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NIH awards $2 million to UCSC group for DNA sequencing research
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson leads efforts to develop nanopore technology for DNA sequencing.
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UCSC engineer focuses on assistive technology for people with disabilities
Roberto Manduchi applies computer vision technology to develop products that address daily challenges faced by visually impaired people.
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Grant supports UC Santa Cruz research on the cause of childhood leukemia
A new grant from the nonprofit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation will help UCSC researcher Camilla Forsberg advance her work to identify the root cause of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in infants and children.
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New technique allows ‘nanobiopsies’ of living cells
UCSC researchers have developed a robotic “nanobiopsy” system that can extract tiny samples from inside a living cell without killing it.
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Cancer Genomics Hub adds childhood cancer data
Researchers studying the genetics of childhood cancers now have access to a large and growing set of genomic data through UCSC’s Cancer Genomics Hub.
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Pan-Cancer studies find common patterns shared by different tumor types
The Pan-Cancer Initiative, a major effort to analyze the molecular aberrations in cancer cells across a range of tumor types, has yielded an abundance of new findings.
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Major grant funds UCSC researchers using big data to predict cancer outcomes
UCSC bioinformatics experts received a $3.5 million NIH grant to develop tools to analyze cancer genomics data.
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Genomics pioneers look to future, form global alliance for data sharing
UCSC bioinformatics expert David Haussler is on organizing committee for global alliance to enable secure sharing of genomic and clinical data.
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Medical robotics expert Jacob Rosen named Health Care Hero
The Silicon Valley Business Journal honored robotics expert Jacob Rosen with a 2012 Health Care Heroes award.
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Researchers win grant to explore commercial potential of sensor technology
A new class of biomedical diagnostic devices are among the possible uses for the optical sensing technologies developed in Holger Schmidt’s lab.
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New DNA sequencer uses nanopore concepts pioneered at UCSC
A British company announced plans to market the first commercial DNA sequencer using nanopore technology pioneered at UCSC.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.