by ginger | Sep 4, 2018 | BioThings, mygene, mygene.info, myvariant.info
The CIViC (Clinical Interpretations of Variants in Cancer) Project is one of the many data providers for MyVariant.info, but it is one that stands out in many ways. Not only does CIViC provide data to MyVariant.info, CIViC also leverages the very tool it contributes...
by ginger | May 21, 2018 | BioThings, mygene.info, myvariant.info
By now, you’ve probably seen the announcement that our renewal grant application has been approved. In addition to funding the improvement of MyGene.info, and the extension of lessons learned from MyVariant.info, the renewal grant will fund the development of a...
by ginger | May 14, 2018 | BioThings, JSON-LD, myvariant.info
In case you missed it, a sneak peek at what’s in store for MyGene.info was posted last week, so it’s only FAIR to share our plans for MyVariant. Although the development of MyVariant.info naturally followed that of MyGene.info, the scale of variant...
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 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...