Engineering
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A more-inclusive genome project aims to capture all of human diversity
Biomolecular engineers Karen Miga and Benedict Paten are featured in a Nature article about the Human Pangenome Project.
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Tiny Antennas Made from DNA Light Up Protein Activity
Electrical engineer Ali Yanik was quoted in a Scientific American article about fluorescent nanoantenna technology for monitoring proteins.
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How far have chips come to emulate human brain?
Computer engineer and former engineering dean Sung-mo Kang was quoted in a Korea Herald article covering his keynote speech on memristor-based neuromorphic computing at the Korean Conference on Semiconductors.
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Seven technologies to watch in 2022
Biomolecular engineer Karen Miga was featured in a Nature article about her work with the T2T Consortium as one of "Seven technologies to watch in 2022."
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The benchmark for human diversity is based on one man’s genome. A new tool could change that.
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten was quoted in coverage of his team's research on pangenomics, including stories in Popular Science, Genetic Engineering News, and other media outlets.
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Hydrogen Fueled Life’s Origins: Study
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a story in The Scientist about the origins of life.
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Procedural storytelling is exploding the possibilities of video game narratives
Computational media researcher Max Kreminski was quoted in a Verge article about procedural storytelling in video games.
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The Ancient Neanderthal Traces Hidden In Your Genome
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was featured on the Science Friday radio program and podcast discussing his research on the genomes of humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.
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Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago – here’s the real reason you probably haven’t heard of it
Computational Media Professor Noah Wardrip-Fruin wrote an article for the Conversation about the first commercial video game.
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UC Santa Cruz Center for Live Cell Genomics Wins $13.5M NIH Grant
Genomics researchers Sofie Salama and David Haussler were quoted in coverage of the new Center for Live Cell Genomics, including stories in GenomeWeb and other media outlets.
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Karen Miga Fills In the Missing Pieces of Our Genome
Geneticist Karen Miga was featured in Quanta magazine in an interview about her work on the Telomere to Telomere Project to complete the human genome sequence.
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The Bay Area experts who are building COVID-19’s evolutionary tree of life
Bioinformatics experts Russell Corbett-Detig and Angie Hinrichs were featured in coverage of their work tracing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including stories in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.