- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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119 people are interested
Help researchers find clues to understand a rare disease--from home!
ORGANIZATION: the Su Lab at The Scripps Research Institute
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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119 people are interested
There are over 20 million articles indexed in Pubmed, and roughly one article published every THIRTY seconds, biomedical literature represents an exciting and challenging big data issue. Coupled with the fact that most articles contain a lot of important but unstructured information, and that natural language processing is a challenging computational problem; Mark2Cure is a citizen science and volunteer-based approach to dealing with this issue.
For more information or to jump right in and get started, please visit http://mark2cure.org
As a web-based citizen science app, Mark2Cure enables non-scientists to help annotate biomedical literature. This builds the foundation of a biomedical literature-based knowledgebase that is crucial for the development of text mining programs and algorithms.
Anyone who can read is welcome to contribute. Our participants range from highschoolers to retirees. Our current campaign targets NGLY1-deficiency, an ultra rare disease affecting children.
If you can read, you can help. Start now: http://mark2cure.org
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About the Su Lab at The Scripps Research Institute
Location:
Molecular and Experimental Medicine Building, MEM-216, 3545 Cray Court, San Diego, CA 92121, US
Mission Statement
The Su Lab at The Scripps Research Institute works in the field of bioinformatics, applying the tools of computer science and statistics to the pursuit of biological discovery. We strongly believe in open science and have made (or will make) all of the research tools and softwares developed in our lab freely available for public use.
Through citizen science and volunteer opportunities, we aim to:
- Find new solutions to big data challenges facing biomedical researchers,
- Engage the public in science and encourage people to keep learning
- Build relationships between researchers, healthcare providers, volunteers, and patient communities to demonstrate how we can all work together to facilitate disease-focused biomedical research.
Description
Our research group is particularly interested in participatory science and crowdsourcing. Participatory science can help with many big data issues facing researchers, but more importantly, it can help educate, inform, and engage people in science.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
March 27, 2017
SKILLS
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- English
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Computer, Internet Access, pointing device (like a mouse)