April 2003
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UC Santa Cruz Genome Browser provides a portal for scientific exploration of finished human genome sequence
As leaders of the Human Genome Project announced the project’s successful completion at a press conference today in Bethesda, MD, bioinformatics researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, made the completed reference sequence of the human genome publicly available on the web-based UCSC Genome Browser (http://genome.ucsc.edu). This was also the first site to make…
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Peregrine falcons take flight at Long Marine Lab
Three young peregrine falcons are testing their wings this week at Long Marine Laboratory, a research facility of the University of California, Santa Cruz. The falcons were raised in captivity and are being released to the wild by the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group (SCPBRG), which is affiliated with UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences…
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Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop to give public talk on cancer research at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, April 17
Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop, chancellor of UC San Francisco and a leading cancer researcher, will give a public talk at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Thursday, April 17. Bishop’s talk, entitled “Cancer: The Rise of the Genetic Paradigm,” will start at 4 p.m. in the Stage Room at the Colleges Nine/Ten Dining…
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UC Santa Cruz alumnus makes $10,000 gift to support classics
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Mark Engel has pledged a $10,000 gift to establish the Norman O. Brown Classics Endowment at the University Library. In honor of the late Norman O. Brown, a distinguished humanist and influential professor at UC Santa Cruz, the endowment is designed to enrich the library collection in classical studies. Income from…