Big Data & Genomics

Global DNA sequencing capacity has more than doubled every six months in the last decade. This genetic information is powering revolutions across many fields. Disease outbreaks can be tracked and responded to in near real-time; for example, global monitoring of SARS-COV2 variants is essential to anticipating changes in infectivity.

Genetic testing is now routinely used to diagnose and customize treatment for many diseases. Sequencing-based assays allow transcriptional profiling of thousands of individual cells simultaneously, allowing unprecedented examination of disease models. These advances depend on new computational methods and storage that are both fast and efficient. Furthermore, DNA databases within the healthcare system have tremendous untapped information that, with the aid of artificial intelligence, is increasingly informing our understanding of health and disease. Researchers at UCSC are working to enable these revolutions, ensuring that they ethically and equitably benefit all people.

David L Bernick

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Associate Teaching Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • dbernick@ucsc.edu

Angela Brooks

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • anbrooks@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Bioinformatics

Manel Camps

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • mcamps@ucsc.edu

Susan Carpenter

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • sucarpen@ucsc.edu

Russ Corbett-Detig

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • rucorbet@ucsc.edu

Carlos Diaz-Castillo

• Title
  • Associate Researcher
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • cdiazcas@ucsc.edu

Lars Fehren-Schmitz

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Anthropology Department
• Campus Email
  • lfehrens@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Ancient DNA

David Haussler

• Title
  • Distinguished Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • haussler@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Genomics

Daniel H. Kim

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • dkim142@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Genomics

Richard Li

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Statistics
• Campus Email
  • zli439@ucsc.edu

Megan Colleen Moodie

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Anthropology Department
• Campus Email
  • mmoodie@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Ethnography

Jaimie Morse

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Sociology Department
• Campus Email
  • jmorse1@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Sociology

Mohammed Andres Mostajo Radji

• Pronouns
  • he, him, his, his, himself
• Title
  • Assistant Research Scientist
• Department
  • Genomics Institute
• Campus Email
  • mmostajo@ucsc.edu

Benedict John Paten

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Biomolecular Engineering
• Campus Email
  • bpaten@ucsc.edu

Raquel Prado

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Statistics
• Campus Email
  • rprado@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Statistics

Sofie Reda Salama

• Pronouns
  • she, her, her, hers, herself
• Title
  • Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • ssalama@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Biomedical Sciences

Chad W Saltikov

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department
• Campus Email
  • saltikov@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Microbiology

Jeremy R Sanford

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • jsanfor2@ucsc.edu

Upasna Sharma

• Title
  • Assistant Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • upsharma@ucsc.edu

Shaheen Sikandar

• Campus Email
  • ssikanda@ucsc.edu

Susan Strome

• Title
  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • sstrome@ucsc.edu
• Faculty Areas of Expertise
  • Epigenetics

William Sullivan

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • wtsulliv@ucsc.edu

Jordan Ward

• Title
  • Associate Professor
• Department
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
• Campus Email
  • jward2@ucsc.edu