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New Technique Reveals Protein Folding, Interaction
December 23, 2008 • Scripps Research Institute

NIGMS-supported researchers have developed a computational method that predicts how bacterial proteins fold and interact.

Computer Model Reveals Cells' Inner Workings
October 16, 2008 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NIGMS-funded researchers are using a computational model to study how cells process chemical information, which could improve the efficacy of drug treatments.

Bioengineers Fill Holes in Science of Cellular Self-Organization
October 6, 2008 • University of California, San Diego

NIGMS-funded bioengineers are developing models for how cell populations order themselves.

The Robustness of Metabolic Networks
September 4, 2008 • Northwestern University

An NIGMS-funded team has found that metabolic networks are evolved to handle potentially harmful changes like gene deletions and mutations.

Tool Offers Zoomable View of Genome
August 4, 2008 • Broad Institute

NIGMS-funded computational biologists have developed a publicly available tool that integrates diverse data about the genome.

New Computational Languages to Describe Biology
July 22, 2008 • Harvard Medical School

An NIGMS-funded mathematician is helping integrate engineering concepts like artificial intelligence into computational descriptions of cells.

Supercomputer Helps Track Oxygen in Myoglobin
July 1, 2008 • Virginia Tech

A half century after the structure of myoglobin was solved, NIGMS-funded researchers discovered exactly how oxygen moves in the protein.

Computer Predicts Anticancer Molecules
June 17, 2008 • Georgia Tech

A computer-based method of analyzing cell activity is able to predict antitumor activity of naturally occurring metabolites, report NIGMS-funded researchers.

New Director to Advance NIGMS Computational Biology Efforts
July 23, 2007 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Karin Remington joins NIGMS as director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.

Quantitative Techniques Show Precision of Biological Processes
July 18, 2007 • Princeton University

By combining experimental methods from physics and molecular biology, NIGMS-funded researchers have developed sophisticated ways to study fruit fly development and other biological puzzles.

Family Size Linked to Risk for Stomach Cancer
January 15, 2007 • New York University

Early childhood exposure to siblings, especially older ones, increases the risk for developing stomach cancer decades later, report NIGMS-funded researchers, who speculate that early infection with genetically adapted H. pylori may set the stage for future disease.

New Columbia University Center Aims to Advance Next Generation of Genomics, Proteomics Research
September 30, 2005 • Columbia University Medical Center

NIH Awards Grant to Stanford To Launch Biomedical Computation Center
September 29, 2005 • Stanford School of Medicine

University of Michigan Researchers Receive $18.7-Million NIH Grant to Create a National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics
September 29, 2005 • University of Michigan Health System

NIH-Funded Center Debuts Biomedical Computation Magazine
June 16, 2005 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Computer-Aided Protein Design Wins Newcomb Cleveland Prize
February 16, 2005 • American Association for the Advancement of Science

New National Centers to Create Biomedical Computing Infrastructure
September 24, 2004 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

"Digital Biology Week" Highlights Groundbreaking Initiatives to Build National Infrastructure for Biomedical Computing
October 27, 2003 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Leader in Computational Biology Is First Director of NIGMS Center
May 21, 2003 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIH and NSF Team Up to Link Math and Biology at February 12 Symposium
February 5, 2003 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIGMS and NSF Grants Join Math and Biology
August 22, 2002 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIGMS Director Cassman to Lead California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
February 4, 2002 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIGMS Creates Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
May 14, 2001 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

 
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