Month: February 2015
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DNA sequencer the size of a mobile phone
By Branwyn Wagman, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Investigators at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have optimized performance of a mobile-phone-sized MinIONTM DNA sequencer, marketed by Oxford Nanopore. Their work was reported in Nature Methods on February 16, 2015. The MinION device reads individual DNA strands base-by-base as they pass through a nanoscale pore…
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Genomics Institute director David Haussler awarded prestigious Dan David Prize
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering and director of the Genomics Institute at UC Santa Cruz, has been chosen to receive the Dan David Prize, a prestigious international award endowed by the Dan David Foundation and based at Tel Aviv University. Haussler will share the $1 million prize…