Siwo ACCELERATED SCIENCE

• Our new preprint on encrypting biometric data using DNA-generated cryptographic keys for privacy preserving forensics analysis of DNA

 

• Learn more about our work on equitable development of CRISPR based gene editing technologies and how we are leveraging our work on CRISPR to design novel broad-spectrum antiviral drugs on this podcast by the Biotechniques journal  

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• We launched the Vaccine Mapper project to track the global development of COVID-19 vaccines

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• Geoffrey selected as a Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Fellow

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• Our work mapping global trends in CRISPR research and US/ China leadership in the field mentioned in Science magazine

 

• Our paper on Leveraging crowdsourcing to accelerate global health solutions is out in Nature Biotechnology 

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• Panelist at the NSF sponsored MBI Summit on the Rules of Life  addressing one of the 10 Big Ideas by NSF - Understanding Rules of Life

 

• Visited IBM Research Africa to meet data scientists in Kenya and discuss participation in global data science challenges such as the Malaria DREAM challenge

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• Invited speaker at the Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Phillips-Marburg University in Germany on our work on CRISPR interactions with small molecules

 

• With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with the DREAM consortium, the Ferdig Lab at University of Notre Dame, Sage Bionetworks, IBM Research and other organizations, we launched the Malaria DREAM challenge inviting data scientists from all over the world to develop computational models for predicting malaria drug resistance using genomics data

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• In collaboration with IBM Research Africa lab in Johannesburg, South Africa,organized the Deep Viral Code Hackathon challenging data scientists at the Deep Learning Indaba X meeting (Durban, South Africa) to develop machine learning models for predicting zoonotic potential of viral specieis using DNA/ RNA sequences. With support for the Eck Institute for Global Health provided prizes to the top 3 best performing teams

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• Feature on TED website on our work mining gene editing literature- Let's design CRISPR to benefit everyone while we still can​

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• Feature by the Genetic Literacy Project- Who will CRISPR benefit? How to prevent this life-saving technology from creating gender and geographical disparities".

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• Feature on Notre Dame Research website on our work on how Hackathons may accelerate scientific discovery

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• Geoffrey Siwo receives top prize out of 182 teams in an international competition on the Innocentive platform for Novel Intrinsic Biocontainment Methods for pathogenic viruses 

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• IBM press release on Geoffrey Siwo's recognition as a Quartz Africa Innovator

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• Geoffrey Siwo named as a Quartz Africa Innovator

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• Invited by Alan Turing family as a speaker at the Turing Talks held at the National Museum of Scotland

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• Feature on Nature jobs website: Computational biology: an informal career path

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• Interview by IBM Research on DREAM of Malaria Hackathon- Hacking anti-malarial drug resistance

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• Interview with TED's Karen Eng on How to create more medical breakthroughs? Get everyone on board

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• Feature of our DREAM of Malaria Hackathon on Web Foundation website- AI systems should be shaped by the people they affect

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• CNN coverage on mechanisms underlying breast cancer metastasis and the role of genetics in aggressive breast cancers in African populations

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• PRN Newswire & IBM press release with IBM Chairman and CEO, Ginni Rometty at the official opening of the IBM Research Africa lab in Johanesburg, South Africa

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• USA Today coverage on life story and a dream for precision medicine for all world populations:Ozy magazine life story

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• Quartz magazine interview on research at IBM Research Africa​

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• Invited speaker at The Economist Corporate Forum: January 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa.     

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• Fast Company magazine interview on the need for genetic studies across human populations in developing more effective personalized medicines and the United Genomes project 

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• Notre Dame magazine, an alumni magazine at the University of Notre Dame features life story and approach to science.

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• TED conference interview on the need for open innovation and large scale collaboration on accelerating medical discovery

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• African Business Network Magazine interview on research at IBM Research Africa.

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• Geoffrey Siwo receives top prize out of 417 teams in an international competition on the Innocentive platform for Estimating Human Age from DNA

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• O’Reilly magazine interview regarding Fit2cure, a game I developed with a team in the USA at the University of Notre Dame.

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• Eck Institute of Global Health at the University of Notre Dame features Geoffrey's research and award by Singularity University at NASA Ames.

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• The College of Science at the University of Notre Dame features research and award by Singularity University at NASA Ames.

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• Science Daily features part of my PhD research done in collaboration with the University of Florida and published in Nature Scientific Reports.​

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