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NIH Funds New Centers To Expand And Diversify The Human Reference Genome
Karen Miga directs the Data Production Center at UCSC for the Human Pangenome Project and is the co-lead of the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium (T2T). Her career has focused on closing the largest, most repetitive gaps that remain in human reference genomes. The UC...
UCSC research new crime fighting tech, help crack major case
Josh Kapp, UC Santa Cruz PhD student Remarkable research happening on the central coast to fight crime. A lab at UC Santa Cruz is able to get DNA from root-less hair, and the technology has already been used to crack a major case Alani Letang | KSBW | September18,...
UCSC’s Genomics Institute settles into new Delaware Avenue headquarters
David Haussler, director of the UCSC Genomics Institute, explains a poster of the human genome sequence to Genomics Institute visitors. The Institute plans to host a grand opening celebration for its new headquarters Oct. 18. This invitation-only celebration will...
Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair
Dr. Ed Green Photo Credit: James Tensuan for The New York TimesHeather Murphy | New York Times | September 16, 2019 Those fortunate enough to have a head of hair generally leave 50 to 100 strands behind on any given day. Those hairs are hardy, capable of withstanding...
With new headquarters, UCSC Genomics Institute looks to anchor Santa Cruz biotech boom
Scientific Director of the UCSC Genomics Institute David Haussler, at right, and Alexander Wolf, Dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, answer questions about the Genomics Institute’s new Delaware Avenue headquarters. (Dan Coyro — Santa Cruz Sentinel) Nicholas...