Category: News
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UCSC Pediatric Cancer Effort Finds Success Using Gene Expression Data to Match Patients to Treatments
By: Christie Rizk – February 14, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO (GenomeWeb) – Using gene expression data from pediatric tumor samples, researchers at the California Kids Cancer Comparison (CKCC) project have been able to match 100 percent of their samples to possible treatments for the patients, according to Project Leader and University of California, Santa Cruz Biomolecular…
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State program funds lung cancer research at UC Santa Cruz
The California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has awarded $1.8 million in grants and fellowships to UCSC biomedical researchers February 13, 2018 By Tim Stephens Biomedical researchers at UC Santa Cruz have won major funding to investigate lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, which is supported by the…
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Two UCSC professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler and computer scientist Martín Abadi recognized for pioneering achievements February 09, 2018 By Tim Stephens Two engineers in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz—David Haussler, distinguished professor of biomolecular engineering, and Martín Abadi, professor emeritus of computer science—have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for their outstanding contributions to the field…
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Scientific Director elected to the 2018 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) National Academy of Engineering
Washington, DC, February 07, 2018 — The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members, announced NAE President C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,293 and the number of foreign members to 262. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among…
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Sequencing Human Genome with Pocket-Sized “Nanopore” Device
By Dr. Francis Collins – February 6, 2018 It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost 15 years since we successfully completed the Human Genome Project, ahead of schedule and under budget. I was proud to stand with my international colleagues in a celebration at the Library of Congress on April 14, 2003 (which happens to…
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MAP YOUR GENOME AT HOME WITH CELL-PHONE SIZED HUMAN DNA SEQUENCER
BY KASTALIA MEDRANO ON 1/29/18 AT 3:39 PM The most extensive and detailed human genome sequence yet has been assembled using a hand-held device roughly the size of a cell phone. An international team of scientists working at a lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, created a portable nanopore sequencer that not only used DNA fragments hundreds…
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Bio-Inspired Innovation Unleashed
Jan. 23, 2018 We are entering what is called the 6th mass extinction of life on our planet. At the same time, we are rapidly gaining an understanding of the potential held in biodiversity. Learn how efforts to sequence all known plants and animals in the next decade are laying the foundation for a new…
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Sequencing the world
How to map the DNA of all known plants and animal species on Earth IN NOVEMBER 2015, 23 of biology’s bigwigs met up at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC, to plot a grandiose scheme. It had been 12 years since the publication of the complete genetic sequence of Homo sapiens. Other organisms’ genomes had been…
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5th Annual UCSC Hackathon Continues to Drive Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
By Sarah Ali CruzHacks Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 25, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Students gather at Porter/Kresge Dining Hall at UCSC for a weekend of hacking and innovation at CruzHacks 2018. Credit: Stephen Louis Marino.) At the end of the weekend, attendees left exhausted but proud of their achievements.…
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Handheld device sequences human genome
By James Gallagher BBC News 29 January 2018 Scientists have used a device that fits in the palm of the hand to sequence the human genome. They say the feat, detailed in the journal Nature Biotechnology, opens up exciting possibilities for using genetics in routine medicine. It is a far cry from the effort to…
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Map Your Genome at Home with Cell-phone Sized Human DNA Sequencer
By Kastalia Medrano 1/29/18 Newsweek The most extensive and detailed human genome sequence yet has been assembled using a hand-held device roughly the size of a cell phone. An international team of scientists working at a lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, created a portable nanopore sequencer that not only used DNA fragments…
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New book, The Postgenomic Condition: Ethics, Justice, and Knowledge After the Genome, assesses progress since 2000
January 17, 2018 By Jennifer McNulty The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity—a milestone that would transform medicine and defeat cancer. Today, the longed-for promise of medical benefits endures and the quest for more data continues, but widening global inequality begs the question of how any benefits…