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The case of an arctic wild ass highlights the utility of ancient DNA for validating problematic identifications in museum collections
Alisa O. Vershinina, Joshua D. Kapp, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, Beth Shapiro Molecular Ecology Resources | December 23, 2019 Abstract Museum collections are essential for reconstructing and understanding past biodiversity. Many museum specimens are, however, challenging to identify. Museum samples may be incomplete, have an unusual morphology, or represent juvenile individuals, all of which complicate accurate…
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‘Does intrinsically good and bad technology exist?’ Bayer CEO says no: Davos 2020
Bayer CEO Werner Baumann highlighted “less and less trust in society for advances in technology” as a hurdle for pharma companies working on gene editing during a panel on genetic modification and engineering that took place at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Baumann’s comments came after the panelists discussed He Jiankui, the…
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Seagate, UC Santa Cruz collaboration poised to accelerate genomics data analysis
Initial focus of the collaboration by UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Seagate will be accelerating the analysis of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) EurekAlert! | August 27, 2019 August 27, 2019–Santa Cruz, CA — Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in data…
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$8.5 million gift supports UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute
Tim Stephens | UCSC | October 08, 2019 UC Santa Cruz has received an anonymous gift of $8.5 million to support the Genomics Institute’s pioneering interdisciplinary research. The gift, which will be made in annual installments over the next ten years, establishes the Healthier World Fund for the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. “We are…
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First Annual Get Biotech 2019 a Success
Over 250 people filled every seat in the house for the first annual Get Biotech 2019. Keynote speaker David Deamer enthralled the audience with his journey which started with a Sunday drive, conceiving an idea, pulling over to the side of the road, sketching it out, and going on to become a cornerstone of the…
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California Awards UCSC Precision Medicine Funds for Childhood Cancer Research
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Treehouse Initiative Targets Cancer Using Computers SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 8 , 2018 – The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) has awarded the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute a follow-on California state grant worth $500,000. This award has been granted as…
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UC Santa Cruz has offerings far beyond hippies and banana slugs.
So why can’t it draw more transfer students? By Teresa Watanabe, LA Times, January 3, 2018 UC Santa Cruz sits on an idyllic expanse of redwood groves and rolling meadows. World-class surf is just minutes away. Its researchers were the first to arrange the DNA sequence of the human genome and make it publicly available. It…
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Score Functions for Assessing Conservation in Locally Aligned Regions of DNA from Two Species
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Score Functions for Assessing Conservation in Locally Aligned Regions of DNA from Two Species UCSC TECH REPORT UCSC-CRL-02-30 Published 07/13/2002 09:00 AMAuthorsKrishna M. Roskin, Mark Diekhans, W. James Kent, and David…
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How to get the most from your mentor: a short guide
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Office of Diversity A good mentor can do much more than help you with course content or lab techniques; your mentor can guide you to valuable resources, offer you insights and understanding into the culture of the discipline, introduce you to important professional networks, and even alert you to funding…
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As 200 Mammals Project Enters Analysis Stage, Investigators Look Ahead to Increasingly Contiguous Animal Genomes
By: Andrea Anderson NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Which parts of the genome are important for building a mammal? With new grant funding in hand, members of the 200 Mammals Project are continuing to work away at a genomics resource for answering this and many more questions. Much of the mammal sequencing effort is undertaken with…
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Long-read sequence assembly of the gorilla genome
The accurate sequence and assembly of genomes is critical to our understanding of evolution and genetic variation. Despite advances in short-read sequencing technology that have decreased cost and increased throughput, whole-genome assembly of mammalian genomes remains problematic because of the presence of repetitive DNA. Read the full article.
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Heart arrhythmias detected in deep-diving marine mammals
A new study of dolphins and seals shows that despite their remarkable adaptations to aquatic life, exercising while holding their breath remains a physiological challenge for marine mammals. The study, published January 16 in Nature Communications, found a surprisingly high frequency of heart arrhythmias in bottlenose dolphins and Weddell seals during the deepest dives. The…