USTAR 2.0 boosts Utah’s high-tech startups
Local news feature describing how The Utah Science, Technology, and Research (USTAR) Initiative of the state of Utah is promoting the growth of high tech industries in Utah.
Local news feature describing how The Utah Science, Technology, and Research (USTAR) Initiative of the state of Utah is promoting the growth of high tech industries in Utah.
Mark Yandell, PhD, discussed the roles that VAAST and PHEVOR played in launching the Utah Genome Project.
Using three different software technologies including pVAAST and VAAST, developed at the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery at the University of Utah, investigators discovered a mutation in one gene, POLR2C, linked to a higher risk of premature menopause.
Base2 Genomics has won a USTAR Technology Acceleration award to commercialize their platform for whole genome diagnostics with proprietary technologies for accurate CNV and SV discovery and interpretation. Read more in this Gephart Daily local news feature.
This week’s report in New England Journal of Medicine of two unusual Utah Zika cases raises questions about Zika virus transmission and virulence. Read about it in this NPR news feature.
A Utah man died of Zika virus infection and passed the virus to his son who cared for him in the hospital, according to a new report published in…
Frameshift Labs, LLC announces that it has secured NIH support to develop commercial software for visually driven genome analysis.
Researchers at University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories describe the first Zika virus-related death in the US. Published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
IDbyDNA announces today that it has closed $9 million in Series A financing to develop its Taxonomer-based infectious disease diagnostic technologies.
University of Utah, a recognized leader in genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, has launched a program to train a new generation of physicians and scientists in the theory and practice of genomic medicine.
In this Scope Radio Interview, Dr. Lynn Jorde and Dr. Eric Green discuss opportunities and challenges in Genomic Medicine.
Aaron Quinlan discusses his software tool GEMINI and uncovering the the genetic cause of seizures in nearly a dozen infants.
NantHealth, Inc. has announced the Heritage 1K project, a collaboration with Utah Genome Project to analyze the entire genomic profiles of at least 1,000 individuals who have a history of rare and life-threatening diseases and conditions in their respective families.
Drs. Robert Schlaberg and Mark Yandell talk about the future of medicine and metagenomics in this KSL.com news feature.
