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News & Publications
New Human Genome Reference Projects Combine Long Nanopore Reads, Other Data Types

The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on the first gapless assembly of a human genome, finishing each chromosome from one end to the other. Read more and check out the website.

David Haussler ranked #4 worldwide in CS research

Our research and productivity continues to rank among the best. Learn more.

Federated discovery and sharing of genomic data using Beacons

The Beacon Project is a Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH)1 initiative that enables genomic and clinical data sharing across federated networks. The project is working toward developing regulatory, ethics and security guidance to ensure proportionate safeguards for distribution of data. Read more in Nature.com

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Events

4TH ANNUAL POSTDOC SYMPOSIUM
Public Reception

Wed. April 24th, 2019 5-7pm
Seymour Marine Discovery Center & Ocean Health Building

Attend the public reception April 24, 5-7 pm featuring free tacos while they last. Learn about cutting edge research happening right here on campus and rub elbows with distinguished, internationally known speakers.
More: uspa.ucsc.edu/public/

DNA DAY Celebration!

April 25, Baskin Engineering Courtyard 11am-1pm

Join the UC Santa Cruz community on April 25th to celebrate National DNA DAY! Come learn how to extract DNA from strawberries, and hear about how research at UC Santa Cruz is advancing new discoveries in fields as diverse as cancer treatment, AIDS vaccines, and environmental conservation. Breaking news! Not only will we have cultural dance performances by Sabrosura and Los Mejicas, this year marks the return of the double-helix dance and T-shirts! Event details.

UC Santa Cruz 2019 Alumni Weekend Events

April 27 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

There is so much going on that to make sure you don’t miss out, you need to check out our roundup of events featuring appearances by Genomics Institute & QB3 Affiliated Faculty, including a 2019 Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award presentation by David Haussler. Details here.

Starting-up of Biology
Hallam Stevens, Assoc. Prof., NTU Singapore | May 2, 11am - 1pm | E2 599

Co-hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and the Science & Justice Research Center.
Details here.

 

The Genomic Basis of Ecotypic Differentiation in Pacific Salmon

John Carlos Garza | May 8 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm | E2 - 599

All are welcome to join us for this Pathways to Careers in Genomics invited talk. Discussion and refreshments to follow. More info.

 

Genomics Science Series
May 8 | 2:30-3:30pm | E2 Simularium 

Hosted wine, refreshments to follow. All are welcome to join us -- for all or part! Next up: Jean Monlong, Computational Genomics Laboratory Postdoc, on topics related to structural variation and genome graphs.

UCSC Genome Browser Training Calendar

Thanks to the funding support of NHGRI, the UCSC Genome Browser group offers hands-on, on-site, trainings tailored to an audience's level of expertise. Browser training is happening literally everywhere -- from Madison to Moscow. Learn more.
Jobs & Careers
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics institute is hiring!

Check out Job #1908665 – Bioinformatics Systems Analyst, Computational Genomics Platform. To browse a complete list of staff openings -- as well as academic appointments -- please visit our Careers page. And please share our openings with your network on LinkedIn!

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