Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu
...Hawaii will use bioinformatics, grid computing and networking infrastructure, as well as collaborative ties to Asian institutions to learn more about avian flu, in hopes of helping to head off a much-feared pandemic in the region of the world where the disease has already cost human lives. "We will use mode...A new look at the state of the oceans
...Portugal. The long term goal of the project is the networking of all data bases and their integration into the existing World Data Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (WDC-MARE). This data centre represents a virtual institute and is administered by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Centre for Marine En...UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure
...at one of the world's premier sites for high-speed networking and high-performance scientific computing." In addition to Sorcerer II's ecological genomic data, the CAMERA database will be augmented by the soon-to-be-completed genomes of more than 150 critical marine microbes, also funded by the Moore Foundatio...Disease diagnosis, bioengineering covered at state nano summit
...t will provide presentations, a poster session and networking opportunities that cover leading nanotechnology research and practical applications in life science, materials science, energy, electronics and semiconductors. Both presenters and attendees will be able to explore the specific research needs and oppo......acilitate "innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies." As principal investigator, Leontis will serve as coordinator of the consortium, which includes scientists from the United States, Great Britain, France, Canada and Australia. Participating are leading researchers from Stanford, Duke, Ya...