The UCSC Genomics Institute is on the leading edge in the study of the human genome. Several initiatives lie within the umbrella of the Genomics Institute, two of which are the Computational Genomics Lab (CGL) and the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Undergraduate Summer Internship Program.

The Goal

These two initiatives needed a way to represent their dynamic and ever-growing bodies of information in a way that is fun, approachable, and invites participation from a wide audience. They also needed a platform that students and researchers could easily use and update.

My Role

UX Designer and Front-End WordPress Developer as an employee of Ginger & Sage.

Discovery

We talked with students who were considering the internship or using CGL's research, and found that what they needed most from the website was to access schedules and recent reports.

Solution

We implemented Wordpress platforms customized with HTML/CSS/JS that students and researchers could easily use and update.