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  • UBC-led research team finds nine new coronavirus species

    UBC-led research team finds nine new coronavirus species

    A former UBC post-doctoral research fellow led an international research team in re-analyzing all public RNA sequencing data to uncover almost ten times more RNA viruses than were previously known, including several new species of coronaviruses in some unexpected places. Working with the UBC Health and Wellbeing Cloud Innovation Centre, the Serratus Project was able…

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  • Preventing the next pandemic: How researchers analyze millions of genomic datasets with AWS

    Preventing the next pandemic: How researchers analyze millions of genomic datasets with AWS

    Driven by the urgent necessity to prevent another global pandemic, the team at the UBC CIC collaborated with computational virologists to create Serratus, an open-science viral discovery platform to transform the field of genomics—built on the massive computational power of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.

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  • Amazon Is Powering The Coronavirus Diagnostics Of The Future

    Amazon Is Powering The Coronavirus Diagnostics Of The Future

    The lung scans of coronavirus patients coming out of Wuhan, China had the tell-tale signs of infection. Three researchers, who had previously worked together on an artificial intelligence model trained on chest x-rays, had a plan to “use AI to empower physicians across the world in helping combat this disease (Covid-19)” and the project took…

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  • Your Voice Is Power: Spring 2022 Winners

    After several months of competition, the winners for Your Voice Is Power, Spring 2022, have been announced. Congratulations to students Bryce Watt and Miyuki Dryer and to our winning teacher, Ms. Anna Alfano.

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  • Your Voice Is Power: A new curriculum and competition combining computer science, Indigenous music, and social justice.

    Your Voice Is Power is a new curriculum and competition for students between grades 7 to 12 that provides an opportunity to learn about coding and social justice through music. Students will be able to turn code into music by using beats provided by three Indigenous artists and EarSketch, a free online code editor. Starting…

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  • Leading edge tool captures data in real time to better inform care for those with Autism Spectrum Condition

    Through data capture technology, the tool empowers caregivers with a way to collect, store and track personalized information in real-time about their loved ones.

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  • UBC CIC Fall 2022 Newsletter

    UBC CIC Fall 2022 Newsletter

    UBC CIC NewsletterUBC Community Health and Wellbeing CIC Welcome to the UBC Community Health and Wellbeing Cloud Innovation Centre’s (CIC) newsletter for Fall 2022. Since our last communication, the UBC CIC has continued to collaborate with community partners on some innovative challenges. Highlighted in the paragraphs below you can read about recent successes.  To view…

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