Month: February 2023
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RNA Rescue challenge invites players to solve puzzles and advance RNA therapeutics
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Researcher wins inaugural NHGRI award for DEIA Innovation in the Genomics Workforce
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Announcing the Winners of the DEI Action Award!
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute diversity committee is thrilled to be able to announce this year’s winners of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Award: Mohammed Mostajo-Radji – Research Investigator, Director of the Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab Mohammmed (Mo) is receiving this award for his ongoing efforts to develop remote education opportunities to…
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Angela Brooks Receives Mentor Award from SACNAS
February 6, 2023 By Rose Miyatsu Angela Brooks, associate professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received an Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The award, which was announced at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference, is awarded…
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Jenny Reardon creates a framework for rebuilding public trust in science
To rebuild public trust in science, Jenny Reardon and her colleagues propose shaping new studies in genomics, neuroscience, and AI to engage questions of ethics and justice from the beginning.
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Beth Shaprio Plans to Revive Dodo Bird
By pursuing the problem of dodo de-extinction, Beth Shapiro and Colossal Biosciences hope to develop critically needed tools for avian genomics, including for the genetic rescue of currently threatened species. In this way, a 21st-century dodo may assist all avian conservation.