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Baskin School of Engineering showcases research advances on Thursday, October 20
Advances in three exciting areas of technological innovation–computer games, genomics, and network science–will be presented by faculty in the Baskin School of Engineering at the school’s annual Research Review Day on Thursday, October 20, at UC Santa Cruz. In addition to faculty research presentations, the event will include plenary talks by experts in the three…
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Experts discuss the future of cancer diagnosis and treatment on Friday, October 21
A Nobel-prize-winning cancer researcher, a biotech industry veteran, and a bioinformatics leader in an ambitious national cancer research program will discuss the future of cancer diagnosis and treatment on Friday, October 21, at 3 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall on the UCSC campus. The UCSC Foundation Forum, “At the Dawn of Personalized Medicine,” features…
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Three waves of evolutionary innovation shaped diversity of vertebrates
Over the past 530 million years, the vertebrate lineage branched out from a primitive jawless fish wriggling through Cambrian seas to encompass all the diverse forms of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Now researchers combing through the DNA sequences of vertebrate genomes have identified three distinct periods of evolutionary innovation that accompanied this remarkable…
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UCSC researchers contribute to detailed ovarian cancer analysis
By National Institutes of Health An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients were examined by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network; the analyses are reported in the June 30 issue…
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UCSC researchers contribute to detailed ovarian cancer analysis
An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients were examined by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network; the analyses are reported in the June 30 issue of Nature. A team of…
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Bioinformatics expert David Haussler awarded Oxford’s Weldon Memorial Prize
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Weldon Memorial Prize given by the University of Oxford. The prize, which consists of a medal and prize lecture to be given at Oxford, is…
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UCSC Genome Browser app comes to iPad
The Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently released the an app called “Genome Wowser” to the iTunes store, an iPad-enabled querying and navigation system for the UCSC Genome Browser. Genome Wowser provides an iPad-enabled view of the human genome. The app provides a functional presentation of the popular UCSC…
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Profile of bioengineering undergraduate Christopher E. Lam
By Vicki Bolam Christopher Lam took full advantage of the opportunities UCSC offers in some of engineering’s most challenging and innovative fields. That included hands-on nanotechnology experience as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Mark Akeson’s biomolecular engineering lab, as well as a minor in bioinformatics. Lam was also part of a student team that designed…
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Paul Koch named interim dean of physical and biological sciences
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office UC Santa Cruz has appointed Paul Koch, professor and chair of Earth and planetary sciences, to serve as interim dean of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences. The appointment, announced by campus provost and executive vice chancellor Alison Galloway, is effective July 1, when current dean Stephen…
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QB3 fellowship furthers research on hollow gold nanospheres for cancer treatment
By Nathan Boyd A fellowship from the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) launched Damon Wheeler, a graduate student in Jin Zhang’s physical chemistry lab at UC Santa Cruz, in research on nanoparticles and their potential role in cancer therapy. Wheeler characterizes the optical properties of hollow gold nanospheres (HGNs) to discover how they can…
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Bioinformatics expert Ed Green awarded Searle Scholars grant
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information Office SANTA CRUZ, CA–The Searle Scholars Program has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Richard E. (Ed) Green, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Green, who studies ancient DNA and human evolution, is one of 15 young scientists to receive…
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Science Magazine celebrates the 10th anniversary of the human genome
In February 2011, Science Magazine published a series of essays from leading scientists to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the sequencing of the human genome. The essays discuss what the genome represents and its impact. Lessons from Genomics, Bruce Albert A Celebration of the Genome, Part I A Celebration of the Genome, Part II A Celebration of…