Pan-Cancer project yields comprehensive map of cancer genomes
BRCA Exchange: Data Sharing for the Benefit of Science and Medicine
Beth Shapiro at Davos 2020: When Humankind Overrides Evolution
October 21st release for SARS-CoV-2 genome browser
We are pleased to announce our fourth data release for the coronavirus genome browser. (See also our first, second, and third releases) In line with our previous releases, these tracks include diverse data such as gene models, immunology, pathogenicity, and...
‘Be the Difference’ Award honors UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab
By Tim Stephens | October 19, 2020 The UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab will be honored as a 2020 Group Winner in the Be the Difference Awards sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Volunteer Center. The lab’s work to provide local testing for coronavirus infections will be...
UCSC genomics scientist wins fellowship to clarify genetic risk for sudden heart failure
September 24, 2020 - Santa Cruz, CA - UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Research Scientist Melissa Cline of the Computational Genomics Lab was awarded a fellowship to the NHLBI BioData Catalyst program for her investigation titled “Elucidating the genetic risk of...
AMELIE speeds Mendelian diagnosis by matching patient phenotype and genotype to primary literature
Finding a gene in the stacks Genetic disease diagnosis can be time-consuming because of the extensive literature searching required. To speed this process, Birgmeier et al. developed AMELIE (Automatic Mendelian Literature Evaluation), an end-to-end machine learning...
Multi-omic analyses and organoid models for identification of therapeutic vulnerabilities and developmental origins in childhood cancer
Dissertation Defense Lauren Sanders, PhD Candidate, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 10:00 am Zoom - https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95333252052 Abstract Pediatric cancers are different from adult cancers in that they often have few...
“The Genomics Institute has been coming up with approaches to treating pediatric cancer that have never been tried before.”
– John “Bud” and Rebecca Colligan, who established the Colligan Presidential Chair
