Engineering
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UC Santa Cruz summer camp inspires young students with computer science
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat covered the Girls in Engineering summer camp, with quotes from computer scientists Charlie McDowell, Linda Werner, and others.
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UC Santa Cruz awarded $2 million for human genome variation map
Genomics researcher Benedict Paten was quoted in coverage of a major grant from the Keck Foundation for his work on a Human Genome Variation Map, including stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Genome Web.
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UCSC students create new tools to archive and explore computer game culture
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about a web-based tool for finding computer games developed by grad students James Ryan and Eric Kaltman, and also quoted professor of computational media Noah Wardrip-Fruin.
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Want to find the right game? UC Santa Cruz debuts a new discoverability tool
Game news site Gamasutra ran a story about the new game finding services developed by researchers at the UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media.
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UC Santa Cruz professor develops HIV vaccine
Biomolecular engineer Phil Berman's research on an HIV vaccine was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KSBW TV, KION TV, and BioSpace. The KSBW news clip was rebroadcast on other NBC TV news affiliates across the country.
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UCSC opens new virtual reality lab
Computational media professors Sri Kurniawan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin were quoted in coverage of the new CAVE Lab for virtual reality research projects, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
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Pint-sized DNA sequencer impresses first users
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Nature story about the MinION portable DNA sequencer.
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Internet of DNA
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in an article in the MIT Technology Review about his work with the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health.
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UCSC Genomics Institute receives $1 million grant
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was featured in coverage of the Human Genome Variation Map project, including stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medical Xpress, Genome Web, BioSpace, ClinicaSpace, and others.
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A clash of codes: Hack UCSC 2015
Coverage of the 2015 Hack UCSC hackathon included stories from Huffington Post, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Nanopore Sequencing Is Here to Stay
Biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Mark Akeson are featured in a story about nanopore sequencing in Bio-IT World.
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Geneticists Begin Tests of an Internet for DNA
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler is featured in a story in MIT Technology Review about efforts by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to build the infrastructure for sharing genomic data.