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Broad Institute Launches Schmidt Center to Merge Biology, Machine Learning

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and wife Wendy Schmidt donated $150 million to endow the center, which will convene international academic and commercial collaborators.

Canadian Consortium Launches COVID Cloud to Support Molecular Research

Led by DNAstack and supported by Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster, COVID Cloud looks to build a nationwide bioinformatics infrastructure to address the pandemic.

UCLA Health, Regeneron Collaborate on Whole-Exome Sequencing

The Regeneron Genetics Center will provide whole-exome sequencing for 150,000 patients who will be able to opt-in to receive actionable results.

NanoString Launches NGS Readout for Spatial Transcriptomics, Partners With Illumina on Informatics
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The firm has partnered with Illumina to use the Dragen Bio-IT informatics platform to help customers analyze data from the new Cancer Transcriptome Atlas panel.

Saama-Led Consortium Seeks Data-Driven Answers to COVID-19

The newly launched EndPandemic National Data Consortium brings together seven life sciences and bioinformatics firms in search of treatments and vaccines.

Apr 13, 2020

NIH Recruiting 10K Adults for Coronavirus Infection Study

Feb 25, 2020

ReadCoor Launches Spatial Multiomics Platform at AGBT
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Oct 31, 2018

Bayer Rolling Out Portal for Translational Research Data Sharing
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Oct 18, 2018

Product Update Marks Turning Point as L7 Informatics Targets Translational Research
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Apr 30, 2018

Scripps Translational Science Institute Awarded $34M in NIH Funding

Mar 24, 2016

Q&A: Georgetown's Subha Madhavan on the Role of Translational Bioinformatics in Precision Medicine
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Sep 12, 2014

BGI, Vancouver Prostate Centre Establish Joint Research Lab

May 30, 2014

Duke Details Plans for Restructured Genome, Policy Centers

Oct 17, 2013

Tufts' Clinical and Translational Science Institute Lands $24M from NIH

Oct 16, 2013

Albert Einstein, Montefiore Land $25M CTSA Funding for Translational Center

Oct 11, 2013

University of Utah Gets $20.4M Grant for Translational Science Center

Sep 26, 2013

NHLBI Awards $32M for Regional Centers to Translate Medical Innovations

Aug 7, 2013

UCLA Gets $11.6M in NCI Funding for Prostate Cancer Program

Jul 31, 2013

NIH Plans to Fund Collaborations with Clinical Center

May 31, 2013

Europe to Launch International Translational Research Consortium

May 24, 2013

Qiagen, BioBay Open Translational Medicine Center in China

Apr 9, 2013

Brain Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College Created with $28M Gift

Jan 21, 2013

International Partners Launch Translational Research Collaboration

Nov 13, 2012

Washington University Gets $50M for Translational Center, Genomic Medicine

Oct 31, 2012

Deloitte Consulting Buys Analytics Firm Recombinant Data

Breaking News
The Scan

Purnell Choppin Dies

Purnell Choppin, a virologist who led the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has died at 91, according to the Washington Post.

Effectiveness May Decline, Data From Israel Suggests

The New York Times reports that new Israeli data suggests a decline in Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness against Delta variant infection, though protection against severe disease remains high.

To See Future Risk

Slate looks into the use of polygenic risk scores in embryo screening.

PLOS Papers on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus, Bone Marrow Smear Sequencing, More

In PLOS this week: genomic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, archived bone marrow sequencing, and more.