Quantum Computing Meets Genomics: Researchers Aim to Revolutionize Pangenome Analysis

A new collaboration involving researchers from the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has been awarded up to US $3.5 million to explore the potential of quantum computing for improvements in human health. The interdisciplinary team aims to develop quantum computing algorithms that can speed up the production and analysis of pangenomes, which are new representations of DNA sequences that capture population diversity.

The project...