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
Scientists achieve first complete assembly of human X chromosome
The first end-to-end (‘telomere-to-telomere’) completely gapless DNA sequence of a human chromosome is a major milestone for genomics research
Congratulations Baskin Engineering Faculty Genomics Institute Faculty & Affiliate on 2020 Promotions and Advancements
Benedict Paten (BME): Granted tenure and promoted to associate professor Benedict Paten has launched a series of high-profile projects that he leads or co-leads, has published numerous journal articles, and is considered a leader in the field of computational biology....
Campus marks 20th anniversary of posting the assembled genome to the Internet
UC Santa Cruz researchers played a critical role in ensuring the human genome would be free for everyone, forever SANTA CRUZ, CA – July 7, 2020 The human genome sequence -- spelled out in 3.2 billion units of DNA strung together on chromosomes -- represents the...
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