Unraveling Evolutionary Patterns

We are using genomics to uncover clues about species extinction, to learn how to save vulnerable populations and to see what this teaches us about our future on earth.

Identifying the Underpinnings of Disease

Diseases like cancer have a unique genetic signature that can be digitized, deconstructed and compared with healthy biology. It’s a clinical problem with a computer science solution.

Uniting Global Communities

We have led the effort to define genomics data-sharing standards by co-founding the GA4GH, with more than 450 organizational members from more than 40 countries

Platforms for Life-Saving Treatments

We can match individual tumor RNA with tumors in the largest public cancer genome database in the world — uncovering potential treatment options for patients with “incurable” cancer.

We are … Unlocking life.

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Biologist Olena Morozova Vaske appointed to endowed chair in pediatric genomics

Feb 22, 2019

Investiture ceremony honors Vaske as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics Feb. 21, 2019 | Tim Stephans Olena Morozova Vaske, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, was honored as the...

Fourth round of Launchpad Awards announced

Feb 13, 2019

Innovative proposals from UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute affiliate faculty members Ed Green, Daniel Kim and other UCSC faculty members have been awarded a total of $25,000 by the campus program that assists promising technologies in becoming commercially viable --...

The Vertebrate Genomes Project: What it takes to get it right.

Feb 8, 2019

Sequencing all the vertebrates on Earth is a big job that requires many techniques. 150 scientists at 50 institutions in 12 countries are involved. More can join. And: labs do not need to be VGP members to use VGP data. Vivien Marx | Feb 03, 2019 With colleagues...

Sixteen diverse laboratory mouse reference genomes define strain-specific haplotypes and novel functional loci.

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Colligan Presidential Chair In Pediatric Genomics Reception and Investiture Ceremony

Schedule:
4–5 p.m. Reception
5–6 p.m. CeremonyLocation: UC Santa Cruz University Center, Bhojwani Dining Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Complimentary parking will be available in the Barn Theater parking lot. Continuous shuttle service will be available from the Barn Theater parking lot to the University Center.

Kindly register by February 11, 2019.

The Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics has an initial focus to advance efforts to share genomic data to defeat childhood cancer. Olena Morozova Vaske, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology has received the first appointment to the chair.

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“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

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