GA4GH Driver Projects are real-world initiatives that help build and implement GA4GH standards, tools, and frameworks. They give voice to the broader genomics community and ensure GA4GH products serve real needs. As of today, seven projects have joined GA4GH as new...
A new set of protocols and pipelines, implemented in an Alzheimer’s disease research project, will open up previously inaccessible regions of the genome September 14, 2023 By Rose Miyatsu Researchers at UC Santa Cruz’s Computational Genomics Lab and their...
May 10, 2023 By Emily Cerf UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome—a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic information of 47 individuals from different ancestral...
David Haussler, Scientific Director at the UCSC Genomics Institute, is a principal investigator on the new Data Coordination Center. May 09, 2023 By Emily Cerf The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute will run the Data Coordination Center for the Scalable and Systematic...
Still a good boy nearly 100 years after historic sled run, Balto has now helped scientists explore the genetics of working dogs and demonstrate the power of comparative genomics. The Alaskan sled dog Balto shared common ancestry with modern Asian and Arctic canine...
January 17, 2023 By Emily Cerf Analyzing a person’s gene expression requires mapping their RNA landscape to a standard reference to gain insight into the degree to which genes are “turned on” and perform functions in the body. But researchers can run into issues when...
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