Category: News
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From Santa Cruz to Johns Hopkins
Ozzy Bagno talks about his Ph.D. pursuit one year after graduating from UCSC Ozzy Bagno (Cowell ’23, molecular, cellular and developmental biology) August 21, 2024 By Haneen Zain One year after graduating UC Santa Cruz, Ozzy Bagno is pursuing his Ph.D. at one of the top medical schools in the country, Johns Hopkins University School of…
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Genomics at heart
Sarah Xia (College Nine ’23, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) found her passion for genomics at UC Santa Cruz. Now, a year after earning her B.S. in biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics, Xia is a research associate at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Bear DNA study to measure impact of conservation actions on genetic diversity
The National Science Foundation will fund research at UC Santa Cruz that will examine the DNA of brown bears in the lower 48 states, where the iconic beast’s numbers have seen catastrophic declines over the last century.
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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Fiddes
The Genomics Institute’s (GI) Where Do Our Graduates Go is a series that features our former graduate students from the GI. Let’s catch up with Dr. Fiddes!
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RMI Spotlight: Maelia Uy-Gomez
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, this week, we are catching up with former RMI student Maelia Uy-Gomez.
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RMI Spotlight: Joe Dahl
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, this week, we are catching up with former RMI student Joe Dahl.
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Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship recognized with ‘Inspiring Programs in STEM’ award
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) program has been recognized with Insight Into Diversity magazine’s “Inspiring Programs in STEM” award.
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Scientists find that small regions of the brain can take micro-naps while the rest of the brain is awake and vice versa
Sleep and wake: they’re totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily lives. For years, scientists have measured the difference between these instinctual brain processes by observing brain waves…
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RMI Spotlight: Kevin Ton
The RMI Spotlight series features our current and former students involved with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) Program, this week, we are catching up with former RMI student Kevin Ton.
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Discover the Scientific Principles of Life with David Haussler
This fall consider taking Scientific Principles of Life (BME 18) with Professor David Haussler Scientific Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. This course satisfies the Scientific Inquiry 5-course credit requirement for undergraduates.
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Study offers guidance on state-of-the-art long-read RNA sequencing techniques
The techniques used for genetic sequencing of DNA and RNA have been rapidly improving over the past decade, but different methods have costs and benefits, and the scientific community has yet to determine which techniques will yield the best results for a given research question.
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Seed grant funds eDNA research that could mitigate climate change
Affiliate Ed Green has received an Innovation Catalyst Grant for his work on a simple and cost-effective way to gather environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. Metabarcoding is a way of analyzing species abundance in an ecosystem by surveying DNA sequences in environmental samples like soil or water.