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UC Santa Cruz to lead effort to build a new map of human genetic variation
Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have received a grant for up to $1 million from the Simons Foundation to develop a comprehensive map of human genetic variation. The Human Genome Variation Map will be a critical new resource for both medical research and basic research in the life sciences. The one-year pilot project aims to overcome…
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UCSC ranked third in research influence in world university survey
In a recent analysis of the world’s top universities, UC Santa Cruz ranked third in research influence as measured by the number of times its published work is cited by academics. Published as part of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012, the analysis, conducted by Thompson Reuters, measured overall research influence based on…
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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
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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Nadine Gassner receives 2010 Ellen Weaver Award for mentoring women in science
By Tim Stephens, UCSC Public Information OfficeNadine Gassner, associate director of the UC Santa Cruz Chemical Screening Center, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Ellen Weaver Award for mentoring young women in science.The Ellen Weaver Award, presented by the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Women in Science (NCC-AWIS), is given to a woman who is…
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Nader Pourmand and Ion Torrent
By Richard Hughey, Computer Engineering Dept, UCSC Biomolecular engineering’s Nader Pourmand is profiled in a Bio-IT world article discussing the third-generation sequencing company ION Torrent Systems. Inventions of Pourmand, Stanford professor Ron Davis, and colleagues have led to a method of sequencing genomes with a CMOS chip, a technology that, as with computers, could lead to extraordinarily inexpensive…
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New UCSC training program fosters ethics and justice discourse in science and engineering
By Branwyn Wagman This spring the University of California, Santa Cruz will launch a unique graduate-level training program funded by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to cross-train scientists and engineers in humanities and social sciences, and vice versa. Science and engineering students will work alongside social science and humanities students to identify…
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Nanopore project wins $1.1 million NIH grant
By Tim Stephens, Public Information Office The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to researchers in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz to support their work on nanopore technology for analyzing DNA. Led by biomolecular engineers Mark Akeson and David Deamer, the UCSC nanopore group…
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Five faculty members win 2009 NSF CAREER awards
By Daniel Strain, UCSC Public Information Office Five UC Santa Cruz faculty members have won prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009. Three of the recipients are faculty in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering: William Dunbar, assistant professor of computer engineering; Pascale Garaud, assistant professor of…