Affiliations
Academic, Foundation, Government & Industry Affiliations
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute collaborates with partners in academics, foundations, government, and industry. These associations are involved with several projects in various fields of research.
These relationships support our mission to unify, share and use genomics information around the world. Following this path, our partners and supporter can help develop and share data-backed, life-saving treatments and advance environmental conservation through genomics analysis and research.
UC Santa Cruz Affiliations
The Genomics Institute brings faculty and staff from UCSC’s Division of Physical and Biological Sciences (PBSci), the Jack Baskin School of Engineering (SOE), and UCSC’s Division of Social Sciences together. Collectively, they aim to create advanced technologies and accessible genomics platforms.
Activities that support our mission range from biomedical research & training and biosensor & biotechnology development to studies in paleogenomics. They take place in the Genomics Institute.
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute keeps affiliations and partnerships with the following UCSC divisions, departments, and university organizations:
- Arts Division
- Center for Molecular Biology of RNA
- Center for Public Philosophy
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering (BME)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
- Department of Molecular, Cell
and Developmental Biology (MCD) - Department of Sociology
- Division of Physical and Biological Sciences (
PBSci ) - Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC)
- Institute for Social Transformation
- Jack Baskin School of Engineering (SOE)
- Molecular Diagnostic Lab
- Startup Sandbox, supported by QB3 at UCSC — part of UC’s QB3 organization
- The Science & Justice Research Center
- Office of Research
University of California Partnerships
The Genomics Institute is a proud partner with UC Berkeley and UCSF in the following:
Foundation, Institution Affiliations & Funding
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and the Haussler-Salama Lab receive generous funding for our research and staff from key private and public foundations and institutes. Our work has been supported to date by more than $150 million in federal, state and private extramural research funding from foundations and institutions including:
- Alex’s Lemonade Stand
- BioJS
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
- California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (
CIAPM ) - California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
- Bud and Rebecca Colligan
- Coriell Institute for Medical Research
- Genetic Alliance
- Global Alliance for Genomics & Health
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) PanCancer Analysis of Whole Genomes
- Prostate Cancer Foundation
- QB3, supporting QB3 at UCSC
- Simons Foundation
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation
- Stand Up 2 Cancer
- Team G Foundation
- Unravel Pediatric Cancer
- W.M. Keck Foundation
Industry & Technology Licensing
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute develops and maintains mutually beneficial relationships through research collaborations and seminars.
Working with the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group, OpenHelix provides UCSC Genome Browser training content from their website.
The following companies contribute data and knowledge to the UCSC Genome Browser:
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF)
Agilent Technologies
Illumina
Microsoft Research