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UC Santa Cruz’s Karen Miga Prominently Featured in Nature’s Top Technology to Watch in 2022
Seven technologies to watch in 2022 January 25, 2022 | Nature | Michael Einstein Roughly one-tenth of the human genome remained uncharted when genomics researchers Karen Miga at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Adam Phillippy at the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, launched the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium in 2019. Now,…
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Researchers recover ancient mammoth tusk during deep-sea expedition
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and University of Michigan are studying the tusk retrieved from deep waters off the California coast Randy Prickett (left) pilots MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts while senior scientist Steven Haddock (right) documents the mammoth tusk before beginning the retrieval operation.…
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UCSC team scores gold for second straight year at iGEM synthetic biology competition
December 03, 2021 | Melissa Weckerle | UCSC For the second year in a row, a team of UC Santa Cruz undergraduates won a gold medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Jamboree. The annual competition brings together student teams from around the world to present synthetic biology projects that aim to address pressing global…
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A new way to find genetic variations removes bias from human genotyping
Previous genomic research has used a single reference genome, but now researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed an effective new tool for mapping genetic variants to better represent human diversity in sequencing data.
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UCSC signs $3M state contract to deliver a public health data platform for pathogen genomics
One-year, $3 million contract with the California Department of Public Health will galvanize pandemic-related genomic data analysis efforts for the public good Under an agreement with the California Department of Public Health, UCSC will develop a platform to overlay genomic data with public health information. September 2, 2021 | Alexis Morgan | UCSC UC Santa…
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NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz
September 27, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC A new Center for Live Cell Genomics, funded by a five-year, $13.5-million grant from the National Institutes of Health, will bring together researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute to develop new methods and experimental platforms for biomedical research using live cells and tissues. The center will deploy…
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Biologist Upasna Sharma wins $1.18 million grant from Templeton Foundation
New funding will advance Sharma’s research to understand how the effects of environmental stresses can be transmitted from one generation to the next November 03, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC Upasna Sharma, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, has received a $1.18 million grant from the John Templeton…
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Pangenomics enables genotyping of known structural variants in 5202 diverse genomes
Sirén, Jouni, et al. “Pangenomics Enables Genotyping of Known Structural Variants in 5202 Diverse Genomes.” Science, vol. 374, no. 6574, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg8871.
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The benchmark for human diversity is based on one man’s genome. A new tool could change that.
Instead of looking at one single genome, researchers are mapping out “a network of possibilities.” Phlip Kiefer | Dec. 16, 2021 | Popular Science When scientists want to understand how individual human genomes vary, they turn to a single, central genetic sequence: the reference genome. That genome serves as a kind of standardized measurement, a…
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List of most highly cited researchers features 20 UCSC scientists and engineers
November 16, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC A new list of the world’s most highly cited researchers includes 20 scientists and engineers at UC Santa Cruz. The 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list, released November 16 by Clarivate’s Web of Science Group, identifies researchers from across the globe who have demonstrated exceptional influence in their…
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UCSC researchers double-down on data sharing’s key role in global health
Scientists present framework for freely and safely sharing health data on a global scale in a brand new, open access journal SANTA CRUZ, CA – Nov. 16, 2021 – Consistent with its long tradition of championing sharing of genomic data, UC Santa Cruz is represented among Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH) paper authors…
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Genome Traces, Beavers and Wildfire, Halloween DIY, Volcanoes. Oct 22, 2021, Part 2
The Ancient Neanderthal Traces Hidden In Your Genome October 22, 2021 | Science Friday Just how much of your genome is uniquely human? It turns out the number of genetic components in the human genome that trace back only to modern humans, and not to other human lineages or ancient ancestors, are surprisingly small. In…