Month: March 2023
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World Organoid Research Day
March 22, 2023 Today is World Organoid Research Day! Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have been working with brain organoids for years in an attempt to better understand the human brain. To raise awareness of these very special cell clusters, we put together the following Q&A: What is an organoid? If you’ve never…
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Collaboration with NASA uses eDNA technology to monitor biodiversity
eDNA is short for “environmental DNA,” and it is a relatively new method for monitoring biodiversity that Meyer’s lab specializes in. The NASA BioSCape project will combine the eDNA that the UC Santa Cruz team collects with airborne imaging spectroscopy and lidar remote sensing with field observations to better understand the biodiversity of South Africa’s…
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Beth Shaprio talks to NPR’s Short Wave about ancient DNA research and de-extinction
Beth Shaprio spoke on the NPR Short Wave podcast about mammoths, dodos, and other extinct species. Take a listen to learn about how ancient DNA has grown as a field, and how Shaprio hopes that recent investments into technologies to “de-extinct” these animals can help us conserve endangered species that are alive today: It’s boom…