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Student Spotlight: Sneha Jariwala
Rose Miyatsu | UCSC Science | June 7, 2021 Undergraduate Sneha Jariwala came to UC Santa Cruz shortly after her sister passed away from leukemia. Motivated by this tragic loss, Sneha has used her time as a student to participate in cancer activism, fundraising, and...
Spring 2021 Update: St. Baldrick’s-Funded Work
The Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative at the UCSC Genomics Institute, under the direction of Distinguished Professor David Haussler, Assistant Professor Olena Vaske and Research Scientist Sofie Salama, uses shared data to analyze a child’s tumor against both child...
Are you interested in doing research in biology?
The Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative and the Vaske lab are sponsoring an undergraduate bioinformatics immersion (TUBI) research group in the spring quarter of 2021.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Announces 2020 Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Grants
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation | November 10, 2020 Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit foundation devoted to finding cures for all children with cancer, awarded 20 Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) grants to undergraduate, graduate, and...
Virtual Brave the Shave Exceeds 2020 Fundraising Goal
This year, Treehouse’s St. Baldrick’s Brave the Shave fundraiser featured five brave shavees -- four of whom shaved live, on camera. We exceeded our fundraising goal, raising $10,213 for pediatric cancer research! We are so, so, so grateful to everyone who...