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SUMMARY:Graduate Preparation Program
DESCRIPTION:The Graduate Preparation Program (GPP) is a four-week intensive non-credit course offered in person on the main campus prior to the fall quarter\, which is open to all current and newly admitted international graduate students. It focuses on English for Academic Purposes (EAP)\, academic skills\, and cultural orientation. The program also provides a foundation for transitioning into the Teaching Assistant role. \nThe course offers guided support with: \n\nSeminar-style classroom discussion\nPresentation and oral communication skills\nInformation on U.S. classroom culture; roles and responsibilities of faculty\, Teaching Assistants\, and students\nCritical thinking: using evidence to support ideas\nResearch writing\, citation\, and avoiding plagiarism\nCollaborative and project-based learning\n\nA collaboration between the Graduate Division and Global Engagement\, the Graduate Preparation Program provides a strong foundation for the U.S. classroom environment and university system\, in addition to the opportunity to practice and master the language and academic skills needed for success. \nFor more information and to register\, please visit our webpage.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/graduate-preparation-program/
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SUMMARY:Advance your Career in Medical Device Design & Quality
DESCRIPTION:From discovery to market\nJoin Kiran Gulati\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Medical Device Quality and Design program\, for an inside look at how our courses provide hands-on training\, practical case studies\, and industry-relevant skills that prepare you for roles in quality engineering\, regulatory compliance\, and design assurance. \n\n\n\n\nSponsor\nThis info session is sponsored by the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Medical Device Quality and Design program. \n\nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/advance-your-career-in-medical-device-design-quality/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kramer\, A. (BMEB) - Scalable phylo-pangenomics
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic generated genomic data at unprecedented scale\, with tens of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes deposited in public repositories and thousands of new sequences added each day. This dissertation develops methods for analyzing genomic datasets at this scale\, unified by the idea that encoding genomes according to their evolutionary relationships can make otherwise intractable computations practical. First\, I evaluate online phylogenetic inference\, in which new genomes are continuously added to an existing tree\, and compare parsimony-based methods with maximum-likelihood approaches under pandemic time constraints. For densely sampled SARS-CoV-2 genomes\, online inference with UShER and matOptimize produces trees comparable to established maximum-likelihood methods while requiring orders of magnitude less time and memory. I then develop tools that make phylogenies containing millions of genomes useful for downstream analysis and visualization. ShUShER enables privacy-preserving phylogenetic placement within a web browser\, allowing laboratories to analyze sensitive sequences without transmitting them to an external server. Treenome Browser co-visualizes the genomic variation of millions of samples alongside their phylogenetic relationships by operating directly on a compressed mutation-annotated tree. Finally\, I describe Panmap\, which uses Pangenome Mutation-Annotated Networks (PanMANs) to place\, align\, and genotype sequencing reads and to estimate haplotype abundances against reference collections containing up to millions of genomes. Panmap produces indexes hundreds of times smaller than graph-based alternatives\, improves genome reconstruction over single-reference workflows at low coverage\, and supports applications ranging from pathogen genome assembly to ancient environmental DNA analysis. Together\, these results show that evolutionary history can serve not only as an object of inference but as a scalable computational infrastructure for phylogenomic and pangenomic analyses as genomic datasets continue to grow. \nEvent Host: Alexander Kramer\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics \nAdvisor: Russell Corbett-Detig \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91364025182?pwd=Tq95CuaBqrePatRjopy6uJ9bbjsrIH.1 \nPasscode: 318268
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/kramer-a-bmeb-scalable-phylo-pangenomics/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences Building\, 575 McLaughlin Drive
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SUMMARY:Educational Therapy Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Transform learning\nJoin Diana Black Kennedy\, chair of UCSC Silicon Valley’s Educational Therapy program\, to learn how this distinctive program prepares educators and professionals to create meaningful\, lasting impact. As one of the few programs approved by the Association of Educational Therapists (AET)\, it equips you with the skills to assess learning differences and implement research-based\, effective interventions with confidence. \nEmpower students and build your practice\nGain skills to support students with learning differences like dyslexia\, ADHD\, and autism using therapeutic and educational strategies. Whether you’re working in schools or starting a private practice\, this program helps you create individualized plans that foster meaningful progress. \nThis info session is sponsored by the Educational Therapy Program. \nClaim your seat today. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/educational-therapy-program-info-session-3/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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