Engineering
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Novel chip-based antigen test can provide ultrasensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A
Engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in coverage of his research on a rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, including stories in News-Medical, Daily Mail, Medical Device Network, Santa Cruz Patch, and other media outlets.
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New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants
Biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig was featured in coverage of his research on genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Medical Xpress, GenomeWeb, Lab Manager, 7th Space, and other media outlets.
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Meet the New Head of Entrepreneurial Innovation at UCSC
Good Times ran a profile of Marco Rolandi, the new faculty director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.
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Fidget toys explode in popularity
Computational Media Professor Katherine Isbister was quoted in a Fox News story about the popularity of fidget toys.
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‘Mini-brains’ research brings neural development breakthrough
Biomolecular engineer Sofie Salama was quoted in a Financial Times article about new research on genes involved in determining brain size.
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Critics decry access, transparency issues with key trove of coronavirus sequences
Genomics experts Angie Hinrichs and David Haussler were quoted in a Science news story about difficulties getting access to coronavirus genome data.
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Building A Telomere-to-Telomere Human Pangenome Reference
Genomics expert Karen Miga was featured in articles in Bio-IT World and GenomeWeb about her work with the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium to build a comprehensive human reference genome.
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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.