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QB3 Awarded $1.8 Million Multi-Campus UCOP Grant to Explore Autism Spectrum Disorder Using 3D Brain Organoid Models
The cross-campus team will be led by Helen Bateup (L) at UC Berkeley and includes, L-R, Elliott Sherr at UCSF and Sofie Salama, Mircea Teodorescu, and Mohammed Mostajo-Radji at UC Santa Cruz.By Niki Borghei. Learn more about QB3’s Collaborative Research...
Genomics at heart: A year after graduating from UCSC, Sarah Xia works as a genomics research associate at Stanford School of Medicine
Sarah Xia (College Nine ’23, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics)Sarah Xia (College Nine ’23, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) found her passion for genomics at UC Santa Cruz. Now, a year after earning her B.S. in biomolecular engineering and...
How optogenetics can put the brakes on epilepsy seizures: Researchers at UCSC, UCSF, and UC Berkeley combine gene therapy with optogenetics to curb abnormal neural activity November 15, 2024 By Robin Marks (UCSF) & Emily Cerf (UCSC)
The researchers delivered genes for light-sensitive protiens to hippocampal slices, seen here, to observe seizure-like neuron activity.In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley have used...
Researchers to investigate genetic roots of autism
Several members of the Braingeneers research group, including Professor Sofie Salama, will be investigators on the newly funded project to investigate the genetic roots of autism. (photos by Carolyn Lagattuta) Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering David...
The genes that made us truly human may also make us ill
The changes in our genes since our ancestors and apes evolved from a common ancestor helped us develop bigger brains and upright walking. But did they also have a downside?
Smart Gateways into the Lab of the Future
The UC Santa Cruz Braingeneers are using cutting-edge smart technologies to streamline their research on human brain ogranoids and learn more about what makes humans unique. Listen to Deanna MacNeil from The Scientist’s podcast interview UCSC Braingeneers Sofie Salama and David Haussler about the smart technology behind growing brain organoids.