Month: April 2019
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Biologist Olena Vaske wins major grant from American Association for Cancer Research
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Scientific Director Haussler ranked #4 worldwide in CS research
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute affiliate faculty one of four researchers to win seed funding awards
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New Human Genome Reference Projects Combine Long Nanopore Reads, Other Data Types
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