‘Google invites geneticists to upload DNA data to cloud’ http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Google-invites-geneticists-to-upload-DNA-data-to-5325793.php and the PR http://www.fiercebiotech.com/press-releases/dnanexus-secures-15-million-series-c-financing-accelerate-commercialization The company DNAnexus (www.dnanexus.com) “DNAnexus is powering the genomics revolution with an enterprise-level solution that combines cloud computing with advanced bioinformatics. The DNAnexus team is made up of experts in software, computational biology, and genetics who are on a mission …
From: A. Smith, D. Greenbaum, S. M. Douglas, M. Long, and M. Gerstein, “Network security and data integrity in academia: an assessment and a proposal for large-scale archiving.,” Genome Biol., vol. 6, no. 9, p. 119, Jan. 2005. Concept: vigilance, good policy and planning, and attention to detail in a three-pronged strategy of prevention, detection, and …
December 2012 –DTRA announces the 1M Algorithm Challenge to characterize a clinical sample from DNA sequencing data. http://www.prweb.com/releases/dtra/algorithm/prweb10233480.htm The challenge was managed by the online platform Innocentive: https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933138 Innocentive is actually interesting to look at: (CIA through IN-Q-Tel) crowdsources scientific problems to solvers (http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/11/29/how-in-q-tel-helps-cia-scout-for-innovative-technology-model-for-other-agencies/) Although very enthusiastic at first, I did not participate in the …