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Biswas Family Foundation Transformative Computational Biology Grant Awardees: Milken Institute Press Release

The Biswas Family Foundation and the Milken Institute announce the five research teams selected to receive funding in the first cycle of the Transformative Computational Biology Grant Program. Nearly $14 million has been allocated to projects utilizing computational tools in various fields such as cardiovascular disease diagnosis, precision oncology treatments, improving clinical data sets, and drug repurposing all aiming to bridge the gap between research and practice in healthcare.

Foundation in the News

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May 18, 2024
Katie Pollard, PhD, Receives Grant for Cancer Research & AI
Oncology Times
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May 7, 2024
Assistants, Not Replacements: How AI can Accelerate Research and Health Care
STAT News
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March 14, 2024
Biswas Foundation, Milken Launch $14 Million AI Research Initiative
Philanthropy News Digest
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March 12, 2024
$5 Million Grant Bets on Computational Biology, AI to Change the Future of Cancer
Gladstone Institutes
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Science Communication

A curation of news from trusted experts and the science stories we are paying attention to.

May 28, 2024
Venki Ramakrishnan: The New Science of Aging
Ground Truths Podcast
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May 27, 2024
Language Understanding and LLMs with Christopher Manning
TWIML Podcast
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March 22, 2024
Study: Movement Disorder ALS and Cognitive Disorder FTLD Show Strong Molecular Overlaps
MIT News
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