Sequencing the DNA of Patients Screened for Coronavirus Might Save Lives
Scientists should start sequencing the genomes of coronavirus patients. We should look for DNA differences between patients who are severely ...
Tag: Bioinformatics
Coronavirus Surveillance: The Team Behind the Unique Coding System for Disease Tracking
The Regenstrief Institute provides the backbone of the LOINC terminology system and jumped into action to help case tracking for ...
Influenza Data Processing and Outreach
If your small business has strong experience with scientific data processing and outreach, consider sending a contract proposal to establish ...
Current Progress and Future Opportunities in Applications of Bioinformatics for Biodefense
This article was originally published in Microbiome and is being distributed by Global Biodefense under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ...
FDA Challenge: Infectious Diseases NGS Diagnostics for Biothreats
Credit: FDA To encourage the development and improvement of Infectious Diseases Next-Generation Sequencing (ID-NGS) analytical methods, ...
Illumina Acquires Edico Genome to Accelerate NGS Data Analysis
Illumina, Inc. announced on 15 May that it acquired Edico Genome, the leading provider of data analysis acceleration solutions for ...
CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge Ending Soon
There are only two days left to complete the CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge. Sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
DHS Announces Finalists in Biothreat Prize Competition
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in collaboration with the Office of Health Affairs National Biosurveillance Integration ...
DARPA Seeks Biological Technology Innovations Through Streamlined BAA Process
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Biological Technologies Office (DARPA BTO) is currently accepting proposals under its streamlined funding process, ...
NSRI to Support Defense Research on Emerging Cyberbiosecurity Concerns
The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska recently received a contract from the Department of Defense ...
Examining Big Data for Infectious Disease Surveillance
Traditional infectious disease surveillance -- typically based on laboratory tests and other data collected by public health institutions -- is ...
Nephele: NIAID’s Newest Resource for Microbiome Data Analysis
Nephele, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), assists microbiome researchers by providing a variety of ...
Modernization of USAMRIID’s Biodefense Lab Management System
The U.S. Medical Research Army Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is conducting market research to identify parties capable of modernizing and providing ...
NHLBI Updates Research Topics of Special Interest
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) this week provided an update to its research topics of special interest ...
DARPA Brings Down the HAMMER on Malaria
Illustration credit: Alexa F. Volpe The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research ...
NAMRU-6 Dengue Collaborative Research
The Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) is seeking sources for a collaborative research effort to continue a study entitled: ...
Human Vaccines Project Names Koff as President and CEO
The Human Vaccines Project has named Dr. Wayne C. Koff, Ph.D. as its first President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ...
DoD Medical Countermeasure Systems Broad Agency Announcement
A Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the U.S. military’s Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasure efforts was renewed ...
Human Vaccines Project Launches San Diego Research Hub
Four scientific institutions – University of California, San Diego, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology ...
BBSRC Awards International Research Partnering Grants
The UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has committed to fund £795,449 to selected research groups to develop long-term ...
