by Faith Williams | Jan 11, 2021 | News
The following is an edited transcript of Scientific Director David Haussler’s remarks during a panel discussion on October 14, 2020 as part of a National Academies workshop titled, “Data in Motion: New Approaches to Advancing Scientific, Engineering and Medical...
by Faith Williams | Jan 11, 2021 | News
If the day’s events began as a “march,” they ended as something altogether different—anarchy that challenges the terminology of history. Photograph by Eric Lee / Bloomberg / Getty The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute condemns the violence at the nation’s capital last...
by Faith Williams | Jan 8, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
A hospital worker and COVID patient in South Africa, where a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been identified. Credit: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Researchers race to determine why variants identified in Britain and South Africa spread so quickly and whether they’ll...
by Aleia Dela Cuadra | Jan 4, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
In 2017, Benedict Paten and collaborators proposed the “Data Biosphere” as a means to substantially accelerate genomics and biomedical research by building cloud platforms where components are modular, open and based on community standards (such as those developed by...
by Aleia Dela Cuadra | Dec 16, 2020 | News
The findings could point toward new ways to prevent or treat one of the most common birth defects Gladstone Institutes | December 14, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Over two million babies, children, and adults in the United States are living...
by Aleia Dela Cuadra | Dec 15, 2020 | News
A COVID vaccine developer, an Arctic voyager and a prime minister are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories. 14 DECEMBER 2020 The Nature’s 10 list explores key developments in science this year and some of the people who played important parts in...