$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadl...( A computer database designed to help bi...)

$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases

A computer database designed to help biomedical scientists identify and exploit the weak spots in scores of deadly microorganisms will be established with an $18 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.

Overseeing the effort will be the Computation Institute, a joint effort between the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, and the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, a non-profit organization specializing in bioinformatics tool development and comparative genomics research.

They will use the funds to set up a National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource Center to help scientists to accelerate their research into the biology and evolution of deadly microorganisms and develop methods for their control.

The new center will provide infectious disease researchers a single Web-based entry point to all relevant organism-related data necessary for their advanced research. The genomes (genetic maps) of hundreds and eventually thousands of microorganisms will be available for integrated analysis.

"The center will directly support the national effort to develop new vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases," said Computation Institute Director Rick Stevens, who will co- direct the center.

"A central goal of the center will be to gather all existing data on these organisms and embed this data within a framework that will support researchers in their efforts to understand them," said center Co-Director Ross Overbeek.

Working together at the center will be a team of experts in biology, biophysics, microbiology, computer science and bioinformatics (the application of mathematics and computer science to biological problems).

Stevens, a Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago and Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne, specia
'"/>

Contact: Steve Koppes
skoppes@uchicago.edu
773-702-8366
University of Chicago
3-Sep-2004

Page: 1 2 3
Related biology news :

1. UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
2. Half-million dollar landmark achieved for the Methuselah Mouse Prize
3. HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
4. Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
5. $2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
6. Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
7. PNNL lands $10.3 million NIH biodefense contract to unlock proteomes of salmonella and pox
8. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory gets $10 million from NIH to build virtual lung
9. University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million grant for head and neck cancer
10. UCR earns $1.5 million grant to examine how engineered crop genes stray
11. LSU Vet School receives $9.9 million for infectious disease research

Post Your Comments:

(Date:11/30/2008)...study describing how cells within blood vessel wal... the age of genomics that the proteins driving ce... would be near impossible to group them according ...rs at the Stanford University School of Medicine h...ntrol one of four simple activities involved in th...

(Date:11/27/2008)...r for sports, fans. World records tumbled at the B...m and 200m world records, knocking tenths of a sec...faster over the last few decades, which made marat...onder whether last century,s massive increase in p...ments. He also wondered whether there are absolute...

(Date:11/27/2008)...hisms induce major differentiations in the metabol... paper published November 28 in the open-access jo...esearchers, led by Karsten Suhre, has conducted a ...dentifying genetic variants in genes involved in t... metabolic capacity can affect individuals, suscep...

(Date:11/27/2008)...and insidious environmental threat has been detect...en,s and York universities. , Along with scienti... the team has documented biological damage caused ...soft-water lakes. , Calling the phenomenon "aqua...orski, lead author of the study, notes that calciu...

Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Cell movements totally modular, Stanford study shows 2 Cell movements totally modular, Stanford study shows 3 100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds 2 Study identifies genetic variants giving rise to differences in metabolism 2 Queen's University biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes 2 Ikaria 28R 29 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Inhaled Carbon Monoxide for Delayed Graft Function in Solid Organ Transplants 4406 1 Ikaria 28R 29 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Inhaled Carbon Monoxide for Delayed Graft Function in Solid Organ Transplants 4406 2 UTSA UTHSCSA publish results on bio threat agent 7052 1 UTSA UTHSCSA publish results on bio threat agent 7052 2 Obesity genes revealed 4404 1 Carbon Disclosure Project ICLEI partner to help US cities report local climate actions emissions 4402 1 Carbon Disclosure Project ICLEI partner to help US cities report local climate actions emissions 4402 2

[0] Cell movements totally modular, Stanford study shows [2] 100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds [0] Study identifies genetic variants giving rise to differences in metabolism [2] Queen's University biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes

Other News:

COLUMBUS, Ohio Researchers have found a gene they suspect plays an important role in triggering the blight that wiped out Ireland's potato crops a century-and-a-half ago. ......And the pathogen that

...ense: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism, ...ublished by Humana Press, this text is also availa...the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infect...defense laboratory.......In this 624-page, hardcov...

...earchers report finding the first gene responsible... in mice. The Ter mutation occurs in a gene called...development and which may play a role in inherited..........The mutation causes a huge increase in test...

...have designed a chemical screening tool that will ...air, water and bodily fluids are present......."Th... target DNA, could one day be used in clinical car...DS and hepatitis," says Professor Ulrich Krull, th...

Researchers find gene that may be at root of potato blight 2 Researchers find gene that may be at root of potato blight 3 Researchers find first gene for inherited testicular cancer in mice 2

Researchers find gene that may be at root of potato blight Comprehensive biodefense text published Researchers find first gene for inherited testicular cancer in mice Dye to pinpoint diseases and pathogens

...t on the so-called smokers paradox -- the fact tha...r to suffer a heart attack, but also more likely t...e February issue of Nicotine and Tobacco Research ...r at the time of the attack.......Previous studies...

... metformin appears to reduce the likelihood of ear...le infertility, according to a study funded by the...lopment (NICHD). The study appears in the Februar...nd Metabolism....The drug, metformin, increases th...

SEATTLE -- T cells are supposed to be one of the bodys best defenses against the invading intracellular foes like viruses and some bacteria. But when they encounter HIV, some of these immune system ce

Doctors might be able to better predict the onset of depression in older lung cancer patients by paying close attention to the physical progress of the disease, a new study suggests.......Lung cancer

health news:Younger age explains why smokers more likely to survive heart attacks 2 health news:Oral diabetes drug shows promise in preventing miscarriage in common infertility disorder 2 health news:HIV protein stops cell division, leading to more virus and sicker patients 2 health news:HIV protein stops cell division, leading to more virus and sicker patients 3 health news:Severe symptoms, social functioning predict cancer patients depression 2

Younger age explains why smokers more likely to survive heart attacks Oral diabetes drug shows promise in preventing miscarriage in common infertility disorder HIV protein stops cell division, leading to more virus and sicker patients Severe symptoms, social functioning predict cancer patients depression

...on among people with impaired mobility, a new stud...dence on the best strategies to prevent them.... T...spital and Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System i...e of the Journal of the American Medical Associati...

...asing prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in...ase in the number of people with the virus in rece... issue of JAMA. The prevalence of herpes simplex v...enital herpes caused by this virus may be increasi...

...in the U.S. each year, roughly 200,000 have had on...utcomes and carry an increased risk of dying. Mexi...U.S. population, have an increased risk of stroke ...ecurrence and its effect on mortality has not been...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Having a stroke is bad enough. But having another one after surviving the first one is especially bad, more than doubling a person's risk of dying in the next two years, a new stud

health news:Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers 2 health news:Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers 3 health news:Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing 2 health news:Mexican Americans have higher risk of stroke recurrence 2 health news:Two strokes and you're out? 2 health news:Two strokes and you're out? 3

Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing Mexican Americans have higher risk of stroke recurrence Two strokes and you're out?