Engineering
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Scientists Finish the Human Genome at Last
Geneticist Karen Miga was featured in a New York Times article about her team's achievements finishing a complete sequence of the human genome.
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Thanks to interbreeding, just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows
Biomolecular engineer Ed Green was quoted in news coverage of his research on how much of our genome is unique to humans, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Daily Herald, Associated Press, Economic Times, GenomeWeb, and other media outlets.
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How the Delta variant took over
Genomic scientist Yatish Turakhia was quoted in a Wired article about how the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 became the dominant variant of the virus.
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The Human Genome Is—Finally!—Complete
Genomics expert Karen Miga was featured in ongoing coverage of her work on a complete DNA sequence of the human genome in the Atlantic and other media outlets.
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Researchers claim they have sequenced the entirety of the human genome — including the missing parts
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was quoted in coverage of her team's work on a complete human genome sequence, including news stories in STAT, Science Times, BioSpace, Freethink, and other media outlets.
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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.