20 Apr 2018 | ISO standard news
The extensive usage of high-throughput deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing technologies opens up new perspectives in the treatment of several diseases and enables “precision medicine”. As DNA sequencing technologies produce extremely large amounts of raw data, the...
18 Apr 2018 | Event, MPEG
A workshop on applications of genomic information processing has been held on 18th April 2018 co-located with the 122nd MPEG meeting in San Diego. The Workshop explored the opportunities for improved genome sequencing data processing services enabled by the...
26 Jan 2018 | ISO standard news
The availability of high-throughput deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing technologies opens up new perspectives in the treatment of several diseases, making possible the introduction of new global approaches in public health known as “precision medicine”. While...
19 Jul 2017 | Event, MPEG
Workshop on Processing of Genomic Information: From Standards to Deployment 13:30 – 19:00, 19th July 2017 – Torino (Italy) Sala dei Mappamondi, Academy of Sciences, Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6, Torino Organized by Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine...
27 Oct 2016 | ISO standard news
The availability of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies opens up new perspectives in the treatment of several diseases, making possible the introduction of new global approaches in public health known as “precision medicine”. While routine DNA sequencing in...
21 Oct 2016 | ISO standard news, MPEG
At its 115th meeting, MPEG issued a Call for Proposals (CfP) for Genomic Information Compression and Storage in conjunction with the working group for standardisation of data processing and integration of the ISO Technical Committee for biotechnology standards (ISO/TC...
3 Jun 2016 | ISO standard news, MPEG
While routine deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing in the doctor’s office is still many years away, some large medical centers have begun to use sequencing to identify cancer and other diseases. The introduction of high-throughput DNA sequencing has led to the...
27 Feb 2016 | MPEG, Technology
At its 114th meeting, MPEG has progressed its exploration of genome compression toward formal standardization. The 114th meeting included a seminar to collect additional perspectives on genome data standardization, and a review of technologies that had been submitted...
23 Feb 2016 | Event, MPEG
A seminar on Genome Compression Standardization has been held on 23rd February 2016 during the 114th MPEG meeting in San Diego. The purpose of this seminar was twofold: to raise the awareness on the need of new approaches to genome compression for the efficient...
23 Oct 2015 | MPEG, Technology
MPEG issues Call for Evidence (CfE) for Genome Compression and Storage At its 113th meeting, MPEG has taken its first formal step toward leveraging its compression expertise to code an entirely new kind of essential information, i.e. the single recipe that describes...
