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27 May 2016 – Behind the Scenes: World Community Grid Goes to the Webby Awards |
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On May 16, three members of the World Community Grid team accepted a People's Voice Webby Award on behalf of volunteers, supporters, the IBM design team who created the new sign-up process, and World Community Grid employees. In this article, Keith Uplinger, World Community Grid technical lead, writes about their trip to the awards ceremony. |
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19 May 2016 – Help an International Research Team Fight the Zika Virus |
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The Zika virus was relatively unknown until 2015, when it made headlines due its rapid spread and its link to severe brain-related deficiencies in newborns born to mothers who contracted the virus while pregnant. Dr. Carolina Horta Andrade, the principal investigator for the new OpenZika project, discusses how she and an international team of researchers are using World Community Grid to accelerate the search for an effective anti-Zika treatment. |
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26 Apr 2016 – Webby Awards, Here We Come! |
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Thanks to votes from thousands of volunteers and supporters, World Community Grid is the winner of The Webby People's Voice Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility category! |
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21 Apr 2016 – Mapping Cancer Markers Now Examining Ovarian Cancer |
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The Mapping Cancer Markers project now includes markers for the most common form of ovarian cancer, with a goal to understand the how this disease progresses from early-stage to late-stage. |
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12 Apr 2016 – Uncovering Genome Mysteries Hopes to Shed Light on Zika and Other Viruses |
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Uncovering Genome Mysteries is analyzing protein sequences from Zika and related viruses in order to help scientists better understand them. Dr. Wim Degrave, who is deeply involved in Brazil's response to the Zika crisis, gave us this update to describe how these analyses fit into the larger work of Uncovering Genome Mysteries, and how the project could help scientists develop new tools to diagnose and treat Zika virus and similar diseases. |
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07 Apr 2016 – World Community Grid Needs Your Vote to Win a Webby Award! |
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We're excited to announce that World Community Grid has been nominated for a Webby People's Voice Award, often called "the Oscars of the internet." Being nominated is an honor, but we need your vote to win. |
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06 Apr 2016 – Site outage for Sunday April 10th - Completed |
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We will be performing some maintenance which will result in volunteers being temporarily unable to access the website or download new work at 01:00 UTC on Sunday, April 10th. - Completed |
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05 Apr 2016 – Maintenance Notice for Wednesday, April 6 |
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We will be performing some maintenance which will result in volunteers being temporarily unable to upload work unit results for about 30 minutes, starting at 19:00 UTC. |
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