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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $14M in Grants for Cellular Analysis Tool Development
The funding will be provided to four groups that are developing new tools and technologies for analyzing cells and biomolecules.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New York Biohub for Immune Cell-Based Early Disease Detection
A collaboration of Columbia, Rockefeller, and Yale, CZ Biohub NY aims to harness immune cells as "cellular endoscopes" for disease detection and monitoring.
US Appeals Court Reverses Patent Office Decision That Blocked Snipr Biome CRISPR IP
The appeals court found that the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board had erred in subjecting Snipr's patents to an interference, which was eliminated under a recent patent law change.
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium Develops 'Semi-Automated' Diploid Genome Assembly Method
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An assembly approach using the graph-based hifiasm algorithm with PacBio HiFi long reads from a sequenced trio was the "clear winner," senior author Erich Jarvis said.
Vertebrate Genomes Project Presents High-Quality Genomes for 25 Species
In a series of new papers, researchers from the project describe their sequencing pipeline and how the new assemblies have fueled additional studies.