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DUKE Empirical Inc., Quality Assurance Manager, Santa Cruz, CA (posted May 24, 2021) UCSC Genomics Institute, Nanopore Production Specialist, Santa Cruz, CA (posted May 20, 2021) productOps, Full Stack Engineer, Santa Cruz, CA (posted May […]
New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz May 13, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA UShER allows researchers to quickly see how a new viral sequence is related to all other variants of SARS-CoV-2, crucial information for tracking […]
Project to read genomes of all 70,000 vertebrate species reports first discoveries
(Source: Howard Hughs Medical Institute and Baskin Engineering ) May 6, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image source: Nature.com) A bold project to read the complete genetic sequences of every known vertebrate species has reached […]
UCSC’s Million-COVID-Genome Tree Could be a First
(Source: Genomics Institute) April 27, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA Solving a computational puzzle, a UCSC team created a dynamic evolutionary tree to enable real-time genomic contact tracing Early in the pandemic, UCSC knew they […]
Lookout: UCSC gears up to begin search for COVID-19 variants in Santa Cruz County
By Nick Ibarra and Mallory PickettLookout Santa Cruz February 16, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Positive COVID-19 test results from tests performed at the UCSC Molecular Diagnotics Lab will be curated for genetic […]
The broken promise that undermines human genome research
By Kendall PowellNature February 16, 2021 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: @Nature illustration by Ana Kova https://www.instagram.com/anakova_/) Data sharing was a core principle that led to the success of the Human Genome Project 20 […]
News: January – December 2020
News: December 2020 Monterey Bay Aquarium lends ultra-cold freezer for vaccine storage – December 31, 2020 Paystand: The Year that Change the World – December 31, 2020 Steve Blum’s Blog: Ag tech grows in an […]
UCSC expands COVID-19 testing to support community needs with gift from Bud and Rebecca Colligan
(Contributed) December 15, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: A gift from Bud and Rebecca Colligan is providing crucial funding to expand COVID-19 testing capacity and construct a new, dedicated laboratory space to house the […]
New genome alignment tool empowers large-scale studies of vertebrate evolution
November 12, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz (Image above: Comparative genomics sheds new light on the diversity of birds and other vertebrates. Credit: Jon Fjeldsa/Josefin Stiller/University of Copenhagen) Three papers […]
Braingeneer group publication explores neurological control of flexible robots
By James McGirkBaskin School of Engineering October 27, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Controlling a robot’s movement typically requires laborious programming. A team of UC Santa Cruz researchers in the Braingeneers group are applying a […]