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It is headed by bioinformatician Rapha\u00eblle Luisier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Idiap, I work alongside colleagues who are at the forefront of the field of artificial intelligence. This inspires me and gives me a lot of leads to advance medical research. Computer technology allows us to process countless amounts of data in a short period of time, which would be impossible to do by hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The research group aims to analyze two types of data: the way motor neurons read the approximately 20,000 human genes and the behaviour of these cells over time as a function of a large number of variables. &#8220;In this sense, artificial intelligence could reveal possible correlations between the reading of the genome by motor cells, their composition and their behaviour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A program designed to repatriate talent<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Martigny-based institute has also set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiap.ch\/en\/allnews\/phd-postdoc-valais-wallis-ambition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valais Wallis Ambition.<\/a>\u00a0This initiative supports young engineers having completed their primary and secondary schools in Valais, followed by EPFL-equivalent studies, and interested in pursuing high-quality post-graduate training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Idiap research institute now hosts a bioinformatics research group focusing on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 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