Month: June 2011
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UCSC researchers contribute to detailed ovarian cancer analysis
By National Institutes of Health An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients were examined by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network; the analyses are reported in the June 30 issue…
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UCSC researchers contribute to detailed ovarian cancer analysis
An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients were examined by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network; the analyses are reported in the June 30 issue of Nature. A team of…
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Bioinformatics expert David Haussler awarded Oxford’s Weldon Memorial Prize
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Weldon Memorial Prize given by the University of Oxford. The prize, which consists of a medal and prize lecture to be given at Oxford, is…
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UCSC Genome Browser app comes to iPad
The Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently released the an app called “Genome Wowser” to the iTunes store, an iPad-enabled querying and navigation system for the UCSC Genome Browser. Genome Wowser provides an iPad-enabled view of the human genome. The app provides a functional presentation of the popular UCSC…
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Profile of bioengineering undergraduate Christopher E. Lam
By Vicki Bolam Christopher Lam took full advantage of the opportunities UCSC offers in some of engineering’s most challenging and innovative fields. That included hands-on nanotechnology experience as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Mark Akeson’s biomolecular engineering lab, as well as a minor in bioinformatics. Lam was also part of a student team that designed…