Genetics 101: Understanding the basics of genetics
January 7, 2020
By now, you’ve probably heard of genetic testing, even if it wasn’t something you learned about in school. With so many options now available, it’s important to understand the basic components of what is being tested and how to make sense of the results you receive. With... Read More
Using Low Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing (lcWGS) to Calculate Accurate Polygenic Scores Across…
December 12, 2019
Over the past year, we have worked closely with Drs. Sekar Kathiresan and Amit V. Khera to launch the Color Genetic Score Study, a research effort that makes polygenic scores available to Color participants for the first time. Recently, the peer-reviewed journal BMC Genome... Read More
Life at Color — Meet Carmen Lai (Data Scientist)
December 10, 2019
Carmen Lai is a Data Scientist on the Color team, building statistical models that help inform product improvements and increase the efficiency of our scientists. Today, Carmen shares her path to Data Science and how her work is helping Color be a leader in implementing... Read More
Why Return of Results Matters
December 5, 2019
Returning genetic results to research participants leads to more successful research programs. In October, Color and Verily announced a partnership to return actionable genetic information to the participants of the Project Baseline Health Study. The partnership was not only a... Read More
Color Partners with Teamsters to Increase Access to Healthcare
December 3, 2019
Color’s partnership with the Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity will break down traditional barriers to precision healthcare. Color and the Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity today announced a partnership that unlocks... Read More
Life at Color — Meet Michael Doney, MD, MPH, MS (Head of Medical Affairs)
November 21, 2019
Michael Doney, MD, MPH, MS is Color’s Head of Medical Affairs and works to ensure “patients and providers are getting everything they can out of Color.” We sat down to hear about his work at the CDC in outbreak response and how his clinical experience as a physician... Read More
‘A focus on education and empathy’: Genetic Counseling Awareness Day 2019
November 14, 2019
Genetic Counselor Awareness Day is Thursday, November 14, 2019. Genetic Counselor Awareness Day is dedicated to raising awareness and interest about genetic counselors and helping the public understand the important and supportive role genetic counselors play in healthcare. To... Read More
Latest Color Publications, Research, and News
November 6, 2019
Fall 2019 In this quarter’s recap of Color’s latest news, we’re sharing details about our recent grant from the National Institutes of Health, a partnership with Verily, a new population health program at Ochsner, a new employer partner in Alaska as well as an exciting... Read More
Color Makes Polygenic Scores Available to Participants Through New Study
October 17, 2019
Today, we are excited to announce our new Genetic Score Study, a research effort that makes genome-wide polygenic scores available to Color participants for the first time. These scores are a new kind of genetic analysis that integrate information from millions of changes in DNA... Read More
Color at ASHG 2019
October 15, 2019
Hello Houston! The Color team just touched down in Texas and we are excited for another great week of talks, posters, meetings, and discussions about all things genetics. We hope to see you at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. Come and stop by, we are... Read More
Color and Verily Partner to Return Actionable Genetics to Project Baseline Health Study Participants
October 10, 2019
Today we are announcing a new partnership with Verily to return actionable genetic information to all Project Baseline Health Study participants. The partnership demonstrates a commitment by Verily and Color to further research while also recognizing an ethical responsibility... Read More
Life at Color — Meet Kiril (Software Engineer) – Color
September 17, 2019
Tell us about yourself and what got you into Engineering. I grew up in Bulgaria and was 11 years old when I first started coding. My dad was a butcher, and he wanted me to do something more applied so he signed me up for programming courses. We didn’t have a computer in our... Read More
Salesforce and Color Expand Partnership – Color
September 7, 2019
During Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month we not only raise awareness of these cancers, but also work to turn awareness into action. So as we begin these important months, we are thrilled to announce the expansion of our partnership with Salesforce.... Read More
Life at Color — Meet Tony (Robotics Engineer)
July 8, 2019
Tony (Color Robotics Engineer) Tell us about yourself. I have a degree in Biochem and Molecular Biology from UC Davis and have a passion for craft brewing. After graduation I was living in Sacramento, when tragedy struck — my house caught fire and burnt down. We lost... Read More
Jefferson Health and Color: Advancing Precision Health Through Clinical Genomics and Richer Data
June 20, 2019
At Color we are using data-driven healthcare to make it easier for institutions to efficiently and effectively serve large populations. Our work with one of Philadelphia’s largest employers, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, illustrates what implementing... Read More
June 2019: Latest Color Publications, Research, and News
June 11, 2019
June 2019: Latest Color Publications, Research, and News Op-ed: Proposed patent legislation would block research, stifle innovation, and harm patients Color CEO, Othman Laraki writes an op-ed in STAT News explaining how changes to the Patent Act recently introduced in Congress... Read More
A Genetic Counseling Milestone
May 22, 2019
Today at Color, we are celebrating a gigantic milestone: our 15,000th genetic counseling session! Color’s belief in the value of genetic counseling, and our role in making genetic information meaningful and useful to people, has been clear from the very beginning — one... Read More
Life at Color — Meet Katie (Product Designer/UX)
May 20, 2019
Tell us about yourself and how you got into Product Design. I went to Miami University in Ohio for college to study architecture (fun fact: we were a university before Florida was a state!). Two years in, I realized I didn’t want to be an architect but I loved design. Our... Read More
Genetics and Genomics: Color at ACMG, 2019
April 9, 2019
For the first time, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting took place in Seattle, Washington, from April 2–6 as thousands of medical and clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, and researchers gathered to learn about the... Read More
Engineering bioinformatics in seconds, not hours – Color
March 12, 2019
It was winter 2014. Pharrell had just dropped Happy, the Rosetta probe landed on a comet, President Obama was opening diplomatic relations with Cuba… …and here at Color, the bioinformatics team had a problem. Our pipeline — the data processing system that crunches raw DNA... Read More