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1st BD2K 3rd Network of BioThings Hackathon
We are very excited to announce our first BD2k / 3rd Network of Biothings Hackathon!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery — #GeneOTW: CD4
I am a fan of CDs. I enjoy CDs of all sorts. There are, of course, compact discs, as well as the classic units candelas (cds) and cosmological decades (CÐs). My favorite endangered pigment component is the element cadmium (Cd) . The band T2's song, "CD," which...
Rare Disease Day is tomorrow! How Mark2Cure is gearing up for the NGLY1 Community
Although our beta experiment has ended, the wonderful people who’ve joined Mark2Cure are still going strong about helping us. That energy and enthusiasm is inspiring, and we’d love to have your input as we develop Mark2Cure for the next phase. … Continue reading →
BioGPS Featured Article – Study of five novel non-synonymous polymorphisms in human brain-expressed genes in a Colombian sample
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...
When Proteins Fail Quality Control — #GeneOTW with BAG6
When Jelly Belly factories are churning out 50 tons of jelly beans per day (that’s approximately the weight of eight African elephants!), there’s bound to be a few mistakes. And with 347 Jelly Bellys produced each second, misshapen and discolored beans can accrue...
Building a Garden of Biological Knowledge
March 13, 2013 I wrote up an idea in my notebook that I called ‘Pubmed Daily’. The concept was to build a system that would leverage large-scale crowdsourcing/citizen science and machine learning to produce a high-quality, structured representati…
Mark2Cure First Beta Experiment is Complete! Thank you!
Over the weekend, Mark2Curators completed our first Mark2Cure beta experiment. In total, 212 volunteers submitted 10,345 document annotations in just over 4 weeks. Our community ended on a high note, with almost half of the effort contributed in the final week! ...
BioGPS Featured Article – Identification of Novel Tumor-Associated Cell Surface Sialoglycoproteins in Human Glioblastoma Tumors Using Quantitative Proteomics
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...
IPMK for MVP! — #GeneOTW
Happy Presidents Day! Happy birthdays, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! And happy three-day weekend, dear readers! I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day on Saturday and are taking it easy on this holiday Monday. As I write this, it's still Sunday, and I'm...
We’re almost there! Mark2Cure now at 80% completion of the Beta Experiment
Because of the amazing ways in which our Mark2Curators have contributed, we’re now approaching the end of the beta experiment. Since our last post on Tuesday, we’ve gone from 56% completion to ~80% completion of the beta experiment. THANK YOU, … Continue reading →