Archive: Announcement

  • A Symposium to Remember

    2014-11-14 With vibrant talks and over 300 attendees from academia, industry and government, the 3rd Annual Biomedical Informatics Symposium at Georgetown was a great place to be on October 2, 2014. I

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  • Inaugural Biomedical Informatics Symposium at Georgetown

    2012-10-12 With relief felt by the organizers and much gratitude toward the participants, the first Georgetown Biomedical Informatics symposium held on October 12, 2012 was filled with inspiring talks

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  • ICBI Director's Blog, Fall 2013

    2013-09-13 Nate Silver is my new hero. His prediction (well ahead of other political analysts and media outlets) of President Obama’s victory in 2012 exemplifies the various facets of data science – d

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  • ICBI Director's Blog, Spring 2013

    2013-04-19 It is an exciting time to be a data scientist! From large-scale clinical genomic studies to drug discovery and development, now more than ever there is a critical need for computational ana

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  • Poster Winners!

    2013-10-24 2013 Biomedical Informatics Symposium Poster Winners Dr. Robert Clarke, Dean of Research at the Lombardi Cancer Center presented the best poster awards during the reception for the 2nd annu

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  • Keynote Talks at ICBI symposium: Stephen Friend and Eric Hoffman

    2013-10-24 Big Data in Precision Medicine was the focus of the 2nd Annual Biomedical Informatics Symposium at Georgetown, which drew nearly 250 people to hear about topics from direct-to-consumer (DTC

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  • Biomedical Data Science Meetup

    2014-09-16 We were delighted to have Dr. Warren Kibbe, Director of NCI’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) kick off the discussion at ICBI’s first MeetUp on Biomedic

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  • Do Not Blink

    2014-05-20 Blink and you will miss a revolution! This is indeed true in the field of biomedical informatics today as it transforms healthcare and clinical translational research at light speed. Two re

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  • Highlights from TCGA 3rd Annual Symposium

    2014-05-16 The Cancer Genome Atlas’ 3rd annual scientific symposium – a report  Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend the 3rd annual TCGA symposium at NIH, Bethesda. The TCGA symposium i

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  • Genomes on Cloud 9

    2014-01-12 Genome sequencing is no longer a luxury available only to large genome centers. Recent advancements in next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and the reduction in cost per genome hav

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