by rmiyatsu | Apr 12, 2024 | health news, News, Sequencing
UC Santa Cruz inventors of nanopore sequencing hail innovative use of their revolutionary genetic-reading technique April 11, 2024 By Mike Peña We depend on our cells being able to divide and multiply, whether it’s to replace sunburnt skin or replenish our blood...
by apolozio | Mar 22, 2024 | health news, News
Angela Brooks received a $2.5 million award from the NIH R01 program to study how lung cancer gene isoforms influence disease development and treatment March 21, 2024 By Emily Cerf To diagnose and treat cancer, researchers and clinicians typically look at a person’s...
by rmiyatsu | Mar 20, 2024 | Nature News, News
Beth Shapiro will be taking a leave of absence from UC Santa Cruz to be Chief Scientific Officer of Colossal, a company that is working to bring ancient species back from extinction. Beth Shapiro is Associate Director for Conservation Genomics at the UC Santa Cruz...
by apolozio | Feb 29, 2024 | health news, Nature News, News, Sequencing
Above: Student conducting research (Photo by Elena Zhukova) February 2024 By Grace Stetson Marcela Alfaro-Córdoba knew statistics could help scientists predict the effects of climate change, even though the disciplines of statistics and environmental science don’t...
by rmiyatsu | Feb 26, 2024 | Nature News, News
DNA can tell us much more about extinct species than their fossil records alone, but because of how quickly DNA degrades, there have been limits on how far back in time researchers can go. UCSC professor Beth Shapiro and her colleagues are pushing those limits. Watch...
by rmiyatsu | Feb 14, 2024 | health news, News
February 13, 2024 By Emily Cerf The natural glow of bioluminescence — the ability of some species to give off light — is an exciting phenomena to spot along the shores of the California coast or in the glint of a summertime firefly. Assistant Professor of Biomolecular...
