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NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz

The Bay Area experts who are building COVID-19’s evolutionary tree of life

UCSC researcher awarded grant for gene variant data exchange expansion

Karen Miga Fills In the Missing Pieces of Our Genome

UCSC inks $3M contract with state to deliver a public health data platform for pathogen genomics

Scientists Finish the Human Genome at Last

Researchers claim they have sequenced the entirety of the human genome — including the missing parts

The Human Genome Is—Finally!—Complete

A Lack of COVID-19 Genomes Could Prolong the Pandemic

Invention inspires UCSC-Alisal bio collaboration, taking basic research way beyond basics

Ancient horse DNA reveals gene flow between Eurasian and North American horses

New tools enable rapid analysis of coronavirus sequences and tracking of variants

U.S. Push to Find Covid Variants Remains Piecemeal, Disconnected

Milestones in Genomic Sequencing

UCSC gears up to to begin search for COVID-19 variants in Santa Cruz County

Scientists call for fully open sharing of coronavirus genome data

COVID-19 Mutations and You

The hunt for COVID-19 genomes that could worsen the pandemic

Slugs lauded as Hometown Heroes

Decoding and Defeating Cancer with Data Science

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NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz

NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz

Sep 30, 2021

NIH funds Center for Live Cell Genomics at UC Santa Cruz The NIH Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science program has awarded $13.5 million over five years for a new center to advance genomics in biomedical research Tim Stephens | UCSC | Sept. 27, 2021 A new Center...

UCSC researcher awarded grant for gene variant data exchange expansion

UCSC researcher awarded grant for gene variant data exchange expansion

Sep 13, 2021

UCSC researcher awarded grant for gene variant data exchange expansion In November 2020, we announced an effort led at UCSC by genomics research scientist Melissa Cline in collaboration with the patient advocacy nonprofit No Stomach For Cancer to release a web portal...

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19 Oct

ZFIN now links to The Atlas of Zebrafish Development scRNA-seq dataset at the UCSC Cell Browser. Follow the "UCSC scRNA-seq" link in the "Expression" section of ZFIN gene pages. #zebrafish

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20 Oct

The UCSC Genome Browser has updated our COVID Variants of Concern tracks to include amino acid and nucleotide mutations across the SARS-CoV-2 genome for 10 different WHO-defined variants. This data is thoroughly documented and freely accessible to all.
http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=wuhCor1&g=variantMuts

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20 Oct

We're hiring!

Join UCSC's Pathogen Genomics team, contribute to California's genomics-based public health initiative.

https://ucscgenomics.sites.ucsc.edu/careers/

Apply Now!

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glennis_logsdonGlennis Logsdon@glennis_logsdon·
19 Oct

If you want to hear about the first truly complete sequence of a human genome and the discoveries within it, join us at #ASHG21 today at 3:30pm EST (12:30pm PST) to hear from @aphillippy, @NAltemose, @mrvollger, and @GershmanAriel! Moderated by @khmiga and myself!

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19 Oct

LIFE AS WE MADE IT is on sale today! @bonesandbugs explores the human history of remaking nature from the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, and more.

Learn more, available now: http://ow.ly/xAkh50GtVck
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