Informatics
News on bioinformatics, software, genome analysis, variant classification, and IT in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
MiLaboratories Raises $10M in Series A, Launches Genomic Data Analysis Platform
The firm, which offers software to streamline next-generation sequencing data analysis, plans to use the money to scale its operations in the US.
NIH Brain Atlas Initiative Releases Data on Genomic, Single-Cell Profiling of Brain Development
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An emerging reference atlas of the human brain is shedding light on how the brain evolves and communicates, as well as the potential origins of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Verily-led Consortium Receives $4.8M in NIH Funding to Build Data Analysis Platform
The consortium will build a centralized portal to analyze data on disease-associated genes, cells, and tissues from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership.
Protein Computation Pioneers Share 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The prize is shared by Demis Hassabis and John Jumper at Google DeepMind and the University of Washington's David Baker.
Next Gen Diagnostics, Shionogi Collaborate on Sequencing-Based Antibiotic Susceptibility Analysis
NGD will use its computational platform to analyze whole-genome sequencing data to determine microbial antibiotic susceptibility to cefiderocol.