Engineering
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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.
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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.