DNA sequencer the size of a mobile phone
By Branwyn Wagman, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Investigators at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have optimized performance of a mobile-phone-sized..
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In our own back yard: Genomics conference to attract worldwide audience
By Jonathan Partridge Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Most people may know Santa Cruz for its boardwalk and beaches, but..
Genomics Institute’s David Haussler awarded prestigious Prize
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute director David Haussler awarded prestigious Dan David Prize David Haussler, professor of biomolecular..
$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..
Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz [Image above: This phylogenetic diagram shows the inferred evolutionary relationships among birds, reptiles, and mammals. Colors..
NCI Cloud Pilot program to boost cancer genomics data sharing, accessibility
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (Photo above: David Haussler, Director of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. Photo contributed.) UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley..
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,..
How to sequence a banana slug genome
by Kevin Karplus Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz crowd-funds a $20K project to sequence mascot’s genome..
Watch: Mixing science and tech for Ebola vaccine
Sara Isenberg Santa Cruz Tech Beat, publisher [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Round-the-clock work on new Ebola genome browser (October 2,..
UCSC genomics center awarded $11M grant
by Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (Photo credit: Elena Zhukova) UC Santa Cruz leads $11 million Center for Big Data in Translational Genomics National Institutes..