| Formation | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Location |
|
Research Type | Basic (non-clinical) |
Fields of Research | Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Big Data Analytics, Data Sharing, Paleogenomics, Nanopore Sequencing, Cancer and Disease Research |
Director | David Haussler, Founding Scientific Director |
| Affiliations | University of California, Santa Cruz, Jack Baskin School of Engineering |
| Website | genomics |
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is a public research institution based in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Genomics Institute's scientists and engineers work on a variety of projects related to genome sequencing, computational biology, large data analytics, and data sharing. The institute also maintains a number of software tools used by researchers worldwide, including the UCSC Genome Browser, Dockstore, and the Xena Browser.