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New California COVID assessment tool allows public to access to current data and models

/ June 25, 2020

This article cross posted from Governor Newsom Unveils California COVID Assessment Tool, an Open-Source “Model of Models” that Will Allow Scientists, Researchers, and Public to Access the Most Current COVID-19 Data and Model Future Scenarios

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Pycro-Manager: new open source software for integrated microscopy hardware control and image processing

Marsha Fenner / June 24, 2020

BIDS Senior Fellow Laura Waller and former BIDS Data Science Fellow Henry Pinkard, along with colleague Nico Stuurman, have developed Pycro-Manager, a new open source software tool for controlling different parts of μManager using Python.

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The growing importance of genomic metadata standards in the time of coronavirus

Marsha Fenner / June 22, 2020

In a new article in Nature: Scientific Data, BIDS Senior Fellow Neil Davies and colleagues from the Genomics Standards Consortium highlight the importance of implementing higher standards for categorizing genomic metadata, and how critical data accuracy becomes in effectively mobilizing the scientific community to prepare for and respond to emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

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COVID-19 in the global south: Economic impacts and recovery

Marsha Fenner / June 15, 2020

BIDS Senior Fellows and CEGA Faculty Co-Directors Ted Miguel and Josh Blumenstock were recently featured in a webcast about COVID-19 in the global south: Economic impacts and recovery, a part of the Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19 series hosted by the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA).

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2020-2022 Data Science Health Innovation Fellowships - Applications due August 2

/ June 10, 2020

As part of the Innovate For Health initiative, the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are currently soliciting applications for outstanding data scientists to join the Data Science Health Innovation Fellowship Program.

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Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter shares a point on the Turkana Wind Power project in Marsabit County to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto during its inauguration on July 18,2019. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

COVID-19 locks Kenya's future in green energy

Daniel Kammen / June 7, 2020

This article cross-posted with  Covid-19 locks Kenya's future in green energy  June 7, 2020  |  The Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya) Daniel Kam­men, Khadija Famau, and Joseph Odongo    ___________________________ 

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Improving the accuracy of CT scans for COVID-19 diagnosis

Marsha Fenner / June 4, 2020

BIDS Consulting Data Scientist and LBL Computational Research Scientist Dani Ushizima is working with a team at Berkeley Lab to evaluate and improve the accuracy of CT scans to diagnose COVID-19.    The American medical community has been skeptical of using CT scans to diagnose COVID-19, because the abnormalities on the lungs of COVID-19 patients often look very similar to other infections and upper respiratory illnesses, including influenza, H1N1, other SARS viruses, and MERS.

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In the pandemic, cities are scrambling to expand cycling infrastructure: Big Data can help

/ June 4, 2020

This article is cross-posted from  In the pandemic, cities are scrambling to expand cycling infrastructure: Big Data can help  June 4, 2020  |  Maria Cataline Ochoa and Gregor Engelmann  |  World Bank Blogs _________

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Lead author David Ackerly tags an Oregon oak, one of the species that primarily occupies cooler, north-facing locations, at Pepperwood Preserve. Photo by Michelle Halbur.

Research shows potential shifts in distribution of California species

/ June 1, 2020

This article is cross-posted from Research shows potential shifts in distribution of California species June 1, 2020  |   Jacob Shea   |  CNR News

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BIDS researchers receive CZI funding to revitalize NetworkX

Marsha Fenner / May 27, 2020

BIDS researchers have received funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) for their work on the open source research software platform NetworkX, which serves as the fundamental network analysis tool for creating and manipulating graphs and networks in Python.

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