Artificial life experiments show how complex functions can evolve
...e concepts when trying to decide how best to solve computational problems." "Evolutionary design," says Pennock, "can often solve problems better than we can using our own intelligence."...Engineered proteins will lead to 'synthetic biology'
...ersity Medical Center biochemists have developed a computational method to design proteins that can specifically de...hey are entirely feasible over the long term using computational design approaches to create sensor proteins," he said. Hellinga is already developing a glucose-sens...ALife experiments show how complex functions can evolve
...e concepts when trying to decide how best to solve computational problems." "Evolutionary design," says Pennock, "can often solve problems better than we can using our own intelligence." This research was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under its biocomplexity initiative, with additional funding ...'Frontiers In Bioinformatics' symposium to be held by UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics
...ol of Medicine. Levitt is renowned for his work in computational biology, especially protein folding. His pioneerin...in the field of bioinformatics for his research in computational biology, Skolnick has developed algorithms for the prediction of protein structure and folding pathw...Study of nature's machinery takes center stage at UH
...scientists who are at the interface of biology and computational sciences. "In the past, our students in biology have received less mathematical training than students in other sciences, such as physics, chemistry and geology," Pettitt said. "In the past 20 years, though, biology has become more computable, and th...Johns Hopkins receives $24 million from Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to study sudden cardiac death
..., an expert in cardiac imaging, and geneticist and computational biologist Aravinda Chakravarti, Ph.D., director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, are project leaders. Chakravarti is renowned for his studies of predisposing genetic factors in such common and complex human diseases as diabetes...Computational method identifies genes that regulate cell's machinery
...ty and Tel Aviv University has developed the first computational method that can identify clusters of genes responsible for controlling processes within a cell, when those clusters become active, and, most importantly, how the clusters are regulated. In a paper published online May 12 by Nature Genetics, the res...Pattern recognition method zeroes in on genes that regulate cell's genetic machinery
...entists and geneticists have developed a practical computational method that zeroes in on the genes responsible for...ified experimentally, not computationally. The new computational method makes the experimental process much more efficient. It identifies regulatory candidates for t...HHMI renews postgraduate education support
...urses that span the biological disciplines and the computational and physical sciences. "The courses at Cold Spring Harbor and Woods Hole are of the highest quality and have been shown to significantly impact the careers of many of those who participated in them," says William R. Galey, who heads HHMI's graduate g...UC Riverside graduate student wins best poster award at international conference
...mmer 2004. "I will look for a faculty position in computational biology," he said. He has already put the new laptop he won to full use in his research. While this has shrunk his free time, he still manages to play racquetball. He has been the racquetball champion at UC Riverside each quarter since fall 2002....Hebrew University researcher wins prize for work leading to new anti-cancer drugs
...ncogenic, damaged Ras. Through combining intensive computational analysis of these proteins with an experimental methodology they called "substrate assisted catalysis," they were able to understand how the normal G-proteins turn themselves off and what goes wrong in the abnormal Ras. Importantly, they were also ab...Some 400 'fragile regions' of genome more vulnerable to evolutionary breaks
...lifornia, San Francisco (UCSF) Cancer Center to do computational analysis of genome rearrangements implicated in br...can do is look at large quantities of data and use computational methods to discern patterns." Concluded Pevzner: "I am confident that within a few years, we will be...5 Million award for pioneering project to train new breed of scientists
...vance their research. The demand for mathematical, computational and biophysical expertise for life sciences research is outstripping existing training programmes in the UK. Highly specific skills in biology, physical and mathematical sciences will enable these scientists to make sense of complex computer data set...June issue of Plant Physiology has significant UCR contributions
...systems-based research the new multidisciplinary, computational approach for addressing biological issues and the wave of the future in plant biology. In addition to this innovative emphasis, the issue also bears the following UCR contributions: 1) The Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) Director Natasha Ra...Nanotech strategy could create new organs
...t have been cultured in a lab. Using new fractal computational models, the network is designed and etched onto silicon surfaces which are then used as molds to transfer the pattern to biocompatible polymer films. Two films are then sealed together with a microporous membrane sandwiched between them. "These tech...Genetics pioneer from the Bronx wins Gruber Prize
... and mathematics to probe biology--bioinformatics, computational biology and the like. And we want to become leaders in teaching students in this area." The Peter Gruber Foundation is a philanthropic organisation based in the US Virgin Islands funded solely by businessman and thinker Mr Peter Gruber. It awards ann...UT Southwestern researchers define regions of human genes highly prone to mutation
.... Horvath said, is to employ both experimental and computational tests to benchmark how well these trends can predict mutations not yet found in the human genome. "What I like the most about this work is that it shows that as proteins evolve, natural selection has considerable latitude, not only in determining the...Von Liebig Center awards funding to six projects to commercialize UCSD faculty research
... has major advantages in predictive capability and computational economy over other approaches, and is a disruptive technology. The von Liebig grant will allow the team to (1) expand the application of this technology to protein-protein interactions in a broader range of organisms, and (2) explore its application......odels complex, interconnected systems and develops computational tools to coordinate the individual components of t...uter systems for air traffic control and top-notch computational methods for simulating complex aerospace systems. Experiments of exquisite precision, such as Gravit...... presence of chemical and biological agents. A new computational method for designing sensor proteins is the key. ...ld sense different molecules, such as TNT. A new computational method makes the search for designer matches much easier. The scientists take the molecule they kno...