July 24, 2020
A UBC student team mentored by BPI professors Steven Hallam and Feng Jiang is competing at the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 on June 16th with their project UBC Virosight.
Project summary: Viral Predictor for mRNA Evolution (VPRE, or “Viper”) is an open-source software tool that utilizes a neural network inspired by evolutionary biology to generate the spike protein sequences of SARS-CoV-2 viruses that are likely to evolve in the future. These sequences would be used for preemptive mRNA vaccine production.
View and Vote for UBC Virosight at the Biodesign Summit on Jun 16th (Tue) 11am – 11:15am PST
- Eventbrite RSVP to watch presentation: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biodesign-challenge-summit-2020-registration-103719395504
- Link to vote for the Virosight project (close on Jun 18th): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKK15-DJ_rjEdhRCbqgxcS9LPpJILFWbOv21n3zx5Xvd4y0Q/viewform