UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute launches brain research project
UCSC engineers and genomics experts are partnering with UCSF neuroscientists to develop new technology for studying human brain evolution and development | February 27, 2019 | By Tim Stephens | The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, in collaboration with neuroscience...
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Data sharing will be a major thrust of Trump’s $500 million childhood cancer plan
| Feb. 27, 2019 , 1:15 PM | Jocelyn Kaiser | President Donald Trump’s proposal in his State of the Union address earlier this month to spend $500 million over 10 years on pediatric cancer research will begin in 2020 with a focus on sharing patients’ data, federal...
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Gene Expression Outlier Analysis Aims to ID New Druggable Targets for Pediatric Cancers
Feb 28, 2019 Christie Rizk NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Next-generation sequencing technology as applied to various cancers has led to the discovery of several DNA mutations thought to be responsible in some way for the development or proliferation of those cancers. This,...
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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 RoomLight 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.
“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