Brooks Lab

The Brooks Lab @UCSC | Department of Biomolecular Engineering | We study #DNA and #RNA sequencing data to fight #cancer

[Alice Berger @aliceb_phd]

Thrilled to host former lab mate and long time collaborator @TheBrooksLab as the first Translational Data Science Visiting Scholar @fredhutch! We are working on isoform discovery and functional characterization in lung cancer - it will be great to work face to face this month!

[UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics]

The Genomics Institute is looking for a new Director for the Genomics Institute Office of Diversity! The role generates and implements DEI initiatives within the Genomics Institute of Baskin Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Apply Here: https://t.co/9hzF7yvebF

[AnaConesa @anaconesa]

@andrei_thomas_t @ForbeckForums @OlgaAnczukow @EduEyras @GuccioneLab @NeugebauerKarla @TothovaLab @yeo_lab @CChengLab Thank you for the invitation! I am so much enjoying the format of the meeting!!! Also pleased to meet again some of my favorite #LongReadsTranscriptomics people @TheBrooksLab @EduEyras in this beautiful venue

[UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics]

Interested in an advanced degree in the biomedical sciences and engineering? Check out our virtual open house from 11am-1pm PST on November 9!

Register at https://t.co/MhhcN87DgX

[AnaConesa @anaconesa]

SOO excited to see the final LRGASP preprint out! The largest benchmark of #longreads for transcriptomics. A must-read if you plan on doing lrRNA-seq. Thanks to so many for the huge work @FJPardoPalacios @TheBrooksLab @MarkDiekhans @GSheynkman @calizavi

https://t.co/A5NiJjm690

[Brooks Lab @TheBrooksLab]

We discovered a new lncRNA that is one of the most upregulated transcripts associated with U2AF1 mutation and has been missed by short-read approaches, likely due to overlap with repeat elements. This and many other transcripts to study for further functional follow up! 3/3

[Brooks Lab @TheBrooksLab]

Our paper "Full-length transcript alterations in human bronchial epithelial cells with U2AF1 S34F mutations" is now published! Amazing team effort led by @csoulette 1/3 https://t.co/cFTtfrIPBH

[Brooks Lab @TheBrooksLab]

Full-length transcript profiling, with our tool FLAIR, helped uncover possible functional impacts of recurrent mutations in the splicing factor U2AF1 in lung cancer 2/3

[Andy H.W. Yeh @AndyHWYeh]

Now published @Nature! We @UWproteindesign @ChristofferNorn designed a prototype luciferase from scratch with brightness similar to native luciferases. Also, I am thrilled to announce that my lab will open this summer @ucscbme. Join us to push boundaries in protein engineering!

[UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics]

Calling all postdocs! 📣 We are hosting the Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium to showcase rising talent in genomics research. *Money for travel to the beautiful Santa Cruz coast and an honorarium are available!* Learn more and apply by Feb 28: https://t.co/I9ARgzt3nI

[STAR Protocols @STARProtocols]

Check out this #bioinformatics #protocol from Dr. Angela Brooks' lab @TheBrooksLab @AlexisThornton_ @ucscbme @UCSC for expression-based variant impact phenotyping to predict the impact of gene variants in cell lines: https://t.co/nKVJQlrBji

[The Black Women in Computational Biology Network @blkwomencompbio]

Alexis Thornton, PhD (@AlexisThornton_) is from USA 🇺🇸. She completed her PhD with Dr. @theBrooksLab in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering (BME) in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz (@UCSCBME ) and has started new position at GRAIL (@GRAILbio)

[Dr. Liana Lareau @lianafaye]

I hope the University of California is throwing its substantial lobbying power at the NIH to raise the R01 modular budget cap, which has been set at $250,000 per year since 2000. Twenty-two years. The entire lifetime of many grad students.

[Brooks Lab @TheBrooksLab]

Congratulations to Vid and the rest of the iGEM team!

[Alexander Wolf @BaskinEng_Dean]

BREAKING! #BaskinEngineering’s #iGEM team won gold & earned a nomination for Best Therapeutics Project at the 2022 @iGEM Jamboree. Through #SyntheticBio, Team @UCSC engineered a yeast-based treatment to address the high costs & limited availability of Type 2 #diabetes medication.

[The Black Women in Computational Biology Network @blkwomencompbio]

🧵 HOT OFF THE PRESS:
BWCB is pleased to announce the publication of our editorial in @PLOSCompBiol titled "Ten simple rules for creating a global network in computational biology."
https://t.co/eeoffo4y3I

[The Black Women in Computational Biology Network @blkwomencompbio]

🚨Headed to #ASHG22 next week?

🧬Be sure to support BWCB members contributing posters, panels, and booths at the @GeneticsSociety Annual Meeting in sunny LA.

🤝Follow for the latest info on opps. to learn more about us during the meeting.

See you there Oct 24- 29th!

[Brooks Lab @TheBrooksLab]

One of our stellar undergrads, Rakshya Sharma, was featured for Baskin Engineering's celebration of National Transfer Week!

[Baskin Engineering at UCSC @BaskinEng]

Through joining several campus organizations, including AAPIRC's Bridge to Success Program & MEP, Rakshya Sharma's #BaskinEngineering transfer student journey has been filled with endless opportunities & meaningful connections. https://t.co/i179r465ZS #NationalTransferStudentWeek

[Alexander Wolf @BaskinEng_Dean]

#BaskinEngineering faculty and students tackle big ideas through bold innovation. @UCSCBME's @KHMiga led the extraordinary effort to complete the 1st gapless human #genome sequence, providing new insights into #genetic disease, evolution, and more. https://t.co/jIEAFjlhoo

[McManus Lab @CMU @McManusRNALab]

Our paper showing putative IRESes from #HOXA9 and other genes are false-positives is now published at #PNAS. Great #RNA and #RNAtranslation work by Christina Akirtava @bio2data and Gemma May @gemmaemay! https://t.co/AqlJJM4dSb

[Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation @DamonRunyon]

Our new webinar series kicks off on September 8, at 6 pm ET - tune in to hear 2019 Nobel Laureate William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD, reflect on his early days as a scientist, his passion for mentoring, and how he just happened to win a Nobel Prize. Register here: https://t.co/npLwfsQaV1