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Mark2Cure featured in the Daily Aztec and more
Max is nearly done programming all the required training modules, which we’ll be testing out ASAP. (Hurray, I get to meet more awesome Mark2Curators!) We are aiming to launch the campaign for NGLY1 some time in April (it’s not set … Continue reading →
BioGPS Featured Article – Development of genodynamic metrics for exploring the biophysics of DNA polymorphisms
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...
How to Stuff a Nucleus — #GeneOTW with CTCF
When it comes to packing sleeping bags, it seems like there are two kinds of people. Some people meticulously squeeze out every drop of air, rolling the bag into a perfect cylinder. Others impatiently stuff the bag willy-nilly into a sack, and with occasional shoves...
Three marker colors? What’s coming to Mark2Cure
As Andrew previously alluded, Mark2Curators will be marking genes and drugs in addition to diseases in the next campaign for NLGY1. This has created all sorts of challenges which we’ve needed to address (actually, Max already incorporated the ability to … Continue reading →
BioGPS Featured Article – Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ regulates genes involved in insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling and lipid metabolism during adipogenesis through functionally distinct enhancer classes
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...
Puberty. It’s complicated. — #GeneOTW with WDR11
As anyone who’s gone through high school (or seen Mean Girls) can attest, being a teenager is hard. Puberty is confusing and complicated—and scientists agree. What if you were a 17-year-old girl, with breasts that haven’t developed? What if you hadn't had your first...
Mark2Cure presentation at FOGM15
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crowdsourcing machine learning NLP challenge
There is a TopCoder contest running right now that involves machine learning, crowdsourced data, and natural language processing. There is $41,000 up for grabs! It will be distributed in many smaller prizes so there are plenty of opportunit…
crowdsourcing machine learning NLP challenge
There is a TopCoder contest running right now that involves machine learning, crowdsourced data, and natural language processing. There is $41,000 up for grabs! It will be distributed in many smaller prizes so there are plenty of opportunit…
BioGPS Featured Article – In silico molecular cytogenetics: a bioinformatic approach to prioritization of candidate genes and copy number variations for basic and clinical genome research
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...