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How T cell-derived interleukin-22 promotes antibacterial defense of colonic crypts
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Researchers show how two types of immune cells — one a part of the innate immune system and the other a part of the adaptive immune system — play distinct and indispensable roles in the colon to defend against pathogenic[…] -
Whole-Genome Assembly Improved in Long-Read Sequencing
Previously updated in 2013, researchers behind the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium have now published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome. It will now replace the reference genome first drafted in 2000 under the original Human Genome Project.
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Apr. 1, 2022 PowerTalk Seminar Series: Clinical Informatics with Fabricio Kury, MD
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Friday, Apr 1 | 10 to 11 a.m. | Zoom Meeting Please join us for the Informatics Institute PowerTalk Seminar Series-Clinical Informatics! “Current Practices and Frontiers in Rule-Based Electronic Phenotyping” Fabricio Kury, MDClinical Data Strategist AbstractElectronic phenotyping is the process of[…] -
Mar. 25, 2022 PowerTalk Seminar Series: Bioinformatics with Qianqian Song, PhD
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Friday, Mar 25, 10 to 11 a.m. | Zoom Meeting Please join us for the Informatics Institute PowerTalk Seminar Series – Bioinformatics! “Data-driven Informatics Research for Precision Oncology” Qianqian Song, PhDAssociate Professor of Cancer BiologyWake Forest School of Medicine -
April 08, 2022 PowerTalk Seminar Series: Bioinformatics with
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Friday, April 08, 10 to 11 a.m. | Zoom Meeting Please join us for the Informatics Institute PowerTalk Seminar Series – Bioinformatics! “Predicting Isoform Functions via Deep Learning and Refinement of Interaction Networks” Tao Jiang, PhDDistinguished Professor Department of[…] -
Informatics Institute Receives Set-Aside Funds
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Dr. John Osborne, PhD, Assistant Professor, Informatics Institute The Informatics Institute of UAB has received set-aside funds to collaborate with Boston Children’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School through Aug 2023 for cancer research, as part of the U24 Project “Cancer[…] -
All of Us mobile enrollment event on UAB campus
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Students and community members can learn how they can be included in shaping the future of health care for generations to come by joining us for an All of Us Research Program enrollment event. -
Hackathon yields AI-inspired ideas to fight cancer
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Twelve teams competed for cash and prizes across two action-packed days in the AI Against Cancer hackathon. This is the third iteration of the UAB-sponsored event, which applies big data and artificial intelligence techniques to fight disease. -
$100 million in contributions to transform UAB School of Medicine
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Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation. -
Heart attack recovery aided by injecting heart muscle cells that overexpress cyclin D2
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Researchers used a pig model of heart attacks, which more closely resembles the human heart in size and physiology, and thus has high clinical relevance to human disease.
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