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Engineers awarded CDC contract to build pathogen-tracing public health tools
To be better prepared for public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Santa Cruz Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Russ Corbett-Detig and his lab are building online tools to track the ongoing genomic evolution of pathogens.
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RMI Spotlight: Diana Reyna
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, this week, we are catching up with former RMI student Diana Reyna as she discusses how RMI has impacted her research interests.
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Reducing Education Inequalities in Latinx Communities Through Cloud-Enabled Project-Based Learning
Funded by CITRIS, a new project out of the Genomics Institute’s Discovery Lab will develop culturally relevant, technologically enhanced STEM education tailored to diverse Latinx populations in the U.S. and Latin America.
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New Breakthrough in Bringing Back the Tasmanian Tiger from Extinction
Australia’s thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, has been extinct for decades, but Colossal Biosciences has made a breakthrough in bringing it back, thanks to the efforts of the UCSC Paleogenomics Lab.
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Genomics Institute provides seed funds for six multidisciplinary projects
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has awarded grants of up to $50,000 to six multidisciplinary research projects in the inaugural year of its seed funding program. These projects address human disease, species conservation, tool development, and more.
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Powerful new analyses improve breast cancer risk assessment on a massive scale
Imagine that you have a history of breast cancer in your family, and you want a better idea of what your personal risk is. You consult your physician, and they recommend that you test to see if you have a genetic variant that would increase your chances of developing breast cancer.
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Successful conservation genomics pilot sets the stage to sequence European biodiversity
In an effort to protect the diversity of life on our planet amid a changing climate, researchers around the world are creating high quality reference genomes, for many plants, animals, and fungi. These references provide complete maps of all the DNA in those species, information that can provide invaluable insights into species evolution and how…
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Postdoc Spotlight: Maryam Moarefian
Maryam Moarefian is developing a platform for studying neural networks in “cortical organoids,” model brain tissue grown from stem cells September 16-20 is Postdoc Appreciation Week, when we celebrate the incredible contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to the mission of major research institutions like UC Santa Cruz. The UCSC Genomics Institute benefits from the dedication…
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RMI Spotlight: Milagros Guadalupe Rivera
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, this week, we are catching up with former RMI student Milagros Guadalupe Rivera as they discuss how RMI has impacted their research interests.
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Researchers to investigate genetic roots of autism, look for new treatments
A new award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will support a team of UC Santa Cruz researchers in exploring the genetic underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and investigating possible treatments, in collaboration with teams at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley.
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Genomics Institute researcher Melissa Cline to lead efforts to facilitate diagnosis of genetic diseases
Melissa Cline, an associate research scientist at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, will play a crucial role in the diagnosis of genetic diseases as the new co-lead of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health’s (GA4GH) Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream.
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Mapping the mind
Asia Anderson knew she wanted to become a doctor from a very young age. She recalls playing “hospital” with her pets as patients, or “healing” trees outside as a child. Now as a chemistry Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Program at UC Santa Cruz, Anderson studies brain mapping of neurodegenerative diseases.