# Open Targets News

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## [About the Open Targets News category](https://community.opentargets.org/t/about-the-open-targets-news-category/46)

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**Author:** [@community\_manager](https://community.opentargets.org/u/community_manager)\
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General announcements from the Open Targets team

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## [Open Targets Hackathon — submit your project ideas!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/open-targets-hackathon-submit-your-project-ideas/1803)

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**Author:** [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
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**Last updated:** [27 May 2025 09:56 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/open-targets-hackathon-submit-your-project-ideas/1803 "2025-05-27T09:56:19Z")

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Calling all bioinformaticians, data scientists, software developers, data visualisers, and anyone who has an interest in the Open Targets Platform! To celebrate 10 years of the Open Targets Platform, we are organising a…

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## [Live Q&A on 13 May!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/live-q-a-on-13-may/1777)

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**Author:** [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
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**Last updated:** [29 April 2025 10:06 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/live-q-a-on-13-may/1777 "2025-04-29T10:06:45Z")

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Do you have a question about the latest release? As a follow-up to the webinar we ran last week introducing the latest release of the Open Targets Platform (the recording is available on YouTube), we have decided to run…

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## [Join our webinar on 23 April!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/join-our-webinar-on-23-april/1756)

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**Author:** [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
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**Last updated:** [10 April 2025 13:37 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/join-our-webinar-on-23-april/1756 "2025-04-10T13:37:11Z")

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Have you had a chance to explore our latest release? To learn more about the updates, register for our webinar on 23 April! The webinar is hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute, register on their site: From v…

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## [How has Open Targets impacted your work?](https://community.opentargets.org/t/how-has-open-targets-impacted-your-work/1456)

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**Author:** [@SirTarget](https://community.opentargets.org/u/SirTarget)\
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**Last updated:** [19 June 2024 17:53 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/how-has-open-targets-impacted-your-work/1456 "2024-06-19T17:53:44Z")

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As we celebrate 10 years of Open Targets, we’d love to hear from you: have your worked on our projects? Have you applied our data? Have you used the Open Targets Platform or Open Targets Genetics? Let us know!

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## [Open Targets data available as a Google Cloud public datasets!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/open-targets-data-available-as-a-google-cloud-public-datasets/603)

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**Author:** [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
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**Last updated:** [30 May 2024 11:18 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/open-targets-data-available-as-a-google-cloud-public-datasets/603 "2024-05-30T11:18:00Z")

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We’re very happy to announce that both Open Targets Platform and Genetics data are now available as a Google Cloud public dataset! :tada: :point\_right: Open Targets Platform :point\_right: Open Targets Genetics Using G…

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## [Welcome MSD (Merck & Co)!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/welcome-msd-merck-co/1413)

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**Author:** [@SirTarget](https://community.opentargets.org/u/SirTarget)\
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**Last updated:** [30 April 2024 09:10 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/welcome-msd-merck-co/1413 "2024-04-30T09:10:48Z")

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:tada: MSD has joined the Open Targets consortium! “MSD is a fantastic addition to the partnership,” said David Hulcoop, Executive Director of Open Targets. “Every new partner pushes the consortium forward and enables …

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## [Welcome Genentech!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/welcome-genentech/847)

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**Author:** [@SirTarget](https://community.opentargets.org/u/SirTarget)\
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**Last updated:** [14 November 2022 15:26 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/welcome-genentech/847 "2022-11-14T15:26:37Z")

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Genentech has joined the Open Targets consortium! “Genentech is an excellent fit for Open Targets,” says Ian Dunham, Director of OpenTargets. “Their thinking on the value of high throughput genetics and genomics approa…

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## [Pfizer has joined the Open Targets consortium!](https://community.opentargets.org/t/pfizer-has-joined-the-open-targets-consortium/452)

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**Author:** [@hcornu](https://community.opentargets.org/u/hcornu)\
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**Last updated:** [14 February 2022 12:26 UTC](https://community.opentargets.org/t/pfizer-has-joined-the-open-targets-consortium/452 "2022-02-14T12:26:22Z")

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Open Targets announced this morning that Pfizer has joined the partnership. “Pfizer joining Open Targets as our next partner is a real external vote of confidence in the work we are doing,” says Ian Dunham, director …
