'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...h. How widespread is this mechanism? Through bioinformatics and analysis of DNA sequences, Miller's team has found evidence for many other cases where either bacteriophage or bacteria use the same strategy for targeting mutations and speeding up evolution. "We're eager to determine how widespread it is; the m...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...d degree programs offered, including a master's in bioinformatics and a master's in biotechnology, both of which have been created in the past two years alone....Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...g the disciplines of systems and computer science bioinformatics -- with genetics and molecular biology genomics. The FIBR program is removing the limits biologists have found increasingly frustrating in recent years when seeking funding and finding they can't continue research because they've hit a technologica...JCI table of contents September 15, 2004
...ere they used a battery of mapping, microarray and bioinformatics analyses and identified mutations for both patient...s, including genetic, biochemical, microarray, and bioinformatics techniques provide a rapid and effective means to pinpoint mutations in diseases that have complex g...Venn diagram tactics to vet complex disease
...ere they used a battery of mapping, microarray and bioinformatics analyses and identified mutations for both patient...s, including genetic, biochemical, microarray, and bioinformatics techniques provide a rapid and effective means to pinpoint mutations in diseases that have complex g...AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
... complement to approaches including proteomics and bioinformatics that will become critical components in the near- and long-term progress in cancer diagnostics, treatment and prevention," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), chief executive officer of AACR. As outlined, the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in...$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases
...Genomes, a non-profit organization specializing in bioinformatics tool development and comparative genomics research...gy, biophysics, microbiology, computer science and bioinformatics (the application of mathematics and computer science to biological problems). Stevens, a Professor ...Washington University in St. Louis plays key role in sequencing moss genome
...rsity, all helped develop a range of molecular and bioinformatics resources including EST collections, analysis of gene expression and mutant collections. Quatrano said that the collaborators are hopeful that, as sequencing gets under way, the wider community of plant scientists will increasingly recognize the po...Hopkins scientists use blood proteins to detect ovarian cancer
...ents with benign ovarian tumors. A sophisticated bioinformatics program was used to select proteins present at unusually high or low levels in ovarian cancer samples as compared with normal or benign. Samples in the two groups were analyzed separately to account for differences in patient populations and sample ...Full promise of genomics in disease research yet to be realized
...otic microbiology, medicine, clinical diagnostics, bioinformatics and forensics participated in discussions on the recent advancements in the field and the outlook for future research. "Genomics has had a profound and lasting impact on the study of pathogens and disease, to the extent that it is difficult to imagi...Proteomic research centers target bioterrorism agents, infectious diseases
...rds will accelerate specific algorithms related to bioinformatics research, such as BLAST and many more. Both VBI's recent move into the new Bioinformatics Facility I on the Virginia Tech campus and the institute's strong computational partners, Sun, IBM, and Timelogic, will help the collaborative team achieve proj...OHSU researchers discover possible method for early detection, prevention of premature birth
...ist's utilized cutting-edge mass spectrometry and bioinformatics methods to find biomarkers associated with detectable biological signs, for intra-amniotic infection. "The result was the identification of proteins and peptides in both human and non-human primate amniotic fluid that signal an infection ex...National Bioinformatics Resource Center to support infectious disease research
...oving ahead with cross-cutting collaborations. The bioinformatics and software development team at VBI (Sobral's Cyberinfrastructure Group) will provide software process and engineering management. Deborah Hix from the Systems Research Center at Virginia Tech will provide further strengths, applying usability engin...Genomic biology institute's first grant to focus on soybeans, climate change
...ogens may change. The project also will call upon bioinformatics data analysis and the metabolomics (biochemical profiling) of soybean varieties. Soybean researchers already know that the various types of soybeans respond differently to environmental influences, but they've been unable to identify the mechanisms t......te science, from new courses in hot fields such as bioinformatics and computational biology, to fellowships for postdoctoral researchers that include teaching experiences, and a mobile teaching laboratory to bring science to disadvantaged and minority students in remote areas. Although its investigators conduct re...2004 Max Planck Research Prize for Martin Vingron and Eugene W. Myers
...004, two scientists who specialize in the field of bioinformatics will receive the award: Professor Martin Vingron (...f computational molecular biology. As head of the bioinformatics department at Celera Genomics, he developed methods for stringing together the small segments (clone...Computer modeling targets epidemics, bioterror
...utes of Health (NIH) that has a strong interest in bioinformatics and computational biology. NIGMS recently awarded the first four grants in this new initiative, totaling more than $28 million over five years. Three of these grants will support the creation of mathematical models to study various aspects of infec...NIST-led research de-mystifies origins of 'junk' DNA
...f publicly available genetic data carried out with bioinformatics software developed at CARB. In humans, there is so much apparent "junk" DNA (sections of the genome with no known function) that it takes up more space than the functional parts. Much of this junk consists of "introns," which appear as interruptions ...Sequencing project results in six-fold reduction of effective size of maize genome
...ng to Schubert and W. Brad Barbazuk, Ph.D., senior bioinformatics specialist and assistant domain member, both at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the overall goal of the pilot sequencing project in maize is to derive an effective strategy to sequence the maize genome. To meet this goal, the Maize Genomics...Schering-Plough scientists identify protein essential for cholesterol absorption from intestine
...of the genes that are present in enterocytes. The bioinformatics team, led by Nicholas Murgolo, Ph.D., senior principal scientist, Discovery Technologies and Bioinformatics, SPRI, used proprietary capabilities to explore publicly available genomics databases. The team focused their search on genes encoding protei...