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BioMADE Selects Signature Science-led Team to Develop Biosecurity Sequence Screening Training Course for Bioengineers

SeqScreen training course will support BioMADE’s Education & Workforce Development initiative. AUSTIN, TEXAS – Sept. 27, 2022 –Advanced bioengineering technologies offer enormous potential for creating cost-effective solutions across industries, but there is little existing guidance to avoid causing inadvertent harm to humans, livestock, crops, or the environment, or “bioerror.” As... MORE
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SigSci Scientists Co-Author Study Published in “Frontiers in Genetics”

Abstract Technological advances in sequencing and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping microarray technology have facilitated advances in forensic analysis beyond short tandem repeat (STR) profiling, enabling the identification of unknown DNA samples and distant relationships. Forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) has facilitated the identification of distant relatives of both unidentified remains... MORE
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Automated Infectious Disease Forecasting: Use-cases and Practical Considerations for Pipeline Implementation

Abstract: Real-time forecasting of disease outbreaks requires standardized outputs generated in a timely manner. Development of pipelines to automate infectious disease forecasts can ensure that parameterization and software dependencies are common to any execution of the forecasting code. Here we present our implementation of an automated cloud computing pipeline to... MORE
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HORIZON Newsletter – August 2022

The Center for Advanced Genomics hits the road in August! We're headed to scientific conferences and training symposia across the country. Catch up with us at: IHIA | New Orleans, LA | August 7-9CHIA | Las Vegas, NV | August 23-26ISFG | Washington, DC | August 29- Sept. 2 Can... MORE
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FluFIVE: Publicly Hosted Flu Communication dashboard 

The Flu Forecasting Interpretation Visualization and Evaluation (FluFIVE) web application provides a user-friendly interface to explore probabilistic near-term forecasts of incident influenza hospitalizations in the United States. The source of forecasts is the CDC FluSight initiative, which since 2013 has served as a consortium to coordinate influenza forecasting efforts in the United States. FluFIVE provides forecast... MORE
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SeqScreen Makes News

June 21, 2022 • A press release authored by Rice University announcing the publishing of our recent, co-authored paper, "SeqScreen: accurate and sensitive functional screening of pathogenic sequences via ensemble learning" was featured on UK-based online medical and life sciences news hub "News Medical." The paper and press release highlight the... MORE
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Signature Science Co-Authors Study Published in “BMC: Genome Biology”

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of accurate detection of known and emerging pathogens. However, robust characterization of pathogenic sequences remains an open challenge. To address this need we developed SeqScreen, which accurately characterizes short nucleotide sequences using taxonomic and functional labels and a customized set of curated... MORE
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“Cannabis Industry Journal” Highlights Signature Science’s Cannabis and Hemp Proficiency Testing Partnership with AOAC INTERNATIONAL

May 11, 2022 • Cannabis Industry Journal published an article discussing Signature Science's recent partnership with AOAC INTERNATIONAL. Under this partnership, Signature Science will produce hemp and cannabis proficiency test samples for AOAC’s Cannabis Proficiency Testing Program. From the article: "What makes this proficiency testing (PT) program so unique is... MORE