Just-DNA-Seq
Open-source suite for genetic data analysis seeking to enhance privacy, decentralization, and understanding using Web3; aims to integrate with LabDAO, improve aging clock accuracy, and develop user-focused educational resources.User Review
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Reviewed on 13 Feb 2024 05:12 PM
Projects should directly support the mission of DeSci to innovate scientific research by exploring novel mechanisms of funding, conducting, and disseminating scientific research in an open, inclusive, and accessible manner.
Just DNA-Seq aims to empower individuals to take control of their genetic information with open-source libraries and pipelines, integrating Web3 and decentralization to enhance accessibility and utility. This alignment with DeSci’s mission is evident in their objective to innovate the domain of personalized genomics.
DeSci projects most commonly support this mission by building and testing necessary technological infrastructure, but projects may also be eligible if they are deploying existing DeSci infrastructure in a scientific research context or if they are educating and recruiting members of the scientific community to contribute to the mission.
The project is both utilizing and extending existing infrastructures like LabDAO’s PLEx and Genomes DAO’s privacy-preserving vaults. It also emphasizes education through workshops and developing an online course. Hence, it meets the criteria through infrastructure deployment and community engagement.
Concrete examples of issues covered by the DeSci mission include: the data reproducibility crisis and archaic data sharing practices; misaligned incentives and poor practices in scientific publishing and peer review; financial, linguistic, and academic barriers to globally inclusive research; intellectual property, patents, and financial incentives to trade progress for profits; academic disconnect and poor science/health literacy and trust in the lay public and government representatives.
Just DNA-Seq addresses issues such as data sharing and science/health literacy by providing tools for individuals to analyze their genetic data and access easy-to-understand reports, increasing transparency and addressing the academic disconnect.
Projects must satisfy the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy in addition to the requirements described above.
From the provided information, compliance with the Gitcoin Program General Eligibility Policy cannot be confirmed without additional insight into the project's adherence to those overarching policies not detailed in the project description.