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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.

Gladstone launches new Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology
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Gladstone
February 23, 2018

Katie Pollard is tapped to lead the new Institute at Gladstone where mathematicians, engineers, and biologists will work closely together

2018 PMWC features several ICHS affiliates
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UCSF
December 15, 2017

The Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) in January 2018 will feature the latest in this rapidly evolving space

Foundation awards transformative software development at UCSF
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Bakar Institute
December 12, 2017

ICHS collaborative teams will work to make clinical data accessible for massive computational research projects.

Improved method for population-scale single cell sequencing
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Nature Biotechnology
December 12, 2017

A recent paper from the lab of Jimmie Ye describes a method to decrease cost and improve experimental design for single cell sequencing at the population scale.

Dexter Hadley Featured at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead Summit
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Bakar Institute
November 8, 2017

Dr. Hadley shares the stage with the President of Western Digital to talk about the their partnership and the future of data management at The Year Ahead Summit in Bloomberg headquarters.

Improved method for population-scale single cell sequencing
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UCSF
October 20, 2017

ICHS investigative team uncovers new insights about the mechanisms of cancer dispersion