Month: August 2012
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UCSC research funding tops $140 million for 2011-12
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office UC Santa Cruz researchers attracted $140.3 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2011-12 fiscal year. This is the seventh consecutive year in which research funding at UCSC has exceeded $100 million. UCSC’s continued success in attracting research funding has brought in nearly $666…
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Iconic Darwin finch genome sequenced in Genome 10K international collaboration
By Branwyn Wagman, Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, UC Santa Cruz Scientists have sequenced the genome of one of the iconic Galapagos finches first described by Charles Darwin. The genome of the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) is among the first of a planned 100 genomes of vertebrate species to be sequenced and released by an…
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Paul Koch named dean of physical and biological sciences
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office UC Santa Cruz has appointed Paul Koch to serve as dean of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, effective August 1. Koch, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has served as interim dean since July 2011. An internationally recognized paleontologist, ecologist, and geochemist, Koch joined the…