by ginger | Jan 1, 2018 | annual summary, BD2K, BioGPS, BioThings, mark2cure, Su lab, sulab, tsri
Rather than summarize the 2017 progress on in each project in separate, project-specific posts, I’m putting it all in once post this year for one important reason–recruitment! As with any academic research group, we expect to see a number of our talented...
by ginger | Dec 27, 2016 | BD2K, BioGPS, mygene.info, mygene.py, publications
It has been a busy year for the MyGene.info team as they worked to apply the lessons they learned in building MyGene.info and MyVariant.info towards a BioThings framework, and the generation of additional services. At this rate, 2017 is on track to be a very...
by ginger | May 13, 2015 | BD2K, Gene Wiki, hackathon, sulab
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 a project to which I might make some sort of...
by Greg Stupp | Apr 8, 2015 | BD2K, big data, BioThings, hackathon
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...
by Greg Stupp | Mar 3, 2015 | BD2K, big data, BioThings, hackathon, network of biothings
NEW! Travel and diversity scholarships are available. See the details page. We are very excited to announce our first BD2k / 3rd Network of Biothings Hackathon! This purpose of this hackathon is to bring together experts in their respective fields to collectively work...
by Andrew Su | Oct 9, 2014 | BD2K, big data, grant
Today, the NIH announced several new awards under the Big Data To Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. I’m very excited to announce that our group will be participating in one of the BD2K Centers of Excellence. Our awarded proposal is titled “A Community Effort to...
