Month: December 2017
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Grad Student Jordan Eizenga Named 2018 Koret Scholar Mentor
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute graduate student Jordan Eizenga has been named a Koret Scholar mentor for 2018. Eizenga will mentor UCSC undergraduate mathematics student Kavin Subramanyam, whose project is titled “Effective Markov Sampling in Pan-Genome Graphs for Genome Inference.” Eizenga is a PhD student in the Computational Biology and Bioinformatics program and is a…
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New Incubator Startup Sandbox Targets Emerging Biotech Scene
By Calvin Men • December 12, 2017 • Good Times Santa Cruz Three weeks ago, Josh Schwochert and Cameron Pye were working on their startup out of garages and coffee shops. The two recent chemistry graduates from UCSC’s doctoral program were living the startup life—rubbing elbows at mixers in search of connections, pitching potential investors and…
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Two UCSC biologists receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor awards
Biology professors Beth Shapiro and Erika Zavaleta won HHMI funding for their innovative science education proposals December 13, 2017 • By Tim Stephens With funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), biologists at UC Santa Cruz will be using biodiversity surveys and field research to get more students engaged in science. Beth Shapiro and Erika Zavaleta, both…
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Score Functions for Assessing Conservation in Locally Aligned Regions of DNA from Two Species
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Score Functions for Assessing Conservation in Locally Aligned Regions of DNA from Two Species UCSC TECH REPORT UCSC-CRL-02-30 Published 07/13/2002 09:00 AMAuthorsKrishna M. Roskin, Mark Diekhans, W. James Kent, and David…
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UC Santa Cruz scientists and engineers among the most highly cited researchers
By Tim Stephens – November 30, 2017 A list of the world’s most highly cited researchers includes 16 scientists and engineers at UC Santa Cruz. The 2017 edition of the Highly Cited Researchers List produced by Clarivate Analytics features more than 3,300 researchers in 21 fields in the sciences and social sciences who were recognized for publishing highly cited papers…