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No ‘variants of concern’ in first Santa Cruz County tests, though bulk of samples show California strain
Mallory Pickett | March 1, 2021 | Lookout Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz scientists said Monday that they had completed genomic sequencing of 84 COVID-19 samples from Santa Cruz County, with none of the CDC’s three official “variants of concern” turning up. But...
Share pandemic sequences openly and fast
Nature | David Haussler, Max Haeussler, Angie Hinrichs, Russell Corbett-Detig & Isabel Bjork | March 3, 2021 We agree that urgent research on SARS-CoV-2 sequence data is being slowed by antiquated regulations and those who put data ownership and priority over the...
UCSC expands COVID-19 testing during surge to support community needs
UC Santa Cruz | December 15, 2020 UCSC has become an integral part of how our community responds to COVID-19." With COVID-19 cases surging, the Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory is processing an increasing number of tests to identify COVID-19 infections in the...