Pan-Cancer project yields comprehensive map of cancer genomes
The Human Pangenome Project & UC Santa Cruz
How Ancient DNA Sequencing Changed the Game
Public Health Pathogen Genomics at UCSC
Driven by new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants, COVID-19 is surging once again. If you are a software developer with experience in computational analysis, data visualization, or computational biology, you can do something about it. The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is...
‘Mini-brains’ research brings neural development breakthrough
Scientists identify genetic switch that helps determine how many neurons grow in an embryo Human, left, and chimpanzee mini-brains at five weeks old © S.Benito-Kwiecinski/MRC LMB/Cell Clive Cookson, Science Editor | Financial Times | MARCH 24 2021 Researchers...
Honoring UC Santa Cruz’s 2021 Distinguished Graduate School Alumni
Honoring UC Santa Cruz’s 2021 Distinguished Graduate School Alumni Five honorees distinguish themselves in the humanities and sciences UC Santa Cruz’s graduate student alumni are helping to shape 21st century feminist thought, fostering inclusion and creativity in the...
A comparative genomics multitool for scientific discovery and conservation
Zoonomia Consortium Abstract The Zoonomia Project is investigating the genomics of shared and specialized traits in eutherian mammals. Here we provide genome assemblies for 131 species, of which all but 9 are previously uncharacterized, and describe a whole-genome...
“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