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 | 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 13, 2024 | health news, News, Sequencing
UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor Alexander Ioannidis discusses using genomics to unravel the history of Easter Island Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for its moʻai, giant human-like figures carved out of stone that can weigh more than 80 tons....
by rmiyatsu | Aug 10, 2023 | Nature News, News, Sequencing
“One goal of the E.B.P. is to compare and contrast large numbers of genomes, revealing how they are related. Benedict Paten, a computational biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed software to align genomes and determine which genes...
by rmiyatsu | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Sequencing
July 26, 2023 By Allison Arteaga Soergel Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Paleogenomics Lab helped conduct the first investigation of genomic diversity among people buried at Machu Picchu, the renowned 15th century Inca palace in southern Peru. The findings, published...
by rmiyatsu | Apr 27, 2023 | health news, Nature News, News, Platforms, Sequencing
This article is about a series of 11 papers published in a special issue of Science. The research was made possible in part by the Cactus alignment tool created at UC Santa Cruz and contains exciting discoveries by a number of our scientists. For additional coverage...
