DUF - Discovering Unknome Function - Advanced Research Concept

The search for The Great Unknome: Annotating large swaths of uncharacterized genes in fully sequenced genomes (i.e., the Unknome) is perhaps the last remaining grand challenge connected to sequencing. Structural annotation has advanced but functional has not. We have released an international call for abstracts with the goal of soliciting a large number of innovative ideas to tackle the ‘Unknome’ and launch biotechnology into a new era.
Discovering Unknome Function (DUF) is part of our Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) initiative, which makes targeted, limited scope investments to rapidly explore promising ideas that could result in new, game-changing technologies for national security (www.darpa.mil/ARC/DUF). DUF ARC funding is available to U.S. and non-U.S. organizations doing research on any cell, virus, or cell-free system to generate high-throughput high-confidence (non)coding gene function annotations.
DUF abstracts are due by April 5, 2024; any abstract not selected can be revised using given feedback and resubmitted before this deadline, so submit your abstract early.
To learn more about DUF and other open ARC topics visit: www.DARPA.mil/arc

[@jimmiedean8035]

Dark energy DNA , phantom DNA.
DNA in space. The stuff is everywhere. 😊

[@AquisQuerquennis]

Unknow Entry Event

[@marshallmcluhan33]

The Unknown, The Evil Chocolate Maker who lives in the walls 🧬 🍫

[@mrustle5707]

after we already had "genome", "transcriptome", "proteome", "lipome", "glycome", "metabolome", even "connectome", etc I can't see what's so "advanced" about coining another "-ome" (even if it's an "unknome" -- what else was left?) :))

[@pepperprovasnik]

It means protein.

[@hollymorrison907]

Ommmm

[@davidthompson6636]

In other: DoD Contract Caliente Project. The task is to unweigh those PDE’s when that not receive sufficient sensor data?
Asking for clarification as I am R&R for the next two days and would like to commit 1.25 hours to developing bypass/ override/ sensor disruption.
Pleasant Pi Day
Dave
Hedjhog Insurrection

[@duffduck]

D U F

[@PODMIOT-CYBERNETYCZNY]

SOUL.MACHINE.DNA.TRANSFER.SATURN.HYDRA.SERAFIN.TREE LIFE

[@PODMIOT-CYBERNETYCZNY]

GAYA DEFENDER

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

You’ve misspelled the video title 😎

[@pepperprovasnik]

No they didn't. Unknome is dna proteins. As in the Unknome database.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

@@pepperprovasnik
Ah, didn’t know that. Thank you.

[@livingstone6675]

😂