2017
Biomolecular Engineering
- November 06, 2017
Bioinformatics leaders partner to build platform for NIH Data Commons
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of Chicago, and the Broad Institute will create the Commons Alliance Platform with funding from the National Institutes of Health.
- October 18, 2017
Dean Alex Wolf leads growing engineering school in era of technological change
As he begins his second full academic year as dean, Alex Wolf discusses his first year and his plans for the future of the engineering school in a wide-ranging interview.
- June 28, 2017
Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH 'Follow that Cell' challenge
Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand has spent years developing technology to measure and track changes within a single living cell over time.
- June 01, 2017
Genomics Institute joins international Human Cell Atlas Initiative
UCSC researchers will collaborate with partners in U.S. and Europe to build data coordination platform for effort to characterize every cell type in the human body.
- May 10, 2017
UC Santa Cruz genetics lab helps solve the mystery of 'Miranda Eve'
Ancient DNA expert Ed Green helped identify the remains of a 19th-century baby Jane Doe found in San Francisco backyard.
- April 26, 2017
Inspiring young students to branch into STEM
This spring, an enterprising group of Watsonville High School students put on lab coats and safety goggles and got a behind-the-scenes look at the labs of UC Santa Cruz's Science Hill.
- April 03, 2017
Alumni Weekend Teach-Ins 2017: stem cell research and standing up to "alternative facts"
This year’s Teach-In lecture series will include eye-opening presentations about the potentials of stem cell research and the role of the humanities in a ‘post-truth world.'
- February 21, 2017
UCSC biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig wins Sloan Research Fellowship
Corbett-Detig studies evolution and genetic diversity in species ranging from fruit flies to humans.
