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Researcher wins inaugural NHGRI award for DEIA Innovation in the Genomics Workforce
Emily Cerf | UCSC | February 21, 2023Ann McCartney, a research scientist at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, has always wanted to be part of building a better world. As career led her to becoming a genomicist, she has focused this passion into a commitment to equity in scientific research, particularly in advancing genomic…
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Announcing the Winners of the DEI Action Award!
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute diversity committee is thrilled to be able to announce this year’s winners of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Award: Mohammed Mostajo-Radji – Research Investigator, Director of the Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab Mohammmed (Mo) is receiving this award for his ongoing efforts to develop remote education opportunities to…
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Angela Brooks Receives Mentor Award from SACNAS
February 6, 2023 By Rose Miyatsu Angela Brooks, associate professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received an Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The award, which was announced at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference, is awarded…
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Jenny Reardon creates a framework for rebuilding public trust in science
To rebuild public trust in science, Jenny Reardon and her colleagues propose shaping new studies in genomics, neuroscience, and AI to engage questions of ethics and justice from the beginning.
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Beth Shaprio Plans to Revive Dodo Bird
By pursuing the problem of dodo de-extinction, Beth Shapiro and Colossal Biosciences hope to develop critically needed tools for avian genomics, including for the genetic rescue of currently threatened species. In this way, a 21st-century dodo may assist all avian conservation.
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The human genome needs updating. But how do we make it fair?
Healthcare’s standard genome is mostly based on one American. As we enter the era of personalised medicine, this bias has drawbacks for much of the world’s population Betsy Reed | The Guardian | January 29, 2023 In June 2000, Bill Clinton, the then US president, stood smilingly next to the leaders of the Human Genome…
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Researchers Go Beyond Gene Variant Analysis With Nascent Pangenome-Based Methods
Andrew P. Han | genomeweb | January 30, 2023 NEW YORK – Graph-based genomes, such as the one being built by the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC), are already being used to do more than just genetic variant analysis. Read on genomeweb.
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Response to ASHG’s “Facing our History” Report: Our Commitment to Building an Equitable Future
This week, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) released a report, as part of its “Facing our History—Building an Equitable Future” initiative, that was aimed at acknowledging past injustices in the genomics community. We encourage everyone engaged in genomics research to read this report, because while parts of it are painful, we agree with…
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Researchers produce first-ever toolkit for RNA sequencing analysis using a ‘pantranscriptome’
This tool will aid researchers around the world who are working to understand gene expression through RNA sequencing analysis. The tools are publicly available and can be accessed via Github.
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UCSC Genome Browser selected to first-ever Global Core Biodata Resource List
The Global Core Biodata Resources list represents a collection of 37 open-source resources whose long-term funding and sustainability is critical to life science and biomedical research worldwide. The Browser was chosen as a vital tool for researchers in the biosciences.
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Long-standing genomic mystery about the origins of introns explained in new study
UCSC scientists point to introners as the source of the vast majority of introns, a source of molecular complexity unique to eukaryotes Emily Cerf | UCSC | November 29, 2022 One of the most long-standing, fundamental mysteries of biology surrounds the poorly understood origins of introns. Introns are segments of noncoding DNA that must be…
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Modular automated microfluidic cell culture platform reduces glycolytic stress in cerebral cortex organoids
Time line chart of the human cerebral organoid generation protocol over the span of 18 days Abstract Organ-on-a-chip systems combine microfluidics, cell biology, and tissue engineering to culture 3D organ-specific in vitro models that recapitulate the biology and physiology of their in vivo counterparts. Here, we have developed a multiplex platform that automates the culture…