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Too much information part 2
We’ve posted a lot about the growing amount complex biomedical research and omics data that needs to be organized, integrated, and analyzed in order to be effectively applied. Similar issues apply to the growing volume of growing volume … Continue reading →
Recruiting for a Bioinformatics Programmer / Software Engineer
In addition to my last few general calls for awesome people to join our team, we now have a specific job opening for a Bioinformatics Programmer / Software Engineer. The ad text is below, and you can email Andrew if you're interested... The Su Lab is a bioinformatics...
BioGPS Featured Article – Bicc1 is a genetic determinant of osteoblastogenesis and bone mineral density
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...
The Science and Mysticism of Albinism — #GeneOTW with OCA2
In Tanzania, 1 in 1,400 people are targeted for death. That’s the country’s estimated prevalence of albinism, ((Tuli AM, Valenzuela RK, Kamugisha E, Brilliant MH. (2012) Albinism and disease causing pathogens in Tanzania: are alleles that are associated with OCA2...
Biomedical Research needs YOU
In order to make the ever-growing body of biomedical research literature more useful for EVERYONE, the Su Lab at The Scripps Research Institute has been working on a citizen science-based approach to annotate biomedical research abstracts. The idea is that … Continue reading →
BioGPS Featured Article – Molecular signatures of the evolving immune response in mice with bordetella pertussis infection
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...
MyVariant.info to be presented at HGVS
An oral presentation for MyVariant.info has been accepted for this year’s HGVS meeting: Germline & Somatic Mosaicism on Saturday October 18th in San Diego. If you are attending the HGVS meeting, don’t miss the chance to learn more about MyVariant.info and how it can be applied to your research.
What’s MyVariant.info? As you might guess, that is a new project to tackle the variant annotations using MyGene.info‘s proved strategy and architecture. It’s an exciting project coming out of 1st Network of BioThings Hackathon in just a few months ago.
This is my jam—#GeneOTW with ANK3
Happy Monday, friends! Once a week since April, Melissa and I have blogged about popular genes that users have searched for using BioGPS. Based on user data, we have been led to explore a wide variety of genes in our Gene-of-the-Week series. This has...
Don’t be daunted–Anyone can parse through research literature
In case you missed why Open Access is awesome, the lack of open access is only one of many barriers that discourage the dissemination of scientific information to the public. Fortunately, more researchers are publishing in Open Access journals or … Continue reading →
Rebooting the BioGPS Spotlight series and Introducing the BioGPS Featured Article Series
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...