TuesdayNewsdayVol. 6 - Issue 21 - February 18, 2020 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2020/february-18/images/lead-image.jpg) A new study explains how mutations can throw off biological clocks in animals. |
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of our internal clocks may enable the development of therapies for sleep disorders and other effects of clock disruption.
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![VC Information Technology on diversity, relationships](/tuesday-newsday/2020/february-18/images/williams_400.jpg) | UC's Office of the President talked with Van Williams, UC Santa Cruz vice chancellor and chief information officer, about diversity and inclusion initiatives. |
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![Using isotopes to reconstruct life histories](/tuesday-newsday/2020/february-18/images/oelze-map_400.jpg) | Anthropologist Vicky Oelze uses strontium isotope analysis to match remains of abducted and enslaved Africans to their places of origin. |
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![Team posts genome of the new coronavirus](/tuesday-newsday/2020/february-18/images/coronavirus-360.jpg) | The Genomics Institute has posted the complete genome of the coronavirus on UCSC's Genome Browser, an interactive web-based tool used world wide. |
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![Promoting new faces in the field of astrophysics](/tuesday-newsday/2020/february-18/images/ruiz-conf-500-1.gif) | Grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation are helping UC Santa Cruz accelerate astrophysics and support women and people of color in science. |
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