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With lessons learned from computers, a new platform could help boost production of lifesaving biological therapies
The project, called Station B, aims to develop an end-to-end platform to help scientists more efficiently and predictably channel the power of life's ultimate information processing machines: living cells.
Researchers build nanoscale distributed DNA computing systems from artificial protocells
Living cells communicate with each other by sending and receiving molecular signals that diffuse between neighboring cells to activate key molecular processes. This communication enables cell populations to implement collective information processing functions that cannot be achieved by individual cells…
In the news | Geekwire
Microsoft and Seattle Children’s study shows strong link between smoking and unexpected death in infants
Microsoft data scientists and researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital have teamed up to give a high-resolution picture of the link between unexplained death in newborns and smoking.
In the news | Financial Times
Microsoft moves into biological computing with Station B
Microsoft will make a big move into biotechnology on Tuesday with the launch of a new research system that enables scientists to engineer living cells using machine learning and data analysis.
In the news | IGDA
Constructive Conversations about Sexism and Racism
Roundtable discussion at #GamesUR, 2018 Games User Research Summit. Featuring Deborah Hendersen, Jerome Hagen, and Melissa Boone.
马歆：我和“院友会”的不解之缘
每一位曾在微软亚洲研究院工作过的人，或多或少都有着“母校”情结。20年间，微软亚洲研究院为中国和世界培养出了一大批计算机领域的领军人物和中坚力量。恰如一席“流动的盛宴”，这里走出的每个人都带着独特基因。 2016年11月，微软亚洲研究院院友会正式成立。该项目的负责人是江湖人称“马歆姐”、微软亚洲研究院学术合作总监马歆。这位已在这里工作了19年的“年轻老员工”，成功搭建了微软亚洲研究院与中国高校间的...
Predicting the ‘holy grail’ of climate forecasting: A new model and a new public dataset
It was crunch time, just as it had been many times before in the preceding weeks. Such is the nature of real-time competition. The yearlong Subseasonal Climate Forecast Rodeo was being sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation and the National…