A new approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modifications.
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Friday, October 11, 2019The team of 16 UCSC undergraduates is working to solve a real-world problem while building the skills they will need to be successful researchers. -
Thursday, October 10, 2019By dilating blood vessels, Viagra enhances the mobilization of blood-forming stem cells from the bone marrow so they can be collected from the blood for transplants. -
Tuesday, October 8, 2019An anonymous gift of $8.5 million to UCSC establishes the Healthier World Fund for the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. -
Tuesday, October 8, 2019I am delighted to announce that an anonymous donor has gifted our Genomics Institute $8.5 million. The pledge will enable our researchers to expand their pioneering work, to continue unraveling evolutionary riddles, and to take aim at the genetic diseases and disorders that affect humankind. -
Tuesday, October 8, 2019Harvey Mudd College’s Colleen Lewis worked with computer science and engineering faculty and graduate student teaching assistants to promote equitable teaching practices. -
Tuesday, September 24, 2019The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute will play a leading role in the ambitious new Human Pangenome Reference Sequence Project. -
Monday, September 23, 2019UC Santa Cruz celebrates the centenary of Jack Baskin, a pivotal donor whose generosity has shaped the university and benefited causes throughout the Monterey Bay area -
Monday, September 23, 2019Fourteen UC Santa Cruz graduate students have received scholarships worth a total of $158,000 from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. -
Thursday, September 19, 2019Applied mathematician Pascale Garaud and physicist David Williams were honored by APS for their exceptional contributions to physics. -
Thursday, September 19, 2019New program to sponsor student research projects and events on the UCSC campus will hold an information session for students on Tuesday, October 1.
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Thursday, September 19, 2019Yohei Rosen, a graduate student in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz and a MD, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Jack Baskin and Peggy Downes-Baskin Fellowship. -
Wednesday, September 18, 2019CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz is pleased to announce the award recipients of their inaugural Campus Seed Funding Program.
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Monday, September 16, 2019The September 28 conference in Santa Clara focuses on assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired community. -
Tuesday, September 10, 2019The National Science Foundation has awarded a $950,000 grant to support the Next Generation Scholars in Applied Mathematics (Next Gen SAM) program.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2019The move to 2300 Delaware Ave. coincides with the formal establishment of the Genomics Institute as an Organized Research Unit at UC Santa Cruz. -
Thursday, August 22, 2019Students from California State University Monterey Bay and the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras converge on UC Santa Cruz during the summer for a research training program at the Genomics Institute. -
Wednesday, August 21, 2019Graduate students Bethany Johnson and Nicholas Grunloh have been selected for the 2019 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Fellowship. -
Tuesday, August 20, 2019Yu Zhang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded a 2019 Hellman Fellowship to fund his research on power systems. -
Friday, August 16, 2019A new chip-based platform developed by UCSC researchers integrates nanopores and optofluidic technology for high-throughput analysis of biomolecules. -
Tuesday, August 13, 2019The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study to two UC Santa Cruz graduate students, Apple Cortez Vollmers and Donna Poscablo. -
Thursday, August 8, 2019UC Santa Cruz researchers were awarded 26 new patents in the last fiscal year, a record number for the campus.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019Research may improve quality of life, diagnosis and treatment for diabetes patients. -
Monday, August 5, 2019Nanopore sequencing’s early adopters are pushing the limits of what can be achieved with ultra-long DNA reads, and they are also finding innovative ways to apply this technology to other biological questions. -
Tuesday, July 30, 2019Deep learning algorithms can be trained to recognize anything from the types of vegetation in a coastal wetland to the sound of a bird hitting a power line.
