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New Relationship Extraction Module launching soon
Since our last blog post, users have completed 210 quests, submitted 1050 annotated abstracts, closed out the last of our autophagy-based missions (doc sets), and brought the first of the GlcNAC missions to near completion. The winners for our bi-weekly contribution...
New doc set in Mark2Cure
A new doc set is now available in the dashboard. Don’t worry though, you can still view the results of the recently completed doc sets by going to the landing page in Mark2Cure. Speaking of the landing page, we’ve been working on making more of Mark2Cure’s content...
BioGPS Plugin Review Blitz
Last month, BioGPS held a plugin registration blitz in order to increase the number of external resources users would be able to add to their layouts. We think the ability to customize BioGPS to suit your needs irrespective of your specialty is a valuable feature;...
BioGPS Spotlight on Bgee
If you haven't heard of Bgee's for gene expression data in animals, it's the perfect time to check it out. Bgee's was revamped a month ago, with the introduction of gene pages and strong improvements to its user interface. Dr. Frederic Bastian, who manages the Bgee...
Results from the Mark2Curathon and San Diego Citizen Science Day
Although the San Diego Citizen Science Day expo was a bit of a last-minute event, it went rather well over all. An estimated hundred or so people showed up to the event and we got to meet and speak with a few Mark2Curators in person! A HUGE thanks to our Mark2Curators...
Quick results from the Mark2Curathon
We'll put together a more detailed review of both the Mark2Curathon and the San Diego Citizen Science Day Expo towards the end of the week. In the mean time, here's a quick breakdown of the event: Event started: April 15th, 2016 at 00:00 AM (Microvolunteering Day)...
Mark2Curathon happening now!
It's now April 15th, and the official start of the Mark2Curathon! Thanks to our Mark2Curators, two of our doc sets were completed before the start of the Mark2Curathon, so we will be opening TWO new doc sets--making more prizes available. The new doc sets finish off...
Microscopy Masters Launch
In a previous blog post, we asked for beta testers for our Zooniverse-hosted citizen science project Microscopy Masters. Thanks to the feedback we received from our initial testing run, the project was approved for a full launch by Zooniverse and is up and running on...
Mark2Curathon and the San Diego Citizen Science Day Expo
Mark your calendars, the Mark2Curathon is coming! If you didn’t know, next week (April 10th to April 16th) is National Public Library (NPL) Week in the US. In addition to NPL week, April 15th is MicroVolunteering Day followed by Citizen Science Day on April 16th. This...
Su Lab project proposal accepted to Biohackathon 2016 in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Proposal summary: To create a model organism database web application, using Wikidata as the backend, that the microbial research community can use to load an organism and view its taxonomic information as well as genome, gene and functional annotations all in one...