Month: February 2019
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Biologist Olena Morozova Vaske appointed to endowed chair in pediatric genomics
Investiture ceremony honors Vaske as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics Feb. 21, 2019 | Tim Stephens Olena Morozova Vaske, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, was honored as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics in an investiture ceremony…
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Fourth round of Launchpad Awards announced
Innovative proposals from UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute affiliate faculty members Ed Green, Daniel Kim and other UCSC faculty members have been awarded a total of $25,000 by the campus program that assists promising technologies in becoming commercially viable — the UCSC Industry Alliances & Technology Commercialization (IATC) Office’s Launchpad award. Green co-directed a project…
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The Vertebrate Genomes Project: What it takes to get it right.
Sequencing all the vertebrates on Earth is a big job that requires many techniques. 150 scientists at 50 institutions in 12 countries are involved. More can join. And: labs do not need to be VGP members to use VGP data. Vivien Marx | Feb 03, 2019 With colleagues around the world, scientists in the Genome…