Gene-rich pufferfish DNA decoded
...." Solving this puzzle was made possible by a new computational algorithm, JAZZ, that has been developed at JGI to handle large genome sequencing projects. This method has also been implemented at the DOE's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)-the world's largest supercomputer dedicated to...NSF funds Expresso project, a bioinformatics collaboration
...gn and implementation of Expresso a sophisticated computational system for microarray bioinformatics. Microarrays (sometimes called DNA chips) are an approach to studying simultaneously the expression of hundreds or thousands of genes in a given organism. The funded project will address all stages involved in mi......sor Ondrechen works in the area of theoretical and computational chemistry: explaining observed phenomena and predicting new phenomena. Her interest lies in the rational design of materials, the study of enzyme-substrate interactions, and the development of new tools for bioinformatics....Efficient fertilizer use could benefit river without hurting crop yields
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A computational study on nitrogen inputs to the Mississippi River Basin from the 1950s to the 1990s suggests that better use of the fertilizer such as not over-applying it could substantially reduce the amount of nitrates flowing down river without compromising cr...Keck grant launches Gulf Coast Consortia
...ge of researchers at the interface of biology with computational and physical science disciplines," said Kathleen Matthews, dean of Natural Sciences at Rice and co-chair of the GCC oversight committee. "Each of the GCC members has been actively hiring faculty devoted to cross-disciplinary research and training in ...Protein may play role in sex chromosome inactivation
...y conserved throughout all mammals. We then took a computational strategy, in which we compared the human and mouse genome sequences in this region and asked what elements are conserved, said Lee. Another important piece of information came from the work of other researchers who showed that the transcription facto......sed as retinal implants. Weve asked them to take a computational approach to neuroscience, says Hawkins. Theyre looking at object-recognition systems that mimic the brain's ability to find patterns in highly cluttered visual scenes by integrating information derived from bottom-up, top-down and horizontal connecti...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
...nanowire-based logic circuits (9 November 2001) to computational circuits using single-molecule transistors (8 November 2001, Science Express ). Molecular computers with the speed, reliability, and low cost of silicon computers are still years away, but this year's Breakthrough has researchers charged up about th......biology, mathematics and neurology." Advances in computational network modeling, and electronics have permitted development of a bizarre new class of truly biomimetic beasts. But it isn't as easy as merely taking apart an animal or plant and copying what you see. "Evolution doesn't always come up with the bes...Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins invest $10 million to combat major human diseases
...actors of pathogens. The second phase will involve computational analysis to understand mechanisms of disease resistance and the development of new tools for prevention, diagnosis, and cure. "AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are among the great scourges of our planet and are responsible for 25 percent of all death...New high-tech center aids medicine, energy, environmental research
...ists to interact with colleagues worldwide on both computational and visualization research data. In the new age of research and education, data from sensors, scientific instruments, and databases are integrated with computers and visualization for simulation and analysis, said Lennart Johnsson, director of TLC2...Office of Naval Research awards $8.4M to young investigators
...derivatives for optimization in the development of computational fluid dynamics codes. The goal is to develop more accurate and efficient computer codes for fluid dynamics in hydrodynamic applications. Dr. Dianne K. Newman, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology will systematically ...Study to help solve health problems by understanding gene, protein behavior in cells
...tware developed by other teams and put them into a computational environment where everything can work together," Tyson said. When finished, BioSPICE will be an open-source program, meaning that anyone can use the problem-solving software to approach his or her own problems in cell physiology. Any improvements ma......de the spatial scale as fine as possible given the computational resources, in order to achieve accuracy and definition for the species dispersal modeling. The analysis took about 30 days, running on the Sun NPACI multiprocessor parallel machine housed at SDSC." In the future, the researchers plan to undertake fie...A map of 'protein space' could predict structure, function
...in to the periodic table of the elements. Yona, a computational biologist, will receive a five-year grant of $1,10...ipates). This poses serious theoretical as well as computational problems, he says. Yona already has created a preliminary map and hopes to have a refined version av...University of Chicago chosen as Sun Microsystems Center of Excellence
...reaking research in the rapidly expanding field of computational biology. "Our relationship with Sun reflects the importance that is now being placed on computational and informatics sciences in basic biological and clinical research," said Dr. Nancy Cox, scientific ...Dynamic brain atlas may help diagnose patients using advanced brain scans
...ture that allows sharing of dynamic collections of computational systems, large data storage and other remote facilities that an individual may use. The Grid is fundamental toe-Science, future large-scale science that can be carried out through global collaborations. Professor Jo Hajnal, from the MRC Clinical Scie...Researchers unravel anthrax genomes
...y shows how whole-genome sequencing technology and computational methods can be a powerful approach for analyzing anthrax and other bacterial outbreaks. Those techniques will enable researchers to more accurately trace the origin of individual bacterial strains, determine if those strains have been genetically mo......and Jayaram, of Baylor's program in structural and computational biology and molecular physics, collaborated with Dr. Zenobia Taraporewala and Dr. John T. Patton, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on the project....