Latest news with #genomics
South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
China boosts research of Southeast Asian populations overlooked in Human Genome Project
For more than two decades, the Human Genome Project (HGP) – a landmark scientific endeavour led by Western nations – mapped humanity's genetic blueprint, yet the rich diversity of Southeast Asia was overlooked. Despite being home to nearly 300 million people, including the world's largest indigenous population, mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) contributed a mere 1.57 per cent to global genomic databases, with most data derived from diaspora communities rather than local populations. Chinese researchers say they now aim to rectify the omission. Scientists from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, an affiliate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have spearheaded a decade-long collaboration with 34 Southeast Asian research teams, culminating in the first comprehensive genomic atlas of the region – the SEA3K data set – which was published in Nature on May 14. 02:43 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to US duo for 'fundamentally important' discovery of microRNA Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to US duo for 'fundamentally important' discovery of microRNA The study revealed striking insights, including that MSEA populations harbour unique genetic adaptations to tropical challenges as well as distinct Denisovan ancestry linked to Russia's far east. Before China took a role in the research, fewer than 200 indigenous genomes from MSEA existed in global databases, with neighbouring India contributing most via Southeast Asian diaspora samples, according to the paper. Even city state Singapore, a regional sequencing hub, accounted for 92 per cent of the region's limited data, leaving Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam virtually invisible in the genomic era. 'For over a decade, we conducted fieldwork in Southeast Asian rainforests, adhering to local ethical protocols, fostering community engagement and documenting indigenous cultural and linguistic contexts,' corresponding author Su Bing said in an interview with China Science Daily on May 19. Researchers collected samples from Southeast Asian populations covering six countries, five prominent language families and 30 ethnic languages. They completed genome sequencing for 3,023 cases, including 40 high-accuracy long-read sequencing data.
Arab News
5 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research
BERKELEY, California: A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the project Thursday alongside executives from computer maker Dell Technologies and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The new computing system at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be called Doudna after Berkeley professor and biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel in 2020 for her work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR. It's due to switch on next year. 'One of the key use cases will be genomics research,' said Dion Harris, a product executive in Nvidia's AI and high-performance computing division, in an interview. 'It was basically just a nod to her contributions to the field.' Dell is contracted with the energy department to build the computer, the latest to be housed at Berkeley Lab's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Previous computers there have been named after other Nobel winners: Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist, and Gerty Cori, a biochemist. It's not clear yet how the computer will rank on the TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers. The current top-ranked computer is El Capitan, located about an hour's drive away at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. That's followed by other supercomputers at US national labs in Tennessee and Illinois.
The Independent
5 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research
A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is scheduled to announce the project Thursday alongside executives from computer maker Dell Technologies and chipmaker Nvidia. The new computing system at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be called Doudna after Berkeley professor and biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel in 2020 for her work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR. It's due to switch on next year. 'One of the key use cases will be genomics research,' said Dion Harris, a product executive in Nvidia's AI and high-performance computing division, in an interview. 'It was basically just a nod to her contributions to the field.' Dell is contracted with the energy department to build the computer, the latest to be housed at Berkeley Lab's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Previous computers there have been named after other Nobel winners: Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist, and Gerty Cori, a biochemist. It's not clear yet how the computer will rank on the TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers. The current top-ranked computer is El Capitan, located about an hour's drive away at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. That's followed by other supercomputers at U.S. national labs in Tennessee and Illinois.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is scheduled to announce the project Thursday alongside executives from computer maker Dell Technologies and chipmaker Nvidia. The new computing system at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be called Doudna after Berkeley professor and biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel in 2020 for her work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR. It's due to switch on next year. 'One of the key use cases will be genomics research,' said Dion Harris, a product executive in Nvidia's AI and high-performance computing division, in an interview. 'It was basically just a nod to her contributions to the field.' Dell is contracted with the energy department to build the computer, the latest to be housed at Berkeley Lab's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Previous computers there have been named after other Nobel winners: Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist, and Gerty Cori, a biochemist. It's not clear yet how the computer will rank on the TOP500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers. The current top-ranked computer is El Capitan, located about an hour's drive away at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. That's followed by other supercomputers at U.S. national labs in Tennessee and Illinois.
RNZ News
25-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Health span versus life span - Dr Sharad Paul on 'biohacking our genes'
With his latest book, globally renowned skin cancer surgeon Dr Sharad Paul, reflects on what habits and tweaks that may just allow us to hack into genomics to optimize our performance. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar.
