Month: February 2022
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CSUN professor’s research subjects have been dead for centuries; he’s studying ancient epidemics
(Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Eduardo Amorim received a $1.7 million grant aimed at understanding human infectious diseases, identify treatment plans and combat future epidemics by studying ancient skull fragments, bones and teeth. Marianne Love | Los Angeles Daily News | October 22, 2021 Amorim, whose work on the project is strictly…
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What You Can Learn From Carol Greider’s Nobel-Winning Discovery
Carol Greider, 60, overcame many challenges on her way to Nobel Laureate. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Newscom) Curt Schleier | August 5, 2021 | Investor’s Business DailyWhat’s one of Carol Greider’s surprising secrets to success? She wears blinders to block out obstacles. Read “What You Can Learn From Carol Greider’s Nobel-Winning Discovery”
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Identification of high confidence human poly(A) RNA isoform scaffolds using nanopore sequencing
Abstract Nanopore sequencing devices read individual RNA strands directly. This facilitatesidentification of exon linkages and nucleotide modifications; however, using conventional directRNA nanopore sequencing, the 5′ and 3′ ends of poly(A) RNA cannot be identifiedunambiguously. This is due in part to RNA degradation in vivo and in vitro that can obscuretranscription start and end sites. In…
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Eliminating RNA-binding protein improves survival in aggressive leukemia
Scientists find that removing IGF2BP3 selectively targets cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Denise Heady | July 28, 2021 | UCLA Other study authors included Jaspal Bassi, Neha Nibber, Tasha Lin, Jayanth Palanichamy, Amit Jaiswal, May Paing, and Jennifer King, all of UCLA; Julia Philipp, Jolene Draper, Sol Katzman and Jeremy Sanford of UC…
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UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga explains the importance of completing the human genome.
UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga explains the importance of completing the human genome in Discover Magazine. Read the full article in Discover Magazine.
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‘Life as We Made It’ Review: Our Artificial Reality
Human minds and human tools don’t just reshape the physical world, but the very evolution of other creatures. Adrian Woolfson | Wall Street Journal | November 3, 2021 When the first European settlers arrived in America, huge flocks of wild passenger pigeons were observed in the skies. Read Adrian Woolfson’s review of ‘Life as We…
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They’re testing your what? Wastewater plays growing role in search for COVID-19 countywide
The Watsonville Wastewater Treatment Plant serves about 55,000 residents in the city and surrounding areas. (Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz) Nick Ibara, Mallory Pickett | Lookout Santa Cruz | January 17, 2021Once or twice each week, biomolecular engineer David Bernick meets the head of Watsonville’s water quality lab in a grocery store parking lot.…
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UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga Prominently Featured in Nature’s Top Technology to Watch in 2022
Seven technologies to watch in 2022 January 25, 2022 | Nature | Michael Einstein Roughly one-tenth of the human genome remained uncharted when genomics researchers Karen Miga at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Adam Phillippy at the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, launched the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium in 2019. Now,…
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Researchers recover ancient mammoth tusk during deep-sea expedition
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and University of Michigan are studying the tusk retrieved from deep waters off the California coast Randy Prickett (left) pilots MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts while senior scientist Steven Haddock (right) documents the mammoth tusk before beginning the retrieval operation.…