Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (CCDL)
Our vision for the Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Lab (CCDL) is to translate UC Santa Cruz’s cutting-edge genomic research tools into clinical care. The laboratory space at the Westside Research Park was established in 2020 to support COVID-19 testing. Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative is currently facilitating its planned transition to pediatric genomics diagnostics.
We believe that incorporating our analyses of tumors into early diagnostic care for rare and hard-to-treat cancers and diseases could save lives.
Creating a diagnostic lab on campus will be a multi-step process, but thankfully generous funding from Bud and Rebecca Colligan has allowed us to build our next-generation facility. Next steps include developing and validating a Pediatric Cancer Genomics assay for clinical diagnostic testing.
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Our Work in the Covid-19 Recovery Effort
The Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Lab is proud to have assisted in the Covid-19 recovery effort. We were still in the early stages of planning a diagnostic lab when the pandemic hit. Through our regular testing efforts, we were able to prevent community spread of the virus on campus and provide testing for critical county partners.