Biomolecular Engineering
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How UC Santa Cruz scientists bridged the gap in the human genome
Genomics experts Karen Miga and Benedict Paten continue to be quoted in ongoing coverage of the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, including stories in Lookout Santa Cruz, Popular Science, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medical News Today, WebMD, SlashGear, Bio-IT World, Business Standard, and other media outlets.
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In research breakthrough, California scientists help decode entire human genome
Biomolecular engineers Karen Miga and David Haussler were quoted in widespread coverage of the release of the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, including stories from the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR Science Friday, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC Science Focus, NBC Bay Area, CBC Radio (Canada), USA Today, NBC News, Associated Press,…
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A more-inclusive genome project aims to capture all of human diversity
Biomolecular engineers Karen Miga and Benedict Paten are featured in a Nature article about the Human Pangenome Project.
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Seven technologies to watch in 2022
Biomolecular engineer Karen Miga was featured in a Nature article about her work with the T2T Consortium as one of "Seven technologies to watch in 2022."
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The benchmark for human diversity is based on one man’s genome. A new tool could change that.
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was quoted in coverage of his team's research on pangenomics, including stories in Popular Science, Genetic Engineering News, and other media outlets.
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Hydrogen Fueled Life’s Origins: Study
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a story in The Scientist about the origins of life.
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The Ancient Neanderthal Traces Hidden In Your Genome
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was featured on the Science Friday radio program and podcast discussing his research on the genomes of humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.
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UC Santa Cruz Center for Live Cell Genomics Wins $13.5M NIH Grant
Genomics researchers Sofie Salama and David Haussler were quoted in coverage of the new Center for Live Cell Genomics, including stories in GenomeWeb and other media outlets.
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Karen Miga Fills In the Missing Pieces of Our Genome
Geneticist Karen Miga was featured in Quanta magazine in an interview about her work on the Telomere to Telomere Project to complete the human genome sequence.
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The Bay Area experts who are building COVID-19’s evolutionary tree of life
Bioinformatics experts Russell Corbett-Detig and Angie Hinrichs were featured in coverage of their work tracing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Plenty of Evidence for Recombination in SARS-CoV-2
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was quoted in an article in The Scientist about variants of SARS-CoV-2 swapping genetic material (known as recombination).
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Meet the people who warn the world about new covid variants
Bioinformatics expert Angie Hinrichs was quoted in a Technology Review article about identifying new lineages and variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.