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Medics.Academy, Guy's and St Thomas' Partner on Genomics Education for Healthcare Workers

The organizations have partnered to launch Nucleus, an online program to provide genomics education to healthcare workers.

Biomedicine, Genomics Priorities at New UVA School of Data Science
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Funded by a $120M grant, the planned interdisciplinary School of Data Science will dedicate perhaps a quarter of its resources to bioinformatics-related activities.

Bioinformatics Training Network Tries to Evolve as Genomics Advances
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The group, called GOBLET, has turned its focus to more advanced courses, harmonizing curricula, and reaching out to high schoolers.

PlayDNA Works on Bringing DNA Sequencing, 'Big Data' Analysis to Secondary Schools
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The New York Genome Center spinout has been conducting a pilot project involving Oxford Nanopore's MinIon with a Manhattan middle school.

Penn State, Geisinger Team on New Biomedical Big Data Program

Penn State University has established a new program to train graduate students to apply data science to biomedical sciences, including genomics.

Oct 5, 2016

Q&A: Carnegie Mellon's Robert Murphy Discusses Goals, Benefits of New Computational Biology Degree
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Feb 4, 2016

Q&A: Mike Snyder on Data-Driven Personalized Medicine for All, Stanford's iPOP Study
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Jan 20, 2016

Oxford Nanopore, Customers See Potential for MinIon Sequencer in Education, Citizen Science
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Jan 14, 2016

Rebranding Reflects iPlant Platform's Growing Popularity in the Life Sciences, Other Domains
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Dec 10, 2015

Columbia University Team Uses MinIon to Bring DNA Sequencing to Classroom
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Oct 1, 2015

UCSF-led Team Shares Details of Nanopore-Based Viral Detection Assay, Analysis System
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Sep 23, 2015

Jackson Lab Awarded $1.6M to Expand Genomics Courses

Sep 3, 2015

LabCorp Joins Perinatal Quality Foundation's Education Initiative for NIPT

Aug 28, 2015

UC San Diego Teams up With Illumina to Launch Bioinformatics Specialization on Coursera
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Jul 14, 2015

At BOSC, Community Discusses Ways to Boost Diversity, Participation in Bioinformatics

May 28, 2015

Q&A: Atul Butte on New Roles at UCSF's Computational and Clinical Informatics Centers
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Sep 23, 2014

Jackson Lab, Beth Israel to Team on Clinical Genomics

Sep 16, 2014

University at Buffalo Lands $1.2M to Launch Genomics Training for Regional High Schools

Sep 3, 2014

Stanford Launches Professional Development Certificate in Genetics, Genomics

Nov 7, 2013

Clemson Uses $4M in Private, State Funds for Human Genetics Chair

Sep 17, 2013

23andMe Teams with Udacity on Genetics Education

Jul 31, 2013

GenomeWeb Feature: Many Options, Formal and Informal, for Those Seeking Bioinformatics Education

Mar 19, 2013

Juniata Wins NSF Funds for University Genome Sequencing Workshops

Dec 5, 2012

Roche Diagnostics, PEPFAR Tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa

Oct 29, 2012

NHGRI to Fund Genomics Courses for Biomedical Community

Breaking News
The Scan

Transplant Tests Edited Pig Kidneys

The Associated Press reports a University of Alabama-Birmingham team transplanted genetically modified pig kidneys into a brain-dead human patient.

UK Changes Some Gene-Edited Crop Rules

A new law may enable gene-edited crops to be sold in the UK within about five years, New Scientist says.

Pill Works Against Omicron in Lab

Pfizer's antiviral pill to treat SARS-CoV-2 appears to work against the Omicron variant, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Nature Papers Find Genetic Risk Factor for Smell, Taste Loss in COVID-19; Analyze TB Granulomas

In Nature this week: genome-wide association study find locus linked to the risk COVID-19 patients losing their sense of taste or smell, and more.