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List of most highly cited researchers features 18 UCSC scientists and engineers
Tim Stephens | UCSC | November 19, 2019 A new list of the world's most highly cited researchers includes 18 scientists and engineers at UC Santa Cruz. The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, released November 19 by the Web of Science Group, identifies scientists and...
New Long Read Assemblers for De Novo Genomes Promise Speed, Scalability
New Long Read Assemblers for De Novo Genomes Promise Speed, ScalabilityGenomeWeb | Andrew P. Han | Aug 16, 2019NEW YORK – Newly released algorithms can assemble de novo human genomes from long read sequencing data in just a few hours' time. Shasta, an...
Detecting human diversity
Variation graphs facilitate genomic discovery Katharine Miller | Inquiry UCSC After the first human genome was successfully sequenced in 2003, researchers established it as the reference genome. It became the singular, highest-quality, most well-understood,...