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UK Biobank hopes cloud-based analytics tools will streamline WGS analysis and open the database to researchers who don't otherwise have access to bioinformatics infrastructure.
NIH, Government Back at Work, but Deal Creates New Budget Deadline
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health and other federal science funding agencies returned to work yesterday after Congress agreed to end a government shutdown, but the near future holds uncertainties for US science funding.
NHGRI's Green Sees 'Tragic' Sequestration Impact on NHGRI Programs
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The funding squeeze from the sequestration of the US federal budget, now more than half-a-year old, has already had a sizable impact at the National Human Genome Research Institute, leading to cuts to ongoing programs, scaling back of new ones, and the deferring of eff
GenomeWeb Feature: Researchers Weigh in on Grants in the Time of Sequester
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – When Nicholas Navin's R01 grant to use single-cell sequencing to study tumor evolution in breast cancer was first funded in 2012, it was funded at 83 percent of the requested budget.
Congress Passes 2013 Budget with Small Uptick in NIH Funding, But Sequester Cut Remains
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Senate and House of Representatives over the last two days passed a budget plan to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year that includes a $71 million increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health.