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Several Bakar Institute faculty among the selected CZ Biohub Intercampus Research Programs
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UCSF
September 26, 2018

Rima Arnaout, Atul Butte, Katie Pollard, and Jimmie Ye represent the Bakar Institute Faculty who are part of these extraordinary newly-awarded programs

Mapping the human brain to combat Alzheimer's
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BIDS
July 16, 2018

The Berkeley Institute for Data Science highlights the work of one of our joint Bakar Institute Fellows

Combination Therapy May Revive Prospects for ‘Embattled’ Breast Cancer Drugs
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UCSF
June 25, 2018

Sourav Bandyopadhyay recent work published in Nature Chem Biol uncovers a new strategy for promising cancer treatment 

Four Bakar Institute faculty members receive Catalyst Awards
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UCSF Catalyst Program
June 19, 2018

Rima Arnaout, Hani Goodarzi, Steven Altschuler & Lani Wu's selection for Catalyst Awards recognizes their work as promising early-stage research with commercial potential.

Andrej Sali elected to National Academy of Sciences
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UCSF
May 2, 2018

ICHS Executive Committee member, Andrej Sali, receives the honor of membership into the esteemed NAS in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research

CZI Funds Draft Human Immune Census
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CZI
April 19, 2018

Jimmie Ye receives CZI support to create new computational tools and benchmark datasets in support of the Human Cell Atlas

Gene Mapping Lays Groundwork for Precision Chemotherapy
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UCSF
April 17, 2018

Sourav Bandyopadhyay works to map the links between genes and chemotherapy treatments

UCSF Names First-Ever Chief Genomics Officer
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UCSF
April 12, 2018

The newly appointed CGO, Aleksandar Rajkovic, will help UCSF move closer to realizing the vision of Precision Medicine

Sharmila Majumdar helps celebrate 100 years of women at Yale School of Medicine
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Yale School of Medicine
April 11, 2018

Yale School of Medicine is celebrating its 100th anniversary of women at the school, and Majumdar (Yale alum) will speak at a seminar in advance of a Symposium honoring the occasion. 

Once-Mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ Illuminates Genetics of Bone Disease
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UCSF
March 22, 2018

ICHS investigators help unravel the mystery of this rare specimen using genetic analysis

AI is Quicker, More Effective Than Humans in Analyzing Heart Scans
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UCSF
March 21, 2018

Rima Arnaout's team use deep learning to improve analysis of echocardiograms

AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data
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Nature
March 9, 2018

Researchers like Dexter Hadley are using Blockchain to allow people to share their health records for research without losing control over them.