their BoneScore® procedure offers a direct, minimally-invasive assessment of bone tissue quality.

NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Their success in translating research into products and services that improve lives.

UCSB Professor Jonathan Klamkin’s company, Aeluma, joined the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium to advance its semiconductor photonics technologies for AI, quantum, and defense applications.

Vine Medical, a UCSB CSNI member founded by recent UCSB Ph.D. graduate Dr. David Haggerty, is developing a soft robotic “vine” device that makes emergency intubation faster, safer, and more reliable than traditional laryngoscopes.