Today, CBGP (UPM-INIA) researcher Dr. Huerta-Cepaswas awarded with a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to support open source software essential to scientific research.
TheComparative Genomics and Metagenomics team led by Dr. Huerta-Cepasis mainly focused on the development of computational methods to study the evolution, ecology and functional role of microbial genes. This one year grant will provide funding to support the release of a new version of their software ETE Toolkit, a scientific framework for the reconstruction, analysis and visualization of phylogenomic data. The main goals of the project are improving methods for phylogenetic tree comparison and large tree visualization.
Open source software is crucial to modern scientific research, advancing biology and medicine while providing reproducibility and transparency. Yet even the most widely used research software often lacks dedicated funding. With these grants, awardees will be able to hire additional developers, improve documentation, address usability, improve compatibility, onboard contributors, convene communities, and more.
“Hundreds of thousands of scientists each day use open source software to carry out their research,” said CZI Head of Science Cori Bargmann. “Scientists deserve better tools, and we’re helping to meet that need by supporting open source projects that will advance biomedical science and foster greater access to critical software.”
CZI staff will further support all the 23 awarded projectsin this call by convening grantee meetings and connecting open source software developers to technical experts, scientists, and one another, including other CZI-funded grantees and members of the broader scientific community.
Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that’s leveraging technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease, to improving education, to reforming the criminal justice system. Across three core Initiative focus areas of Science, Education, and Justice & Opportunity, we’re pairing engineering with grant-making, impact investing, and policy and advocacy work to help build an inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone. For more information, please visit www.chanzuckerberg.com.
The Centre for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology (CBGP) is a joint research institute UPM / INIA whose mission is to carry out fundamental and strategic research in plant science and associated microorganisms. In particular, research lines are focused on the study of plant development, their nutritional mechanisms and their interaction with the environment. The knowledge acquired is used to address the main problems of agriculture and forestry today, as well as to develop new technological solutions. To this end, CBGP has a Systems Biology and Computational Genomics Programme in which analyses, predictions and models are carried out at a genomic scale. The mission of this program is to revolutionize plant and agricultural research by applying global approaches to improve plant growth, increase productivity and prevent disease.
The CBGP (UPM-INIA) has been recognized by the Spanish Research Agency as a Severe Ochoa Center of Excellence, the highest institutional recognition of excellence in scientific research in Spain.
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