Engineering
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Pocket DNA sequencers make real-time diagnostics a reality
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in a Science magazine article about DNA sequencers using nanopore technology he helped develop.
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HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions
Coverage of the third annual UCSC hackathon included stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, KSBW, and Community TV.
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Robot wars at UC Santa Cruz
KSBW TV covered the robotics competition in computer engineer Gabe Elkaim's mechatronics course.
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Genetics: Big hopes for big data
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted in a Nature article about advances in cancer genomics.
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Optofluidic systems detect Ebola, flu viruses
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in an article in Photonics Media about his research on optofluidic technology for virus detection.
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Santa Cruz proves an incubator for genomics technology
Genomics experts David Haussler and Ed Green are featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel article about local genomics technology companies based on UCSC research.
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Dovetail Genomics Launches Genome Assembly Service with Twist on Hi-C Method
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green is quoted in a Bio-IT World news story about Dovetail Genomics, a company based on genome assembly technology developed by Green's lab at UC Santa Cruz.
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Handheld DNA reader revolutionary and democratising, say scientists
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in stories about a new handheld DNA sequencing device based on nanopore technology developed in part at UC Santa Cruz, including articles in the Guardian, Medical News Today,Medical Device Technology, Biospace, and other media outlets.
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On-chip optical sensing technique used to detect multiple flu strains
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's work on novel optical biosensor technology was covered in R&D Magazine, Medical News Today, Bionity, Health Canal, and other outlets.
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A Chip-Based System for Detecting Ebola
Coverage of electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's development of chip-based technology for Ebola detection includes stories in Optics & Photonics News, CNET, Yahoo, Gizmodo, Medical News Today, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, Biotechnology News, Nanotech Now, Times of India, and other media outlets.
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Fighting Ebola with a palm-sized DNA sequencer
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in an Atlantic magazine story about the use of nanopore sequencing, a technology pioneered at UCSC, to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers use big data to fight cancer
Genomics researchers David Haussler, Ted Goldstein, and Olena Morozova were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about a new effort to identify alternate therapies for children with cancer that has not responded to standard therapy. The project was also covered on GenomeWeb, PhysOrg and Medical News.