The new date, new format, new goals and new sponsor of the Archon Genomics X PRIZE Competition

• Published in: Nature genetics Vol. 43; no. 11; pp. 1055 - 1058
• Main Authors: Kedes, Larry, Campany, Grant
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.11.2011; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/208/212/2301; 631/208/514/1948; Accuracy; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Agriculture; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Awards & honors; Awards and Prizes; Bioinformatics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Biotechnology; Cancer Research; commentary; Competition; Competitive Behavior; DNA sequencing; Gene Function; Genomes; Genomics; Haplotypes; Human Genetics; Human Genome Project; Humans; Industry - organization & administration; Methods; Organizational Objectives; Protocol

The Archon Genomics X Prize contest has been declared for January 2013. Larry Kedes and Grant Campany explain the selection of centenarian genomes for the contest and provide the rules by which the contestants will be judged.