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Scientists find that small regions of the brain can take micro-naps while the rest of the brain is awake and vice versa
Sleep and wake: they’re totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily lives. For years, scientists have measured the difference between these instinctual brain processes by observing brain waves…
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RMI Spotlight: Kevin Ton
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, where students gain real-world work experience as researchers in a supportive laboratory environment! This week, we are catching up with former RMI student Kevin Ton as he discusses how RMI has impacted…
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Discover the Scientific Principles of Life with David Haussler
This fall consider taking Scientific Principles of Life (BME 18) with Professor David Haussler Scientific Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. This course satisfies the Scientific Inquiry 5-course credit requirement for undergraduates.
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Study offers guidance on state-of-the-art long-read RNA sequencing techniques
The techniques used for genetic sequencing of DNA and RNA have been rapidly improving over the past decade, but different methods have costs and benefits, and the scientific community has yet to determine which techniques will yield the best results for a given research question.
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Seed grant funds eDNA research that could mitigate climate change
Affiliate Ed Green has received an Innovation Catalyst Grant for his work on a simple and cost-effective way to gather environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. Metabarcoding is a way of analyzing species abundance in an ecosystem by surveying DNA sequences in environmental samples like soil or water.
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New study discovers tiny target on RNA to short-circuit inflammation
UC Santa Cruz researchers have discovered a peptide in human RNA that regulates inflammation and may provide a new path for treating diseases such as arthritis and lupus. The team used a screening process based on the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to shed light on one of the biggest mysteries about our RNA–the molecule responsible…
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Stem cell study reveals distinct population of ‘troublemaker’ platelet cells that appear with aging and lead to blood clotting, disease
Targeting this population of platelets could help better treat blood clotting-related diseases Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Camilla Forsberg and her former Ph.D. student Donna Poscablo in their lab at the UC Santa Cruz Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells.
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New study discovers cellular activity that hints recycling is in our DNA
Although you may not appreciate them, or have even heard of them, throughout your body, countless microscopic machines called spliceosomes are hard at work.
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Baskin Engineering will lead regional hub of NSF Engineering PLUS Alliance to serve underrepresented students, faculty, and staff
Building on longstanding commitments to serve underrepresented academics in engineering, the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz has been selected to lead the inaugural Western regional hub for the Engineering PLUS Alliance.
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Reclaiming the Lab Coat prompts conversations about justice in STEM
The workshop was led by UCSC Genomics Institute Assistant Researcher Ann Mc Cartney and her colleague on the Earth Biogenome Project, Rockefeller University Senior Research Associate Sadye Páez, with the goal of fostering inclusive dialogue among participants that could lead to meaningful change. Working on decorating the lab coats together provided a thought-provoking analysis of…
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UC Santa Cruz researchers’ tool creates ‘synthetic’ images of cells for enhanced microscopy analysis
“We are generating synthetic images that can also be turned into a time lapse movie, where we can generate the unseen future of cells… With that, we want to see if we are able to predict the future states of a cell, like if the cell is going to grow, migrate, differentiate or divide.”
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David Haussler receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Holger Schmidt awarded Innovator of the Year
UCSC Genomics Institute Scientific Director David Haussler received a lifetime achievement award from UCSC for his ongoing innovative, interdisciplinary work in genomics, and his collaborations and mentoring to advance the field.