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You have spoken, and we’d love to hear more!
So far, we’ve heard from quite a few of our Mark2Curators offering a number of great suggestions, and pointing out bugs that need to be fixed. Currently, we have plans to make the green and blue more distinct (thank you … Continue reading →
New doc set, new features, and more on Mark2Cure
This week, we are happy to add a new doc set, and introduce a new feature. Given that our awesome Mark2Curators have already completed about 27% of the CDG quests, the next document set (o-linked glycosylation disorders) has been loaded … Continue reading →
Mark2Cure launches today! Join the Campaign for NGLY1!
The Campaign for NGLY1 is now live and underway! Help us get the word out! There are will be some excellent talks surrounding Mark2Cure: Campaign for NGLY1, TODAY! First of all, Matt Might (Bertrand’s dad) is giving a talk for … Continue reading →
Mark2Cure’s Campaign for NGLY1 officially launches on Thursday, May 21st!
On Tuesday (just three days ago) we invited everyone on the Mark2Cure mailing list to jump in and try the new Mark2Cure campaign. In just one day, the first quest was completed. We’ve had a bit of a rough start … Continue reading →
1st BD2K/3rd Network of Biothings Hackathon Recap
Let me clarify one thing from the start: My programming skills are extremely limited. That said, I was still very curious as to what a hackathon would be like and concerned about whether or not I’d be able to find … Continue reading →
Open source, open science, citizen science – Join us!
If you follow our lab at all you've probably noticed some themes emerging in how we approach bioinformatics and biomedical research. To enumerate a few of those themes, we believe in: Open source: We have benefited from the long tradition of open source software in...
Crowdsourcing for algorithm optimization and improvement
Crowdsourcing is clearly a theme in our lab, but one flavor of crowdsourcing that we hadn't experimented with extensively is the use of prize-based contests. Sites like TopCoder, Innocentive, and Kaggle have shown that contests can be a successful mechanism for...
BD2K Hackathon Travel Awards & Diversity Scholarships
The BD2K Hackathon is right around the corner (May 7-9th 2015, see here for more information). We still have a few travel awards & scholarships available, especially for under-represented minorities in science. The deadline to apply will be this Sunday at...
What the heck is NGLY1 and why is Mark2Cure targeting it in the next campaign?
NGLY1 is the gene encoding for Peptide-N(4)-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase (PNGase) AKA N-glycanase 1. A deficiency in this enzyme can disrupt protein quality control mechanisms in the cell, which as we’ve seen in the BioGPS Gene-of-the-week on BAG6 is very important. Learn … Continue reading →
BioGPS Featured Article – Evaluation of the Synuclein-γ (SNCG) Gene as a PPARγ Target in Murine Adipocytes, Dorsal Root Ganglia Somatosensory Neurons, and Human Adipose Tissue.
BioGPS has become the valuable resource that it is because of the contributions from our wonderful user community. Thank you for contributing plugins, suggestions, and ideas--all of which have improved BioGPS for everyone. In order to celebrate the contributions of...