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#WhyIScience Q&A: A software engineer develops computational tools for psychiatric and brain research

Broad Institute

After earning a degree in Computer Science and working for multiple technology startups, Shakir first came to the Broad to work on a project studying human genetic variation called the 1000 Genomes Project, which launched in 2008. We’re reusing open-source software that other people have built and adapting it to further bioinformatic science.

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Identify and Validate Innovative Peptides for the Treatment of Obesity

The Pharma Data

Founded in 2008, Gubra is a privately-held biotech company located in Denmark delivering scientific counselling, contract research services, and projects for co-development in four main focus areas: Obesity, diabetes, NASH and diabetic complications. About Gubra.

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Defense-Forward Biosecurity

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These laboratories share data and bioinformatics tools that enabled the early detection of SARS-CoV-2 and monkeypox even before their reference genomes were available. At least nine laboratories outside the U.S. Federally funded laboratories must also deposit genetic sequences into public databases, such as GISAID and GenBank.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2008). Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models (2008). Molecular Systems Biology (2008). Link Modelling and analysis of gene regulatory networks , by Karlebach G. & & Shamir R. Link Artificial Gene Regulatory Networks—A Review , by Cussat-Blanc S. Artificial Life (2018).

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2008). Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models (2008). PNAS (2008). Molecular Systems Biology (2008). Link Modelling and analysis of gene regulatory networks , by Karlebach G. & & Shamir R. Link Artificial Gene Regulatory Networks—A Review , by Cussat-Blanc S.

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