Medical Zuckerberg and Chan Pledge $3B To Fight Diseases

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have pledged $3 billion to combat diseases, focusing on establishing a "biohub" in San Francisco. This initiative aims to support ambitious projects like the human-cell atlas, which seeks to map the human body at a molecular level. The discussion highlights the significant computational and collaborative efforts required for such a project. Participants express mixed feelings about Facebook, with some noting their infrequent use of the platform. The conversation humorously touches on the potential challenges of managing vast databases for the bioinformatics endeavors.
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Were you able to find more information about biohub? I cannot find anything official. I'm curious about this human-cell atlas project, trying to map the body down to all it's molecular signaling is a task that would require serious computational power and international collaboration. That would be one gigantic bioinformatics orgy.
 
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Almost makes me want to open a Facebook account.

Almost.

I actually have a facebook account that I log into just about as regularly as my Myspace and LinkedIn account, which is pretty much never..
 
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Fervent Freyja said:
gigantic bioinformatics orgy

Sounds like an infection waiting to happen..:eek:
 
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DiracPool said:
I actually have a facebook account that I log into just about as regularly as my Myspace and LinkedIn account, which is pretty much never..

Myspace was the bomb, like 15 years ago! I didn't know it still existed. I deactivated my facebook account over a year ago. Waste of time.

DiracPool said:
Sounds like an infection waiting to happen..:eek:

Hah, the number of databases needed for this project almost guarantees that at least a few *Software Transmitted Infections* will be encountered! :biggrin:
 

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