List of Flash News about genomics
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2026-02-02 18:23 |
Google AI Breakthrough: DeepVariant and DeepPolisher Compress Endangered Species Genome Sequencing from Years to Days; Google.org to Scale to 150+ Species
According to @sundarpichai, Google’s AI tools DeepVariant and DeepPolisher are reducing endangered-species genome sequencing timelines from years to days, with genomes of 13 species now freely available to conservation researchers (source: @sundarpichai). According to @sundarpichai, Google.org is supporting partners to expand this effort to 150+ additional species, signaling a scalable pipeline for conservation genomics and broader access to high-quality datasets (source: @sundarpichai). According to @sundarpichai, the announcement underscores rapid AI-enabled acceleration in genome assembly workflows that can streamline conservation research and data sharing across the biology community (source: @sundarpichai). |
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2026-01-29 06:42 |
AlphaGenome Breakthrough: DeepMind AlphaGenome Genomics AI Published in Nature with Research Weights Released
According to Demis Hassabis, AlphaGenome is the latest and most advanced genomics AI model and has been published in Nature, with the model and weights made available to academic researchers (source: Demis Hassabis on X). He added that the work is featured on the journal’s front cover and expressed anticipation for the research community to build on the released weights (source: Demis Hassabis on X). |