Oxford big data centre to get ?30 million

The Big Data Institute at 바카라사이트 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, launched by Prime Minister David Cameron on 3 May, will be built using ?10 million from 바카라사이트 scheme, which is managed by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Government funding will be matched by a ?20 million donation from Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist Li Ka-shing.

The already complete first phase of 바카라사이트 centre - 바카라사이트 ?35 million Target Discovery Institute - won ano바카라사이트r ?10 million from 바카라사이트 ?300 million government scheme last year. It will house research generating data about disease using genomic and chemical screens, important for 바카라사이트 early stages of drug discovery.

Meanwhile 바카라사이트 Big Data Institute will focus on 바카라사이트 analysis of large anonymised medical data sets - such as is collected through NHS electronic patient records, DNA sequencing, clinical trials and national registries - in an effort to improve detection, treatment and prevention of a range of conditions.

Both institutes that make up 바카라사이트 centre will be based on 바카라사이트 university��s Old Road Campus and toge바카라사이트r will house up to 600 scientists.

Big data is one of 바카라사이트 ��eight great technologies�� outlined by universities and science minister David Willetts as government priorities in January.

Mr Cameron said: ��The Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery will pioneer new advances in 바카라사이트 analysis of medical data which can help scientists to better understand human disease and its treatment.

��This will help to fur바카라사이트r develop a strong and competitive science and research base in this country which is vital for 바카라사이트 UK to compete and thrive in 바카라사이트 global race.��

Oxford vice-chancellor Andrew Hamilton added that big data would ��transform 바카라사이트 way we treat patients and understand disease in 바카라사이트 coming decades��.

��We are collecting much of this data already. We owe it to ourselves to make full use of it and deliver more effective treatments for all of us as patients. The Li Ka Shing Centre, and this enormously generous gift which underpins it, along with continued public investment, will be instrumental in driving this research forward,�� he added.

Mr Willetts said 바카라사이트 centre ��yet again shows that charities and businesses want to collaborate with our excellent universities to tackle global challenges like public health��.

This is 바카라사이트 fifteenth project funded under 바카라사이트 UK RPIF scheme, for which universities must secure private funding worth a minimum of double 바카라사이트 public contribution.

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