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New Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab Aims to Reshape STEM Education
October 13, 2022 The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has created a new Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab as a maker space dedicated to creating the next generation of technologies for remote education. The lab, which occupies part of the second floor of the UCSC Westside Research Park, is inspired by an effort to improve…
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UCSC engineer played crucial role in 2022 Nobel Prize-winning research
Biomolecular engineering’s Richard (Ed) Green collaborated with medalist Svante Pääbo’s research on the Neanderthal genome Emily Cerf | UCSC | October 11, 2022 The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo for his research on human evolution, specifically in using contemporary tools to sequence and compare the genomes…
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New Educational Module for UCSC Genome Browser
In response to requests from users, we are announcing a new education module in the UCSC Genome Browser training pages. The UCSC Genome Browser is our most widely used genomics tool. Tens of thousands of researchers access it each year to view all 23 chromosomes of the human genome, down to its individual nucleotides. It…
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Carol Greider honored by the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)
UC Santa Cruz genomics institute affiliate Carol Greider is being honored by the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) for her pioneering work in telomere research and its impact on the field of molecular diagnostics.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Researcher Profiles: Allison Cheney
Allison Cheney, Graduate Student September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To help spread awareness of the different cancers that impact children, we will be profiling a different researcher each week to talk about the cancer they study and how they hope their research will help in the fight against childhood cancer. What type of cancer…
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New program will mentor and train students underrepresented in genomics research
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute will partner with California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPRRP) Campus to mentor and provide genomics research experience for students from these two hispanic-serving institutions…
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Researcher Profiles: Molly McCabe
“Cancer has impacted me deeply. I lost my mother to melanoma when I was 13 years old, and my now-14-year-old brother is 10 years Medulloblastoma free. Working for the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative, Olena Vaske, and Anouk van den Bout has allowed me to understand the disease further, and made me feel like I am…
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Researcher Profiles: Krizia Chambers
Krizia Chambers, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences and Engineering September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To help spread awareness of the different cancers that impact children, we will be profiling a different researcher each week to talk about the cancer they study and how they hope their research will help in the fight against childhood cancer. …
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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Jordan Eizenga is a postdoc at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and writes about the shortcomings of the current human genome reference and what the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium is doing to fix them. Read in The Scientist
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Researcher Profiles: Yvonne Vasquez
“My lab studies rare cancers that occur in kids and young adults. Our lab’s goal is to learn more about pediatric cancers and identify more effective and less toxic treatments for patients.”
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From concept to commercialization: How UCSC researchers revolutionized DNA sequencing
Nanopore sequencing technology, which has dramatically lowered the cost and increased the accuracy of genomic sequencing over the last two decades, was first patented and developed at UC Santa Cruz. Its inventors reflect on its history, as well as its seemingly unlimited potential for advancing personalized medicine and our understanding of our world.
