Category: Industry
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Colossal pledges $600K to the UCSC Genomics Institute to support paleogenomics
Colossal, a company that seeks to bring the mammoth and dodo bird back from extinction, is expanding its support for ancient DNA academic collaborations by pledging a gift of $500K to the UCSC Genomics Institute.
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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.
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UCSC and Amazon Web Services work to accelerate genomics research
As AWS expands their products for genomics research, UCSC is a key partner in making complex analysis more accessible to scientists.
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UCSC contributes to Guinness World Record for fastest sequencing
Isha Salian | NVIDIA | February 18, 2022 Guinness World Records this week presented a Stanford University-led research team with the first record for fastest DNA sequencing technique — a benchmark set using a workflow sped up by AI and accelerated computing. Achieved in five hours and two minutes, the DNA sequencing record can allow…