microsoft, and particularly azure, don’t get nearly enough credit for the stuff openai launches. they do an amazing amount of work to make it happen; we are deeply grateful for the partnership. 🙏 they have built by far the best AI infra out there.
🪐 Introducing Galactica. A large language model for science.
Can summarize academic literature, solve math problems, generate Wiki articles, write scientific code, annotate molecules and proteins, and more.
Explore and get weights: galactica.org
Save the date! CSHL Biological Data Science conference Nov 9-12. Abstract deadline for talks is Sep 16 and for posters is Oct 1. We are really looking forward to seeing you in person this fall! @cshlmeetingsbit.ly/biodata22#biodata22
📢 Paid Research Study: We are researchers at Microsoft and CMU conducting a 45-min experimental and interview study to explore decision making with explainable AI (#XAI).
If you are interested in #XAI, please consider signing up 👉shorturl.at/jnqSZ
(RT appreciated!) 1/4
We're excited to announce our collaboration with @broadinstitute to leverage the @terrabioapp within our G4 Sequencer. This partnership gives researchers seamless access to cloud-based data storage and analytical tools optimized for #genomic data. investor.singulargenomics.co…
Join us next Monday the 13th at 11 am ET for a 3h Micro-hack! We are hosting the Azure team and will be learning how to run Nextflow pipelines on Azure Batch with Tower. bit.ly/3drcmxa
How many have died in the pandemic?
The Economist built a model that estimates the true death toll of the pandemic, corrected for underreporting.
economist.com/graphic-detail…
They come to the conclusion that 17.6 million people have died.
This map shows the death rate per country.
There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as @PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, @nextstrain clade 21K and @WHO Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16
We are still looking to fill positions for technicians, postdocs and research track faculty for work on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, immunity, variants as well as for work on influenza virus. Email me if you are interested.
Some said an open-world experience this immersive wasn’t possible. But it’s already here. And you don’t even need silly VR headsets.
Introducing, ✨Icelandverse✨
#icelandverse
🎮 Multiplayer IGV, anyone?
Here's a sneak peek of a prototype I built to enable scientists to collaborate on a shared IGV.js view. It uses WebSockets and Cloudflare Durable Objects to sync state.
Today we announced a partnership with Microsoft that lets customers run Grafana natively within their @Azure cloud platform. Read here for more details: grafana.com/about/press/2021…
Protect your kids, protect your community. Our Fremont, Ballard & West Seattle @SeattleFire pop-ups will have Pfizer vaccines available to everyone 12 with no appointment needed free giveaways for the first 50 to get their #BestShotSeattle at each site.
ALT Graphic with event details: Fremont Vaccine Pop-Up, 5/13, 10am-12:30pm @ 462 N 36th St, Partner: Fremont Coffee Company; Ballard Vaccine Pop-Up, 5/13, 3:30-5:30pm @ 5400 Ballard Ave NW, Partner: Salt & Straw; West Seattle Vaccine Pop-Up, 5/15, 10am-1pm @ 4501 42nd Ave SW, Partner: Husky Deli
Today we introduce the next step in multi-platform data pipelines. Nextflow Tower now supports organizations, teams, and a radical new launch interface 🚀
👉 bit.ly/3nR4LN3