| Abstract: |
IBM and Cornell University will be joining forces in a new collaboration in the name of food safety. Both entities will be using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics in an effort to help reduce safety issues with the world’s milk supply. Although Cornell has long been a leader in dairy research, this new joint venture allows the institution to become the newest of its kind to join the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain. This existing food safety initiative already includes IBM Research, Mars, Inc. and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. At the center of the Consortium’s focus will be raw milk--often transformed into pasteurized milk for drinking, infant formula, cheese, yogurt and other plenty of other food products. |
