Month: October 2017
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Startup Sandbox to enhance Santa Cruz’s biotech competitiveness
By SARA ISENBERG – October 5, 2017 “Our goal is to foster the commercialization of research discoveries and attract intellectual and financial capital that is essential to our region’s economic vitality.” — Alireza Chavosh, Director Startup Sandbox, a new biotechnology incubator affiliated with UC Santa Cruz, opened its doors on August 1, 2017 at 250 Natural…
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How to get the most from your mentor: a short guide
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Office of Diversity A good mentor can do much more than help you with course content or lab techniques; your mentor can guide you to valuable resources, offer you insights and understanding into the culture of the discipline, introduce you to important professional networks, and even alert you to funding…
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PORE STRENGTH
A company with UC Santa Cruz roots called Two Pore Guys has created a biosensing device that may revolutionize the way we do medicine and live in our environment. It was early 2010 and Bill Dunbar paced the hallway between his office and his lab in UC Santa Cruz’s Engineering 2 building. A lanky surfer…
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A Rich Tradition of Non-Traditional Thinking
UC Santa Cruz bioengineering undergrad Stefanie Brizuela is used to defying odds and thinking differently. It’s what propelled her through the rigorous application process as she earned a prestigious research scholarship from the National Institutes of Health. Stefanie, like many Banana Slugs, wants her story to inspire future first-generation, Latina, LGBT, and other students from…
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Gene Expression Map of Human Body Gives Value to Variants
By: Alzforum, Jessica Shugart – October 23, 2017 The DNA packaged neatly inside the nucleus of almost every cell in a person may be identical, but which parts are translated varies dramatically by cell type and by individual genome. In a Herculean effort to connect form to function, the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project correlated genetic variations in…
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Data-rich, low-cost technologies help disarm diseases globally
by Andy Evangelista – October 3, 2017 Throughout UC, resourceful faculty and students who are committed to improving world health are turning out technologies to help governments, surveillance workers and doctors detect and treat diseases that are all too prevalent in poor countries. A wealth of knowledge and data come from basic science laboratories, computer centers where…
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The Promise of Precision Medicine
Thu, 10/05/2017 – 8:00am by Rob Currie, Technical Officer, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Isabel Bjork, Director Precision Medicine, Pediatric Cancer Programs, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Precision medicine promises to turn the medical framework on its head. Rather than only testing therapies to determine whether they are safe and effective for ‘most’ before…
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UC Santa Cruz Goes Bald to Support Childhood Cancer Research
Staff and students join St. Baldrick’s Foundation event to raise money to fight childhood cancer SANTA CRUZ, CA – October 17 , 2017 – The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-powered organization dedicated to raising money for children’s cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events at UC Santa Cruz’s Science & Engineering Library…
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Paleogenomic analysis sheds light on Easter Island mysteries
UC Santa Cruz research appears to rule out pre-European contact with South Americans Jennifer McNulty– Oct 12, 2017 Easter Island is a place of mystery that has captured the public imagination. Famous for ancient carved statues and a location so remote it boggles the mind, the island presents a captivating puzzle for researchers eager to…
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Tailoring Tumor Treatments
Devika G. Bansal, UC Santa Cruz Science Notes “We can’t change which drugs are available,” says Morozova. “But we’re realizing there’s a lot of opportunities [for pediatric cancer]—a lot more than we previously thought.” In May 2012, a ten-year-old boy named Kelvin was diagnosed with an unusual cancer called a sarcoma, a tumor not typically…
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With cancer, it’s not necessarily where it starts but how it starts
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Nobel Laureate: The Future of DNA Sequencing Will Be in the Palm of Your Hand
James D. Watson, Andrew Berry and Kevin Davies, Time Magazine Oct 12, 2017 In January 2014, the then-CEO of Illumina, Jay Flatley, caused a stir at a major healthcare conference in San Francisco when he announced that his company was about to make history by delivering “the $1,000 genome”. For the first time, scientists could…