12 Week Drug Discovery Challenge is a joint challenge by GenieUs and Arctoris

Results

Week 12

Find our wrap-up report below! Last quarter we embarked on an exciting 12-week drug discovery challenge to discover new, efficient and...

Week 11

What a ride it has been! The 12wdc experimental work is complete. Both GenieUs and Arctoris are closing for the year, so this will be the...

Week 10

Only 2 weeks remain! We are nearing the end of the 12-week challenge. We hope that you guys are enjoying the project as much as we are....

Week 9

More astrocyte and motor neuron maturation! We are maturing another batch of astrocytes and motor neurons for a new experiment. The...

Week 8

EIF2α phosphorylation results are in! As discussed last week, we treated our healthy motor neurons with 4 compound inhibitors (X, Y, Z,...

Week 7

The motor neuron results are in! Last week we discussed an upcoming motor neuron experiment. We treated our mature, healthy motor neurons...

Week 6

6 weeks down, 6 to go. We are halfway through the 12-week challenge. It has been a rich and insightful journey so far. Let’s see what...

Week 5

We're getting ready for more experiments! As mentioned last week, we did not achieve the results we were expecting for our astrocyte...

Week 4

Our astrocyte experimental results are in! Quick recap on last week: Our astrocytes have matured and are ready for experimental work. We...

12wdc overview – Arctoris

Arctoris’s involvement in the 12-week challenge Last week we touched on GenieUs’s role in the 12-week drug discovery challenge. This...

12wdc overview – GenieUs

How did GenieUs prepare for the challenge? Illustration by Henris Kas with permission You may be wondering the process behind the 12-week...

ALS and the challenge

What is ALS? Why do we need to solve it? Why are we doing this challenge? Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Amyotrophic Lateral...