Engineering
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No ‘variants of concern’ in first Santa Cruz County tests, though bulk of samples show California strain
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was quoted in a Lookout Santa Cruz story about early results from genomic sequencing of coronavirus samples from Santa Cruz County.
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Closing in on a complete human genome
Genome scientist Karen Miga was featured in a Nature news story about her work with the Telomere to Telomere Consortium to sequence all the human chromosomes from end to end.
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U.S. Push to Find Covid Variants Remains Piecemeal, Disconnected
Genomics Institute Director David Haussler was quoted in a Bloomberg News article about U.S. efforts to track coronavirus variants.
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Conversational computers have come a long way
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker was quoted in a story about conversational computers in the Economist.
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UCSC gears up to to begin search for COVID-19 variants in Santa Cruz County
Biomolecular engineer Miten Jain and Genomics Institute Executive Director Isabel Bjork were quoted in a Lookout Santa Cruz article about a new program to begin genome sequencing of coronavirus samples to track variants of the virus.
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Tracking the mutating COVID-19 virus: UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute speaks with KION
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was featured in a KION TV News story about his work on tracking new variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
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The broken promise that undermines human genome research
Genome scientists David Haussler and Jim Kent were featured in a Nature article about the barriers to sharing genomic data.
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Current vaccines will aid against variant forms of COVID-19, UCSC professor says
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about the effectiveness of vaccines against new variants of the coronavirus.
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Scientists call for fully open sharing of coronavirus genome data
David Haussler, director of the UCSC Genomics Institute, was quoted in a Nature news story about open sharing of coronavirus genome data.
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There's Good News And Bad News About The Coronavirus Variants And Vaccines
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was quoted in a Buzzfeed news story about the new coronavirus variants.
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This artist is creating a “belligerent algorithm” to expose AI bias
Verdict published a story about assistant professor of digital arts and new media, A.M. Darke, who is creating a system, based on the prejudices of designers of artificial intelligence algorithms, to highlight the problem of AI bias.
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Santa Cruz County Supervisor and UCSC professor address vaccine concerns
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about her virtual Town Hall presentation about the coronavirus vaccines.