Genomics
- December 09, 2015
UC Research Catalyst Award supports conservation genomics project
$1.76 million grant will fund collaborative research among UCSC and four other UCs
- December 08, 2015
The year in review at UC Santa Cruz
At UC Santa Cruz, 2015 was a year celebrating our 50th anniversary by advancing knowledge, challenging the status quo, and taking risks. And the campus capped it all off with a big top celebration.
- October 19, 2015
Big ideas
From saving falcons to peering into the universe, sequencing the human genome, and putting organic food on American tables, UC Santa Cruz has become known as the small university where big things happen.
- September 29, 2015
Privacy in the age of big data to be focus of symposium
For the inaugural event, DataLex will feature data scientists, policymakers, legal scholars, and privacy advocates to collectively consider important issues.
- September 15, 2015
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute partners with Microsoft to accelerate biomedical research
The Microsoft partnership provides the Genomics Institute with access to new compute, data storage, and analysis capabilities.
- August 26, 2015
New managing director brings business and scientific expertise to the Genomics Institute
Ravi Jain will oversee the institute's strategic planning, business development, and operations, among other responsibilities.
- August 20, 2015
Seagate gift supports UC Santa Cruz research on genomic data storage
Donation includes 2.5 petabytes of storage for studying large-scale data storage challenges in genomics and other areas
- August 03, 2015
California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project
The state initiative is providing $1.2 million for the Genomics Institute's California Kids Cancer Comparison project.
- August 03, 2015
New method reveals hidden population of regulatory molecules in cells
UC Santa Cruz researchers have revealed a previously undetected population of small RNA molecules involved in cell regulation
- July 22, 2015
Keck Foundation awards UC Santa Cruz $2 million for human genome variation project
The Human Genome Variation Map being developed by the UCSC Genomics Institute will be a valuable new resource for medical researchers.
- July 08, 2015
UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project receives $250,000 to fight high-risk neuroblastoma
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation has awarded the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute a $250,000 grant for pediatric cancer research.
- June 22, 2015
A visionary, a genius, and the human genome
In 2000, two dogged researchers at UC Santa Cruz defied the odds to become the first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome.
- May 18, 2015
Community effort provides new 'gold standard' for genomic data analysis
UC Santa Cruz researchers contributed to a comprehensive assessment of methods for identifying mutations in cancer genomes.
- April 13, 2015
Biologist Beth Shapiro explains the science of 'de-extinction' in new book
A leading expert on ancient DNA, Shapiro aims to separate science from science fiction in her new book 'How to Clone a Mammoth.'
- February 10, 2015
Genomics Institute director David Haussler awarded prestigious Dan David Prize
Haussler will share a $1 million prize with two other leaders in bioinformatics.
- January 13, 2015
UC Santa Cruz to lead effort to build a new map of human genetic variation
The Simons Foundation awarded UCSC up to $1 million to develop a comprehensive Human Genome Variation Map for scientific and medical research
