Education and Training
We feel passionately that genomic science can transform our world. We are committed to ensuring that people of all backgrounds have a say in where that transformation leads us.
Our project-based learning opportunities for historically underrepresented students from high school through undergraduate are designed to encourage and prepare students to enter STEM fields so they can be a part of this revolution.
We are committed to mentoring graduate students and postdocs and providing them with the guidance and skills they need for successful careers in academia, industry, and beyond.
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News on our programs
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Genomics Institute postdoc mentors budding entrepreneurs through Clinton Global Initiative University
Schneider has been a mentor for the Clinton Global Initiative University in the area of infectious diseases since 2018, helping students take their ideas for making a positive impact on the world from conception to reality. Each year, he receives a cohort that ranges in size from 15 to 30 students, who come to him…
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Collaboration with NASA uses eDNA technology to monitor biodiversity
eDNA is short for “environmental DNA,” and it is a relatively new method for monitoring biodiversity that Meyer’s lab specializes in. The NASA BioSCape project will combine the eDNA that the UC Santa Cruz team collects with airborne imaging spectroscopy and lidar remote sensing with field observations to better understand the biodiversity of South Africa’s…
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Announcing the Winners of the DEI Action Award!
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute diversity committee is thrilled to be able to announce this year’s winners of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Award: Mohammed Mostajo-Radji – Research Investigator, Director of the Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab Mohammmed (Mo) is receiving this award for his ongoing efforts to develop remote education opportunities to…
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Angela Brooks Receives Mentor Award from SACNAS
February 6, 2023 By Rose Miyatsu Angela Brooks, associate professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received an Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The award, which was announced at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference, is awarded…
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Jenny Reardon creates a framework for rebuilding public trust in science
To rebuild public trust in science, Jenny Reardon and her colleagues propose shaping new studies in genomics, neuroscience, and AI to engage questions of ethics and justice from the beginning.