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What Are the Odds?

May 22, 2009

If you're worried about your odds of receiving a grant out of the stimulus package funds, a post at Science Insider says that you perhaps should have opted for a competitive revision. NIH received a meager 1,600 of those (compared to 20,000 Challenge Grant applications and the 2,400 letters of intent for the Grand Opportunity grants). Science Insider adds that NIH will fund about 600 of the competitive revision applications, and notes that's a success rate exceeding 30 percent.

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NFTs for Genome Sharing

Nature News writes that non-fungible tokens could be a way for people to profit from sharing genomic data.

Wastewater Warning System

Time magazine writes that cities and college campuses are monitoring sewage for SARS-CoV-2, an approach officials hope lasts beyond COVID-19.

Networks to Boost Surveillance

Scientific American writes that new organizations and networks aim to improve the ability of developing countries to conduct SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

Genome Biology Papers on Gastric Cancer Epimutations, BUTTERFLY, GUNC Tool

In Genome Biology this week: recurrent epigenetic mutations in gastric cancer, correction tool for unique molecular identifier-based assays, and more.