The National Institutes of Health has issued a request for information on digital technology platforms that could help two NIH organizations respond to the coronavirus pandemic and advance public health response efforts.
Read More »DOE Laboratory Employs Cerebras Systems-Built AI Computer
The Argonne National Laboratory has fielded a Cerebras Systems-built artificial intelligence computer that works to speed up research and development efforts for deep learning models.
Read More »Leidos Selects Tempus to Help Collate, Summarize NCI Clinical Data
Leidos' biomedical research business has tapped Tempus to collate and summarize follow-up clinical data for a National Cancer Institute project that aims to provide data that will contribute to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Read More »National Cancer Institute Uses Druva Platform for Data Backup
National Cancer Institute is using Druva's cloud platform to modernize the agency's data backup, restoration and archiving activities. The company said Monday its patented deduplication process helps NCI perform backups with reduced costs in time and bandwidth.
Read More »Leonard Freedman Named Chief Science Officer of Leidos-Operated Frederick National Laboratory
Leonard Freedman, founding president of the Global Biological Standards Institute, has been appointed chief science officer at a federally-funded research and development center Leidos manages for the National Cancer Institute. He will oversee internal scientific programs at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and its external collaborative efforts in the science …
Read More »Octo Consulting Wins $75M NIH IT Support Contract; Jay Shah Quoted
Octo Consulting has won an approximately $75M multiyear contract to support the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, which operates under the National Institutes of Health. Octo will provide IT services and ServiceNow cloud implementation support to the CBIIT to help the institute address its IT needs …
Read More »NIH Renews AMRI’s Neurotherapeutic Drug Discovery Support Contract
Albany Molecular Research Inc. has secured a potential 10-year, $39.5 million contract renewal to support a National Institutes of Health program that aims to develop medicines for nervous system disorders. AMRI said Tuesday it will continue to provide medicinal chemistry, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion services to the Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network managed by NIH’s National …
Read More »ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services
ICF International has secured two potential five-year blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million combined to provide web development, communications and cancer content development support services for the National Cancer Institute. The first BPA with NCI's office of communications and public liaison has a ceiling value of $50 million and the …
Read More »ICF to Continue CDC Cancer Surveillance System Maintenance Support
ICF has secured a potential four-year, $9 million task order to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain a system used to track cancer occurrence, treatment and outcomes nationwide. The company said Monday it will continue to provide maintenance support for CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries ““ Cancer Surveillance System …
Read More »Booz Allen, Kaggle Name Winners of 2017 ‘Data Science Bowl’ Contest
Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle have unveiled the winners of a global crowdsourcing competition that sought data science methods to develop lung cancer detection formulas and technologies. The third annual Data Science Bowl drew nearly 10,000 participants who submitted algorithms designed to help clinicians detect lung cancer, Booz Allen said Tuesday. The National Cancer Institute provided access to …
Read More »Kaggle-Booz Allen ‘Data Science Bowl’ to Include AI Integration Challenge for Lung Cancer Screening Tech
Kaggle and Booz Allen Hamilton will convene medical communities and data scientists for a challenge to use artificial intelligence in efforts to further develop lung cancer screening technology. The companies said Thursday the 90-day Data Science Bowl competition will look to boost current technologies for the early detection of lung cancer …
Read More »Southern Research Wins Spot on NCI Cancer Drug Dev’t IDIQ; Art Tipton Comments
Birmingham, Alabama-based nonprofit institution Southern Research has won a position on a potential five-year contract to help the National Cancer Institute study the pharmacokinetic attributes of antitumor agents. Southern Research said Monday it will compete for task orders with four other contractors that won spots on NCI's indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. “Southern …
Read More »Aptinyx Receives NIH Grants for Neurologic Disorders Treatment R&D
Aptinyx has received three grants worth potentially $2.85 million from the National Institutes of Health to research and develop new therapeutic compounds for neuropathic pain and age-related cognitive decline. The NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded Aptinyx a one-year, $1.25 million grant to fund the development of compounds for neuropathic pain …
Read More »Harris Lands 5-Year NCI Clinical Data Mgmt Extension; Carl D'Alessandro Comments
Harris has received a potential five-year, $43 million contract to continue to help the National Cancer Institute‘s cancer research center manage data under NCI’s intramural clinical trials program. The company said Monday it will perform clinical data management, quality assurance and control, clinical audit, research databases and systems update and clinical trials safety and compliance …
Read More »CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds
CSRA will integrate information technology systems with high-performance computing services to help government agencies process information at a faster pace in a push to support decision-making speeds in areas such as climate change, scientific research and space exploration. The company said Wednesday the new HPC service model will work to support HPC …
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