#GraphCast: Graphs Connecting COVID-19 Research
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
June 19, 2020 2 mins read
Check out this week’s #GraphCast, featuring Alicia Frame being interviewed in TechRepublic on how Neo4j helps power drug discovery research for COVID-19.
Keywords: Coronavirus • covid-19 • data science • drug discovery • GraphCast • Healthcare • Life Sciences • natural language processing • nlp • pharmaceutical
Predictive Analysis from Massive Knowledge Graphs on Neo4j
By Corin Gainey
February 6, 2020 19 mins read
David Bader, GA Institute of Tech, explains how predictive graphs are implemented to detect patterns of linked data as well as anticipate new breakthroughs.
Keywords: betweenness centrality • Bioinformatics • communication • Connected Data • Data Visualization • Eigenvector centrality • graph database • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph • PageRank
Graphs to Fight Diabetes
By Corin Gainey
January 15, 2020 14 mins read
Discover how Neo4j graph databases contribute to the study, understanding, prevention and treatment concerning diabetes with Alexander Jarasch from DZD.
Keywords: artificial intelligence • Big Data • Data Visualization • graph algorithms • graphconnect • Knowledge Graph • neo4j
How Graphs Enhance Artificial Intelligence
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 18, 2019 12 mins read
Explore the increasing impact of graph technology on artificial intelligence and the steps toward enhancing AI and ML with a graph database.
Keywords: ai • artificial intelligence • feature engineering • graph embeddings • graphconnect • knowledge graphs • machine learning • ML • native learning • neural networks
The Top 10 Neo4j Podcasts of 2018
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 27, 2018 4 mins read
Since March 2015, Neo4j VP Rik Van Bruggen has been hosting the Graphistania podcast, covering the wonderful world of graph database technology and interviewing some of the most interesting graph thinkers and developers from across the globe. If you’re new… Read more →
Keywords: data science • emil eifrem • Graphistania • Kettle • natural language processing • Neo4j Community • real-time recommendation engine • social network analysis • spring data neo4j • telecom
Graphs4Good: Connected Data for a Better World
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 20, 2018 6 mins read
You’re reading this because of a napkin. It was the year 2000, and I was on a flight to Mumbai. Peter, Johan and I had been building an enterprise content management system (ECM) but kept running up against the challenge… Read more →
Keywords: Connected Data • data journalism • data science • fake news • graph technology • Graphs4Good • icij • nasa • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers
When Graph Meets Big Data: Obstacles and Opportunities for Visualization
By Jocelyn Hoppa
September 12, 2018 5 mins read
Love the buzzword or hate it, “big data” is an inescapable reality. Whether it’s for business intelligence or bioinformatics, recommendation engines or risk analysis, the volume, variety and velocity of data is only going to increase. Graph is an undeniably… Read more →
Keywords: 3D graph • Big Data • Bioinformatics • Collab Graphs • graph visualization • graphconnect • Kineviz • Neo4j for the Enterprise • Recommendation Engines • VR data visualization
Connecting the Dots in Early Drug Discovery at Novartis
By Jocelyn Hoppa
June 20, 2018 20 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Stephan Reiling at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Presentation Summary In this talk, Senior Scientist Stephan Reiling describes some of the ways that a major pharmaceutical company conducts the search for medical… Read more →
Keywords: association rule mining • Big Data • biological knowledge • biomedical research • drug discovery • graph technology • graphconnect • heterogeneous data • Novartis • PubMed
This Week in Neo4j – Medium, GraphTour, GraphQL, Survey, Swag
By Michael Hunger
April 14, 2018 5 mins read
Welcome to this week in Neo4j where we round up what’s been happening in the world of graph databases in the last 7 days. As my colleague Mark Needham is still on his well earned vacation, I’m filling in this… Read more →
Keywords: Bioinformatics • GraphQL • Medium • Neo4j swag • twin4j
Integrate Neo4j with RDKit for the Google Summer of Code [2018]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 9, 2018 3 mins read
We’ll get straight to the point: We’re looking for a student willing to participate to Google Summer of Code to develop a integration of RDKit into Neo4j. The project will be supported by one of the largest chemistry companies of… Read more →
Keywords: chemical research • data management • data processing • Google Summer of Code • knowledge graphs • materials sciences • medicinal chemistry • open source • Postgres • RDKit
Network Science: The Hidden Field behind Machine Learning, Economics and Genetics That You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of – An Interview with Dr. Aaron Clauset [Part 2]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 22, 2018 7 mins read
Last week, in part one of my interview with Dr. Aaron Clauset, we reviewed how network science was evolving and how it’s dismantling preconceived notions about networks in general. Clauset also stressed the crucial role of interdisciplinary collaboration when it… Read more →
Keywords: computational biology • computational social science • Connected Data • deep learning • ICON dataset • link prediction • machine learning • Netflix Prize • Network Science • Network Visualization
Network Science: The Hidden Field behind Machine Learning, Economics and Genetics That You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of – An Interview with Dr. Aaron Clauset [Part 1]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 13, 2018 9 mins read
I recently had the opportunity to combine work and pleasure and meet with Dr. Aaron Clauset, an expert on network science, data science and complex systems. In 2016, Clauset won the Erdos-Renyi Prize in Network Science but you might be… Read more →
Keywords: complex systems • cybersecurity • data science • economics • genetics • graph algorithms • ICON dataset • machine learning • Network Science • social network
7VORTEX: Systems Thinking Powered by Graph Technology
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 10, 2017 5 mins read
The success of many enterprises greatly depends on their ability to gather useful information and process it in a timely manner. Automation is essential and so is presentation, giving tangible feedback, to decision makers. This is where technology reaches out… Read more →
