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BRCA Exchange aggregates publicly accessible data on breast cancer genes
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute led development of a web portal for patients, clinicians, and researchers.
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New on-chip optical sensing technique used to detect multiple flu strains
Researchers developed a new way to do diagnostic assays for multiple strains of flu virus on a small, dedicated chip.
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Picture this: An app for blind photographers
Grad student Dustin Adams, who works in UC Santa Cruz’s Interactive Systems for Individuals with Special Needs lab, designed a tool to recognize and describe photos.
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Chip-based technology enables reliable direct detection of Ebola virus
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed chip-based technology to detect Ebola and other viral pathogens.
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute partners with Microsoft to accelerate biomedical research
The Microsoft partnership provides the Genomics Institute with access to new compute, data storage, and analysis capabilities.
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California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project
The state initiative is providing $1.2 million for the Genomics Institute’s California Kids Cancer Comparison project.
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New method reveals hidden population of regulatory molecules in cells
UC Santa Cruz researchers have revealed a previously undetected population of small RNA molecules involved in cell regulation
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Keck Foundation awards UC Santa Cruz $2 million for human genome variation project
The Human Genome Variation Map being developed by the UCSC Genomics Institute will be a valuable new resource for medical researchers.
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Community effort provides new ‘gold standard’ for genomic data analysis
UC Santa Cruz researchers contributed to a comprehensive assessment of methods for identifying mutations in cancer genomes.
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Persistence yields progress in AIDS vaccine research at UC Santa Cruz
Veteran vaccine researcher Phil Berman has developed a new approach based on an old vaccine and recent advances in HIV immunology
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UC Santa Cruz to lead effort to build a new map of human genetic variation
The Simons Foundation awarded UCSC up to $1 million to develop a comprehensive Human Genome Variation Map for scientific and medical research
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NCI Cloud Pilot program to boost cancer genomics data sharing, accessibility
UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley partner with Broad Institute to build a cloud computing environment for large-scale analysis of cancer genomics data