bioinformatics

In addition to pulling back the veil on its work and financial backing, the startup also released four papers detailing the technology, alongside information on bioinformatics and AI partnerships with Google DeepVariant and Sentieon.

With Shing Zhan, a bioinformatics specialist at the University of British Columbia, Chan looked at the early human cases of covid and saw that the new virus hadn’t mutated as fast as SARS had.

The bulk of funding will go toward sequencing machines and hiring bioinformatics experts to read and interpret raw genetic data in public-health labs throughout the country.

“We really wanted to be able to pinpoint if there were any mutations or anything arising that could cause greater transmission or more severe illness,” said Logan Fink, bioinformatics lead scientist for the state lab.

He studies bioinformatics — a research field that uses computers to analyze biological data.