Month: May 2017
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Software simplified: Containers simplify setup, can boost reproducibility
NATURE | TOOLBOX Andrew Silver 29 May 2017 In 2015, geneticist Guy Reeves was trying to configure a free software system called Galaxy to get his bioinformatics projects off the ground. After a day or two of frustration, he asked members of his IT department for help. They installed Docker, a technology for simulating computational environments, which…
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DAN HELLER (DANM ’13) RECEIVES ALUMNI AWARD / STARTUP RAISES $24.5 MILLION
Thursday, April 27, 2017 – 2:10pm Dan Heller, DANM MFA 2013, and CEO of Santa Cruz start-up, Two Pore Guys, Inc., has been awarded the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award for the Arts Division. On top of that, Two Pore Guys recently closed Series A venture financing of $24.5 million led by Khosla Ventures, for their innovative…
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Cancer in the Crosshairs
UC Santa Cruz may not have a medical school, but its scientists are tackling some of the most challenging problems in cancer genomics, drug discovery, and basic cancer biology BY TIM STEPHENS Scott Lokey is not easily discouraged. In fact, he seems to thrive on scientific challenges, like taking on what the pharmaceutical industry calls…
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“Pocket-sized sequencers start to pay off big.” Science. 12 May 2017. Vol 356, Issue 6338. 572.
“Very, very soon,” says one researcher, “anyone could sequence a genome anywhere” By Elizabeth Pennisi From the dry valleys of Antartica to the depths of a Welsh coal mine, a promised revolution in genome sequencing may finally be catching fire. Read more…
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2017 Assembly: Mapping Open Research Ecosystems
April 20 – 22, 2017 – Seattle, WA Hosted by Sage Bionetworks Sage Assmbly invited speaker David Haussler, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Scientific Director, addresses the plenary session with his talk, “Evolution of Concepts in Open Ecosystems – Part 2.” Watch the video here.
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[May 16th, 2017] Sequencing DNA from Remote Villages to the Space Station: The Nanopore Revolution
Event date: 05/16/2017 – 6:00pm Description: The Kraw Lecture Series in Silicon Valley features UC Santa Cruz scientists and technologists presents “Sequencing DNA from Remote Villages to the Space Station: The Nanopore Revolution with Mark Akeson, UC Santa Cruz Professor of Biomolecular Science & Engineering Nanopore technology, in the form of a pocket-sized device, allows…
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Genomics Institute Seminar: Siddartha Jain, Tuesday, May 16, @ 11:00AM
Siddartha Jain Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University Inferring temporal signaling pathways and regulatory networks, and classifying cell types from high-throughput data Tuesday, May 16, 2017 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 599 Engineering 2 Abstract Cells need to be able to sustain themselves, divide, and adapt to new stimuli. Proteins are key agents…