Author: Rose Miyatsu

  • The UCSC Repeat Browser allows discovery and visualization of evolutionary conflict across repeat families

    The UCSC Repeat Browser allows discovery and visualization of evolutionary conflict across repeat families

    Mobile DNA | 31 March, 2020 Jason D. Fernandes, Armando Zamudio-Hurtado, W. James Kent, David Haussler, Sofie R. Salama, Maximilian Haeussler Abstract Background Nearly half the human genome consists of repeat elements, most of which are retrotransposons, and many of these sequences play important biological roles. However repeat elements pose several unique challenges to current bioinformatic analyses and visualization tools, as short repeat sequences can map to…

  • Local Philanthropists Fund COVID-19 Genome Browser Work

    Local Philanthropists Fund COVID-19 Genome Browser Work

    March 30, 2020  Thanks to a generous gift from Santa Cruz-area philanthropists Pat and Rowland Rebele, the UCSC Genome Browser team’s SARS-CoV-2 genome browser now includes displays of the novel corornavirus’s molecular evolution in other species and its further evolution during this human pandemic.  This information is made available to researchers everywhere, with the goal…

  • How a Jane Doe child case uncovered a serial killer, identified victims and changed the use of DNA forensics forever

    How a Jane Doe child case uncovered a serial killer, identified victims and changed the use of DNA forensics forever

    Leighton Schneider | WCSJ News | Mar 19, 2020 (LOS ANGELES) — Former California homicide detective Roxane Gruenheid had helped put a murderer behind bars, and yet, there was something about the suspect that nagged at her — something in his murky past that told her this wasn’t the end of his story. It was…

  • UC experts take on COVID-19

    UC experts take on COVID-19

    UC Office of the President | Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The University of California has been on the front lines in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, since the earliest indications of its emergence in China. From top-flight medical care to groundbreaking research, UC’s scientists and physicians across its 10 campuses and…

  • The Outlook for 2020 and Beyond

    The Outlook for 2020 and Beyond

    Image Source: YinYang / Getty Images GEN invites its readers to gaze into the crystal ball that is the January 2020 issue Mike May, PHD | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 3, 2020 The crystal ball has had its ups and downs as a means of divination. Although it was esteemed by the…

  • University of California suspends study abroad in South Korea

    University of California suspends study abroad in South Korea

    In related news on the coronavirus outbreak, UC Santa Cruz genomics researchers recently shared a new tool to help researchers fighting this disease

  • A team of scientists examined more than 2,600 cancer genomes. Here’s what they found.

    A team of scientists examined more than 2,600 cancer genomes. Here’s what they found.

    A team of international clinicians and scientists on Wednesday published findings from a comprehensive review of more than 2,600 cancer genomes, which observers say could further pave the way for clinicians to prescribe precise treatments to cancer patients based on their genes.

  • Artist on Art: An Interview with David Haussler

    Artist on Art: An Interview with David Haussler

    Nada Miljkovic | February 12, 2020 On February 7, 2020, Dr. David Haussler, a biomolecular engineer and the Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute sat down for an interview with Nada Miljkovic. During our interview, Dr. Haussler shares his insights about a broad spectrum of subjects, from the evolution of the brain, consciousness, and collaboration, to bioethics. He also…

  • UCSC News Roundup Podcast | September 20, 2019

    UCSC News Roundup Podcast | September 20, 2019

    Wherein we discuss our epic adventure to San Francisco for a Kitchen Sisters podcasting workshop, elephant seal supermoms, young activists, rankings, the Genomic Institute’s move to the Westside, no more plastic bags at the Bay Tree, and Colson Whitehead’s reading of his latest novel. Communications staffers Gwen Jourdonnais and Dan White go over all the…

  • UCSC News Roundup Podcast | October 22, 2019

    UCSC News Roundup Podcast | October 22, 2019

    Wherein we discuss a major gift to the Genomics Institute, an infusion of funding for basic needs programs, a new use for Viagra, the new Human Rights Lab, fighting hunger with synthetic biology, the Kresge renewal, and upcoming events! Communications staffers Gwen Jourdonnais and Dan White go over news from the past few weeks. Listen.

  • Josh Stuart and PanCancer on BBC

    Josh Stuart and PanCancer on BBC

    The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering’s Josh Stuart talks to BBC Radio about his involvement and the importance of the PanCancer research project–the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p082hj1l at 12:04-15:18 #PCAWG

  • UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome

    UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome

    Researchers can now use the Browser’s features to see genetic code at any scale and add annotations for global collaboration February 05, 2020 | UCSC | Tim Stephens Santa Cruz, CA February 7, 2020 —Research into the novel Wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus, the deadly “coronavirus” that has forced the Chinese government to quarantine more…

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