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Jenny Reardon

Jenny Reardon

Professor, Director, Science & Justice Research Center

Sociology Department, Science & Justice Research Center

Areas of expertise: Sociology, Science and Technology, History of Science, New Media, Genomics


Biography, Education and Training

2002 - Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University 1993 - B.A., Political Science and B.S. in Biology, University of Kansas Jenny Reardon is a Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  Her research draws into focus questions about identity, justice and democracy that are often silently embedded in scientific ideas and practices, particularly in modern genomic research. Her training... more »

David Haussler

David Haussler

Distinguished Professor, Scientific Director, Principal Investigator

Biomolecular Engineering, Genomics Institute

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Tim Stephens

stephens@ucsc.edu

831-459-4352

Beth Shapiro

Beth Shapiro

Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Ancient DNA, Genomics, Ecology, Molecular Evolution, Evolution


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Ecology, University of Georgia (1999) MS, Ecology, University of Georgia (1999) DPhil, Zoology, Oxford University (2003)

Todd M Lowe

Todd M Lowe

Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Baskin Engineering

Biomolecular Engineering

Areas of expertise: Biology, Bioinformatics, Big Data, Genomics, RNA Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Gene Expression


Biography, Education and Training

B.A in Biology, 1992, Williams College, Williamstown MA Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, 1999, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Sofie Reda Salama

Sofie Reda Salama

Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Faculty Director of Diversity, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Biomedical Sciences, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Stem Cells


Biography, Education and Training

  My research involves using pluripotent stem cells from a variety of primate species and high throughput sequencing methods to study how genome evolution affects human development and disease. My lab is located in the Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells. With funding from NIH-NHGRI, we are exploring the mechanisms by which transposable elements lead to new gene regulatory programs important for the evolution of new traits. With funding from NIH-NIMH we are studying the role ... more »


Areas of expertise: Sociology, Science and Technology, Anthropology, African Diaspora, Sociology of Development, Genomics


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Medical Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley/University San Francisco, 2012


Areas of expertise: Genomics, Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Population Biology, Genetics, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

BA, Mathematics and Biology, Brown University (2003)PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2008)Postdoc, Human Genetics, University of Chicago (2008-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)


Areas of expertise: Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, Population Biology, Microbiology


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Biology, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela (2000)MS, Ecology and Population Biology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela  (2004)PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University (2009) Postdoc, Genetics, Cornell University (2009-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)

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