Category Archives: Data/Bioinformation
Love Data Week 2023 Starts Monday, Feb 13!
Love Data Week (Feb. 13 to 17) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading
Understanding Algorithmic Bias
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Understanding Algorithmic Bias Algorithm. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. We might feel like we are encountering these terms more and more every day, and yet they can remain mysterious and intimidating to those who do not … Continue reading
Open Access Week Challenge 2022
The HSHSL is celebrating International Open Access (OA) Week with a 5-day challenge designed to improve discovery of your scholarly work! Each day we will email you with a brief but meaningful activity, including: Creating an ORCiD and connecting it … Continue reading
Learn R this Fall with CDABS
Learn R this summer with CDABS
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Learn R this summer with CDABS The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) will be holding an R workshop every Thursday in July. All sessions run from 12:00pm to 3:00pm and meet online. Space … Continue reading
NHGRI Roundtable discussion: “Does genetic and genomic screening keep open the door to eugenics?” – May 25th
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Register now! NHGRI Roundtable – May 25 The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) invites you to join them on Wednesday, May 25, from 1-3 p.m. ET for a conversation on the complexities surrounding historical and present-day … Continue reading
NIH Releases Guidance on Informed Consent Language for Data Sharing
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF NIH Releases Guidance on Informed Consent Language for Data Sharing Last month we talked about the new NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing. Yesterday, the NIH released related documentation which provides suggested language to … Continue reading
NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing 2023
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing 2023 You may have heard something by now about the new NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing coming into effect January 2023. Concerned about what this policy … Continue reading
All of Us Research Program Genomic Data Release
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF All of Us Research Program Genomic Data Release The All of Us Research Program reached an important milestone with the release of its initial genomic dataset. Nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences (WGS) and 165,000 genotyping arrays … Continue reading
NCBI Virtual Workshop Series: Getting Started with NCBI Data in Python
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF NCBI Virtual Workshop Series: Getting Started with NCBI Data in Python The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is pleased to announce an upcoming virtual workshop that is now accepting applications. The NCBI Education Team … Continue reading