Understanding the biological picture of life
For more than a decade, Google researchers have been building AI technology to help scientists achieve what once seemed impossible, from predicting floods to mapping the connections of the human brain. It took thirteen years and three billion dollars to sequence the first human genome. Now, we can sequence people, animals and plants in a few days, for a few thousand dollars and with astronomical accuracy. AI tools developed by Google, such as DeepPolisher, DeepVariant and DeepConsensus have played an important role in this development, and what once felt like a moon shot can be achieved: a comprehensive catalog that includes the complete picture of biology, changing science as we know it.
The technology we build at Google has a powerful impact when scientists use it to solve real-world problems. In order to continue the important work of the Vertebrate Genome Lab and the Earth BioGenome Project, Google.org has recently named Rockefeller University as a recipient of the AI for Science fund to expand the above number to 150 additional species – all of which will be freely released to the scientific community and the public.
