Month: October 2014
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UC Santa Cruz leads $11 million Center for Big Data in Translational Genomics
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $11 million to UC Santa Cruz to create the technical infrastructure needed for the broad application of genomics in medicine and biomedical research. This grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) funds the Center for Big Data in Translational Genomics,…
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UC Santa Cruz ranked first for research influence in world university rankings
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office In the latest analysis of the world’s top universities published by Times Higher Education (THE), UC Santa Cruz ranked first in research influence as measured by the number of times its faculty’s published work is cited by scholars around the world. Published as part of the THE World University…
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Study of mountain lion energetics shows the power of the pounce
In the background of this illustration are typical SMART collar accelerometer traces for walking and then running, while the foreground shows a collared puma chasing a black-tailed deer. (Image by Corlis Schneider) Captive mountain lions were trained to walk and run on a treadmill so researchers could measure oxygen consumption at different activity levels. (Photo…
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Ebola genome browser now online to aid researchers’ response to crisis Primary tabs
By Guy Lasnier, UCSC Public Information Office The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute late Tuesday (September 30) released a new Ebola genome browser to assist global efforts to develop a vaccine and antiserum to help stop the spread of the Ebola virus. The team led by University of California, Santa Cruz researcher Jim Kent worked…