University of California, Santa Cruz at ASHG 2026

Oct 20–24, 2026 Montréal, Canada ~7.5k attendees Website

University of California, Santa Cruz brings 4 presentations from 4 research groups to ASHG 2026 in Montréal, and exhibits at Booth 320. Its program at this meeting centres on rare disease, cancer, and population genetics through computational genomics. The Cornejo Lab brings ancestry analysis beyond geographic labels, the Genomics Institute brings Varaico’s literature-based variant collection, and the Haussler-Salama Lab brings a haplotype-phased H9 genome assembly.

Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California	2 PIs · 1 PhD Student
	Booth Exhibiting at Booth 320 Wed, Oct 219:45am–4:30pmThu, Oct 229:45am–1:30pmFri, Oct 239:45am–4:30pm
Cornejo Labourgenomes.sites.ucsc.edu Wet + dry lab~8 people Studies genomes from humans, microbiomes, malarial parasites and plants using long-read sequencing and hybrid capture. Focuses on host-microbe evolution, disease resistance and HLA haplotyping. 11 papers since 2024 › Phylogenetic Signal in Primate Tooth Enamel Proteins and its Relevance for Paleoproteomics Genome Biology and Evolution, 2025 Phylogenetic congruence of Plasmodium spp. and wild ungulate hosts in the Peruvian Amazon Infection Genetics and Evolution, 2024 Comparative genomics supports ecologically induced selection as a putative driver of banded penguin diversification Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5069838778 12 platforms and techniques › Runs Long-read sequencing, Hybrid capture, DNA enrichment, Whole-genome sequencing Techniques Population genetic/genomic analyses, Phylogenetic reconstructions, Functional genomics, Mathematical modeling, HLA haplotyping, Transcriptomics, Molecular markers, Experimental approaches Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “Our lab is interested in undergraduate students who are willing to spend valuable time in our lab, helping out with our research on undergoing projects.” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Part of Evolutionary and Population Genetics Poster Wednesday Session Ancestry analysis of International Histocompatibility Working Group cell lines: beyond geographic labels Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 7003W Population geneticsPopulation structureImmune system
Genomics Instituteucscgenomics.soe.ucsc.edu ~134 people Builds genomic data platforms and tools including Dockstore, BioData Catalyst, AnVIL and Human Cell Atlas access. Applies genomics to human health and species conservation. Funded by National Human Genome Research Institute, National Science Foundation +4 more › National Human Genome Research Institute · active “National Human Genome Research Institute” National Science Foundation · active “National Science Foundation” Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · active Philanthropic science funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. “Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)” +3 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 12 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Computational Genomics Platform (CGP), Dockstore, BioData Catalyst, AnVIL, Human Cell Atlas, UCSC Genome Browser Techniques cross-species comparative genomics, hidden Markov models (HMMs), stochastic context-free grammars, discriminative kernel method, genome assembly, variant annotation Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Part of Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases Poster Wednesday Session Varaico update collects genetic variants from full-text literature and supplementary data (www.varaico.com) Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 4054W Variant interpretationGenetic testingExome/genome sequencingDiagnostics
Haussler-Salama Labstemcellgenomics.ucsc.edu/people/members-of-the-lab Wet + dry lab~13 people Uses pluripotent stem cells, cerebral cortex organoids, CRISPR and single-cell RNA-seq. Studies primate brain evolution, neurodevelopmental disease and pediatric glioma. Funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NIH-NHGRI +4 more › NIH-NHGRI · active “She has funding from NIH-NHGRI to explore the mechanisms by which transposable elements lead to new gene regulatory programs.” NIH-NIMH · active “She has funding from NIH-NIMH to study the role of human-specific genomic innovations on brain development and disease.” Schmidt Futures Foundation, Braingeneers · active “Salama leads UCSC’s Braingeneers project funded by the Schmidt Futures Foundation and NSF.” +3 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 7 platforms and techniques › Runs Cerebral cortex organoids, Single-cell RNA-seq, High-throughput sequencing Techniques CRISPR, Primate pluripotent stem cells, Retrotransposon characterization, Patient-derived cell lines Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Part of Genetic, Genomic, and Epigenomic Resources and Databases Poster Friday Session Resolving the H9 Genome: A T2T Haplotype-Phased Assembly Unlocks Allele-Specific Insights Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 4046F GenomicsStem cellSequencing technologyPrecision medicine
Miga Labmigalab.com Wet + dry lab~11 people Produces nanopore long-read data for telomere-to-telomere chromosome assemblies and epigenetic maps. Studies satellite DNA variation in human centromeres and disease. 25 papers since 2024 › Complete sequencing of ape genomes Nature, 2025 The complete sequence and comparative analysis of ape sex chromosomes Nature, 2024 Deciphering the impact of genomic variation on function Nature, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5045267050 6 platforms and techniques › Runs Nanopore sequencing, PromethION sequencing Techniques T2T long-read sequencing, assembly and validation, Deep-neural-network variant calling, HiCanu assembly, TandemTools Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Talk Thu Oct 22 9:00 am Part of The Long and Short of It: Long-Read Genomics from Biobanks to the Clinic The Human Pangenome Project:  A new foundation for human genomics Room 517BC/Level 5 Clinical geneticsEthical, legal, and social implicationsEvolutionary geneticsGenomics

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