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 | Sep 8, 2017 | citizen science, GenBank, mark2cure
In case you haven’t heard, David Lipman and the GenBank team are in the running for the People’s Choice Award of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (#Sammies2017). Although Lipman and the GenBank team weren’t featured in Medium.com or...
by ginger | Aug 25, 2017 | biocuration, citizen science, information extraction, mark2cure, national park services
In our previous post, we asked readers, ‘What is your preferred moniker?’. Here is the response: Mark2Curator: 36% Citizen Scientist: 36% Contributor: 18% “Anything BUT volunpeer”: 10% Although it may seem a little strange that researchers have...
by ginger | Aug 4, 2017 | citizen science, Dazzle4Rare, mark2cure, polls
From August 13th to August 20th, Mark2Cure will be participating in the #Dazzle4Rare campaign to raise awareness for rare diseases. Did you know? About 10% of the population lives with a rare disease, and roughly 50% of rare diseases don’t have any sort of...
by ginger | Jul 14, 2017 | #citscichat, biomedical research, citizen science, mark2cure, presentation
New Mark2Cure Video added to our youtube playlist! The Citizen Science Conference in May was very productive, and the last of Mark2Cure’s recorded talks is now available on our youtube channel. As previously mentioned, Max delivered the project slam for...
by ginger | Jun 18, 2017 | biocuration, citizen science, conference, mark2cure, presentation
A HUGE thanks to all the dads (and EVERYONE) who has been contributing to make a difference for the NGLY1 families. Shipping delays Apologies to international prize and drawing winners who were waiting for their prizes. Most of the international packages that we...
