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$1M awarded for UCSC to lead on new human genome map
By Tim Stephen UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz to lead effort to build a new map of human genetic variation Award given to develop a comprehensive Human Genome Variation Map for scientific and medical […]
Baskin Engineering 2014 year end review
(Source) BSOE’s top stories from 2014 BSOE’s new Department of Computational Media builds on the success of the campus’s pathbreaking programs in games and playable media. Michael Mateas is the department chair. Read more >> […]
UCSC offers “Genome Browser in a Box” for local installations
by Melissae Fellet UC Santa Cruz (Photo above: Members of the UCSC Genome Browser team (left to right): Kate Rosenbloom, Galt Barber, Jim Kent, Bob Kuhn, Jonathan Casper, Ann Zweig, Brian Lee, Matthew Speir, Donna […]
Round-the-clock work on new Ebola genome browser
by Guy Lasnier UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute releases bioinformatic tool to assist vaccine efforts The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Tuesday (September 30, 2014) released a new Ebola genome browser to […]
Human genome was shaped by an evolutionary arms race with itself
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz New study of primate genomes reveals an ongoing battle to control “jumping genes,” driving the evolution of greater genomic complexity New findings by scientists at UC Santa Cruz suggest […]
Cancer study reveals powerful new system for classifying tumors
by Tim Stephen UC Santa Cruz One in ten cancers were reclassified in clinically meaningful ways based on molecular subtypes identified by a comprehensive analysis of data from thousands of patients Cancers are classified primarily […]
News: January – December 2015
News: December 2015 Toward Solving the Food/Water/Energy/Climate Conundrum – December 30, 2015 HACK UCSC 2016 Brings Tech and Philanthropy Together Again – December 29, 2015 Bringing Lessons Learned in Santa Cruz to Communities Across the […]
Invaluable Partners: Baskin School of Engineering and Santa Cruz Tech Beat
By Abigail Kaun, Executive Advisor to the DeanBaskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz June 4, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Tech Beat has helped forge connections, raise awareness of new opportunities, and […]
Watch: New video showcases Startup Sandbox incubator and its partnership with UCSC
By Startup Sandbox leadershipSpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 21, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC leaders and startup founders talk about the local bioscience incubator and associated biotech startups [Startup Sandbox Full Feature […]
UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies
(Contributed) May 14, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image credit: CITRIS & the Banatao Institute website) UCSC researchers lead three teams from initial round of seed funding The first 25 teams awarded seed funding for […]