The Chronology Of Human Genome Project
Globally, there are responses from the Government looking for ways to help and to apply the principles of transparency, accountability, and participation to the COVID-19 response. It is in moments of disaster response and relief that the values of open government can come under intense pressure but can also meaningfully contribute to better outcomes. Meanwhile, since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and the identification of the pandemic virus, laboratories around the world are generating viral genome sequence data with unprecedented speed, enabling real-time progress in the understanding of the new disease and in the research and development of candidate medical countermeasures. Sequence data are essential to design and evaluate diagnostic tests, to track and trace the ongoing outbreak, and to identify potential intervention options. It is a race against time. Bioinformatics will be critical to source tracking of the viral genome sequence, identifying pathogenicity characteristics, and seeking potential treatments and/or preventative vaccinations. Any company in the healthcare industry (human or animal) should consider whether its bioinformatics capabilities can take on this analytical challenge. Artificial intelligence and informatics have a role to play alongside bioinformatics in efforts to discover novel antiviral active ingredients more quickly with specific
activity against this virus, to be used either as vaccinations or as pharmacotherapeutics. Examples of collaborative platforms contributing to COVID 19 researches are: Example of open platforms related to COVID 19 EU COVID-19 Data Portal EU COVID-19 Data Portal is a bioinformatics and research literature open dataportal jointly createdby theEuropeanUnionCommission, theEuropean Bioinformatics Institute of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-EBI)” working with EU member states and “other partners.” The website includes a tool to allow external users to share appropriate data with the curators for publication on the site. Despite leaving the EU, the UK remains part of the EMBL-EBI, which is headquartered near Cambridge, UK COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium The COVID-19 High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium members manage a range of computing capabilities that span from small clusters to some of the largest supercomputers in the world. Members including IBM, Microsoft, Intel, MIT, and NASA. Consortium affiliates provide a range of computing services and expertise that can enhance and accelerate the research for fighting COVID-19. Matched proposals will have access to resources and help from Consortium affiliates, provided for free, enabling rapid and efficiently execution of complex computational research programs. The Consortium welcomes additional members and affiliates who can contribute significant compute resources, services, and skills to the pool for this important work.
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Malaysian Technology Strategic Outlook 2019/2020 Intergration of High Technology
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