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Transcript of David Haussler’s remarks made on October 14, 2020 as part of a panel presentation made to the National Academies
The following is an edited transcript of Scientific Director David Haussler’s remarks during a panel discussion on October 14, 2020 as part of a National Academies workshop titled, “Data in Motion: New Approaches to Advancing Scientific, Engineering and Medical...

We stand for democracy
If the day’s events began as a “march,” they ended as something altogether different—anarchy that challenges the terminology of history. Photograph by Eric Lee / Bloomberg / Getty The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute condemns the violence at the nation’s capital last...

Could new COVID variants undermine vaccines? Labs scramble to find out
Researchers race to determine why variants identified in Britain and South Africa spread so quickly and whether they’ll compromise vaccines

The Computational Genomics Platform (CGP) Provides Global Access to Genomic Data and Tools
In 2017, Benedict Paten and collaborators proposed the “Data Biosphere” as a means to substantially accelerate genomics and biomedical research by building cloud platforms where components are modular, open and based on community standards (such as those developed by...

Study Reveals Networks of Genes Involved in Congenital Heart Disease
The findings could point toward new ways to prevent or treat one of the most common birth defects Gladstone Institutes | December 14, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Over two million babies, children, and adults in the United States are living with...