by ginger | Mar 27, 2015 | citizen science, crowdsourcing, mark2cure, Su lab, sulab
NGLY1 is the gene encoding for Peptide-N(4)-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase (PNGase) AKA N-glycanase 1. A deficiency in this enzyme can disrupt protein quality control mechanisms in the cell, which as we’ve seen in the BioGPS Gene-of-the-week on...
by ginger | Mar 20, 2015 | citizen science, crowdsourcing, mark2cure, sulab
Max is nearly done programming all the required training modules, which we’ll be testing out ASAP. (Hurray, I get to meet more awesome Mark2Curators!) We are aiming to launch the campaign for NGLY1 some time in April (it’s not set in stone, so fingers...
by ginger | Mar 13, 2015 | citizen science, crowdsourcing, mark2cure, sulab
As Andrew previously alluded, Mark2Curators will be marking genes and drugs in addition to diseases in the next campaign for NLGY1. This has created all sorts of challenges which we’ve needed to address (actually, Max already incorporated the ability to do...
by bgood | Mar 4, 2015 | banner, crowdsourcing, nlp, sulab, topcoder
There is a TopCoder contest running right now that involves machine learning, crowdsourced data, and natural language processing. There is $41,000 up for grabs! It will be distributed in many smaller prizes so there are plenty of opportunities to win...
by bgood | Mar 4, 2015 | banner, crowdsourcing, nlp, sulab, topcoder
There is a TopCoder contest running right now that involves machine learning, crowdsourced data, and natural language processing. There is $41,000 up for grabs! It will be distributed in many smaller prizes so there are plenty of opportunities to win...
by ginger | Feb 27, 2015 | mark2cure, sulab
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. The next...
