Biomolecular Engineering
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With new headquarters, UCSC Genomics Institute looks to anchor Santa Cruz biotech boom
Genomics Institute director David Haussler and engineering dean Alexander Wolf were featured in a front page Santa Cruz Sentinal story about the Genomics Institute's new Delaware Ave. headquarters.
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New human genome reference projects combine long nanopore reads, other data types
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was quoted in an article in Genome Web about efforts to fill in gaps in the human genome sequence.
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Study gives new perspective on production of blood cells and immune cells
Biomolecular engineer Camilla Forsberg was quoted in media coverage of her research on blood cell production, including stories from Medical Xpress, Medical News, Bioengineer, Science Daily, Medicine News Line, and other media outlets.
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Western Digital, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering collaborate to accelerate genomics sequencing
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten and computer scientist Heiner Litz were quoted in the announcement of a collaboration between Western Digital and UCSC engineering researchers in Morningstar News, Business Wire, and other media outlets.
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State of science: Finding human ancestors in new places
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in a Discover magazine article about research on the evolution of the human brain.
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This may be life's 'missing ingredient'
Biochemist David Deamer was quoted in an article about the origins of life in Live Science and Space.com.
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UCSC student scientists pursue birth control breakthrough
Biomolecular engineer David Bernick and students on the UCSC iGEM team were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their project to produce progesterone in yeast.
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Canadian researchers look to solve origins of life mystery with new 'game changing' planet simulator
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Canadian Press story about research on the origins of life that ran in media outlets across Canada, including the National Post, National Observer, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Guardian, and others.
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Scientists find bone from Neanderthal-Denisovan 'love child'
Paleogenomics expert Ed Green was quoted in stories from CBC News, National Geographic, and other media outlets about the discovery of a fossil bone fragment from a Neanderthal-Denisovan hybrid.
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A new genetic clue to how humans got such big brains
Genomics researchers Sofie Salama and David Haussler were quoted in widespread international news coverage of their research identifying genes responsible for large brain size in humans, including stories in the Atlantic, Economist, Science, Financial Times, Nature, New Scientist, New York Times, Reuters, Scientist, CBC Radio, El Mundo, Xinhua, ResearchGate, Discover, and other media outlets.
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Major breakthrough in cancer care as gene map paves way for new treatments
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted coverage of new research on cancer genomics reported by the Pan-Cancer Atlas project, including stories from the Independent, Yahoo News, Medical News Today, Medical Xpress, Science Newsline, Marin Independent Journal, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, and other media outlets.
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The Y chromosome's still-uncharted regions
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was quoted in coverage of her team's accomplishments in determining the DNA sequence of the centromere on the human Y chromosome, including stories from Atlantic, Front Line Genomics, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, R&D, and other media outlets.