Keywords: biology • Connected Data • graph algorithms • graph technology • graph visualization • GraphAware • graphconnect • natural language processing • nlp • PageRank
Neo4j Life Sciences & Healthcare Workshop – Proceedings from Berlin
By Michael Hunger
September 29, 2017 9 mins read
Often invisible to the people outside of the field, life science researchers have been quietly embracing graph databases instead of the traditional triple and relational stores. On June 21, we invited a group of life science and healthcare researchers and… Read more →
Keywords: Bioinformatics • computational biology • cypher • drug development • Healthcare • intermine • Knowledge Graph • Life Sciences • network biology • systems biology
Integrating All of Biology into a Public Neo4j Database
By Rachel Howard
June 20, 2017 8 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Daniel Himmelstein at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Summary Himmelstein started his PhD research with the question: How do you teach a computer biology? He found the answer in a heterogenous network… Read more →
Keywords: biology • digitalocean • docker • drug repurposing • graphconnect • heterogeneous network • hetnet • machine learning • property graph • python
Accelerating Scientific Research through Machine Learning and Graphs
By Joy Chao
May 22, 2017 18 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Jorge Soto and Antonio Molins at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2016. Here’s a quick review of what they covered: Introduction to the role of microRNA Monitoring microRNAs Applying the method to stomach… Read more →
Keywords: breast cancer • data analysis • graphconnect • Hadoop • Hive • machine learning • microfluidics • microRNA • natural language processing • stomach cancer
The 5-Minute Interview: Stephan Reiling, Senior Scientist at Novartis
By Rachel Howard
April 14, 2017 3 mins read
“Cypher, for us, is really the killer feature of Neo4j,” said Stephan Reiling, Senior Scientist at Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research. The Novartis team recently embarked on a project to bring together huge volumes of disparate biological data, which they… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • batch importer • biological data • biomedical research • bulk data import • cypher • Medicine • Novartis • pharmaceuticals • text mining
The 5-Minute Interview: Antonio Molins, VP of Data Science at Miroculus
By Rachel Howard
March 3, 2017 2 mins read
“We think it’s good to use the right tool for the right problem — and graph databases are the right tool if you are focusing on relationships,” said Antonio Molins, Vice President of Data Science at Miroculus. Choosing the right… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • data insights • data science • graph database • graphconnect • microRNA • Miroculus • molecular diagnostics • neo4j • scientific data
From the Neo4j Community: December 2016
By Rachel Howard
January 17, 2017 2 mins read
The Neo4j community is already off to a busy start for the new year with tons of new projects and drivers, but before we dive into new items from 2017, let’s take one last look at 2016 and discover what… Read more →
Keywords: AngularJS • bolt • conceptnet • docker • Elixir • emil eifrem • graph database • Internet Archive • Neo4j Community • spring boot
The 5-Minute Interview: Daniel Himmelstein, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania
By Rachel Howard
January 6, 2017 3 mins read
“This is a really advanced graph algorithm and Cypher nailed it,” said Daniel Himmelstein, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Before using Neo4j, it took as many as 1,000 lines of code to write the main query for… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • Bioinformatics • biology • bolt • cypher • Graph Algorithm • graphconnect • Neo4j Community • python • r
From the Neo4j Community: October 2016
By Rachel Howard
November 17, 2016 3 mins read
October was a big month for the Neo4j community – not only was there GraphConnect San Francisco (catch video recordings here), but also the beta launch of Neo4j 3.1. Beyond that, the Neo4j community was doing what it does best… Read more →
Keywords: Big Data • cypher • graph database • graphconnect • Load CSV • nasa • Neo4j Community • Panama Papers • software development • US presidential election
The 5-Minute Interview: Tim Williamson, Data Scientist, Monsanto
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
November 11, 2016 10 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I sat down with Tim Williamson, a Data Scientist at Monsanto. I interviewed Tim at GraphConnect San Francisco after his popular presentation: “Graphs Are Feeding the World.” Tell us a little bit about your role… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • apache kafka • Big Data • cypher • data modeling • graphconnect • Oracle • relational database • Titan
Graphs Are Feeding the World
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 19, 2016 15 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Tim Williamson at GraphConnect San Francisco in October 2015. Here’s a quick review of what he covered: The needs of a growing population Leaps in scientific research Increasing crop yields with graph databases… Read more →
Keywords: ancestry data • apache spark • genomic data • genotype data • graph • graphconnect • HBase • Kafka • monsanto • Oracle
The 5-Minute Interview: Irina Balaur, Researcher at EISBM
By Rachel Howard
September 23, 2016 3 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I chatted with Irina Balaur, Postdoctoral Researcher at the European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine in Lyon, France. I caught up with Irina at GraphConnect Europe last April. Here’s what we talked about: Talk… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview • biomedical data • cypher • data integration • data management • declarative query language • eTRIKS • knowledge management • systems biology • translational medicine
Data Management in Systems Biology and Medicine
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 10, 2016 10 mins read
Editor’s Note: This presentation was given by Irina Balaur at GraphConnect Europe in April 2016. Here’s a quick review of what she covered: Integrating Data for Translational Medicine Informatics Incorporating a Graph Database into the eTRIKS Data Architecture The Data… Read more →
Keywords: Bayesian network • data analytics • data integration • data management • Data Visualization • epigenetics • graphconnect • medicine informatics • systems biology • translational medicine