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25 sept. à 16h59

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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>NIOME (SN55)</strong> is entering the third cycle of its collaboration with the <strong>Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen</strong>, bringing another group of students into its genomic AI work.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Three students have completed their year-long industry placements with <a href="https://taodaily.io/revenue-search-66-how-niome-sn55-is-rebuilding-genomic-data-infrastructure/" data-type="post" data-id="19375">NIOME</a>, while another three are now joining. This brings the total number of students involved in the programme to six.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The programme is designed for <strong>Integrated Master of Science students</strong> at Aberdeen. Students join NIOME full-time for a year and work directly on live projects instead of only observing from the classroom.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Their work covers areas including <strong>synthetic genomic data, AI applications in biological systems, decentralised research infrastructure, and research tools and pipelines</strong>.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">From university research to a live Bittensor subnet</h2> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251-1024x576.png" alt="" class="wp-image-25035" style="aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:624px;height:auto" srcset="https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251-1024x576.png 1024w, https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251-300x169.png 300w, https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251-678x381.png 678w, https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251-768x432.png 768w, https://taodaily.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-251.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">NIOME collaborates with the University of Aberdeen</figcaption></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">NIOME is built by the team behind <strong>Genomes.io</strong> and operates as <strong>Bittensor Subnet 55</strong>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The subnet is focused on generating synthetic genomic data that can help researchers and AI systems work with biological information without directly exposing sensitive personal genomes.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through the Aberdeen programme, students contribute to the same research and development work supporting SN55.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier participants <strong>Oliwia Bialaszczyk and Pattapon Nettip</strong> <a href="https://blog.genomes.io/scaling-bio-data-intelligence-niome-expands-its-partnership-with-the-institute-of-medical-98b329a2c1b9">described</a> the placement as an introduction to real industry work across life sciences, AI and genomics.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The partnership has also become more useful to NIOME itself. Instead of being only an academic collaboration, it gives the team more people working on development while creating a pipeline of students already familiar with genomic AI and decentralised systems.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why this matters for NIOME</h2> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Genomic AI needs large amounts of useful biological data, but real genomic information is highly sensitive and difficult to share.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">NIOME is trying to solve part of that problem by producing synthetic genomic data that researchers and AI systems can work with while reducing the need to expose real patient genomes.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Aberdeen programme gives NIOME something else it needs to build that system: people with experience across biology, data science and AI.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">With another three students now joining, the partnership is becoming a repeatable pipeline between university research and a live Bittensor subnet.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Read more about NIOME:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-tao-daily wp-block-embed-the-tao-daily"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="j9EowG4hfz"><a href="https://taodaily.io/niome-vs-minos-bittensor-subnets-55-and-107-tackling-the-global-genomics-and-healthcare-crisis/">Niome vs Minos: Bittensor Subnets 55 and 107 Tackling the Global Genomics and Healthcare Crisis</a></blockquote><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden;" title="“Niome vs Minos: Bittensor Subnets 55 and 107 Tackling the Global Genomics and Healthcare Crisis” — The TAO Daily" src="https://taodaily.io/niome-vs-minos-bittensor-subnets-55-and-107-tackling-the-global-genomics-and-healthcare-crisis/embed/#?secret=yYIzZwwCOb#?secret=j9EowG4hfz" data-secret="j9EowG4hfz" width="500" height="282" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div></figure>