News tagged with computational biologists
Study provides new insights into an ancient mechanism of mammalian evolution
A team of geneticists and computational biologists in the UK today reveal how an ancient mechanism is involved in gene control and continues to drive genome evolution. The new study is published in the journal ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Improved method for protein sequence comparisons is faster, more accurate, sensitive
Lightning fast and yet highly sensitive: HHblits is a new software tool for protein research which promises to significantly improve the functional analysis of proteins. A team of computational biologists led by Dr. Johannes ...
Dec 25, 2011 |
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Supercomputer seeks way to mimic mollusk shell
One of the first tasks for Warwick's new super computer is to use its monster megabytes to analyse the natural properties of the tiny mollusc shell.
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Nov 29, 2011 |
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Researchers complete mollusk evolutionary tree
Mollusks have been around for so long (at least 500 million years), are so prevalent on land and in water (from backyard gardens to the deep ocean), and are so valuable to people (clam chowder, oysters on ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Harvard Medical School launches major initiative to address crisis in drug development
Taking aim at the alarming slowdown in the development of new and lifesaving drugs, Harvard Medical School is launching an Initiative in Systems Pharmacology, a comprehensive strategy to transform drug discovery by convening ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Quantum physics is the focus of Nobel buzz
Three physicists whose research on entangled particles plays a key role in attempts to develop super-fast quantum computers could be in the running for the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday.
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Manipulative mothers subdue show-off sons
The gaudy plumage and acrobatic displays of birds of paradise are a striking example of sexual selection, Charles Darwin's second great theory of evolution. But new research shows that this powerful process may collapse when ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Identifying correlations in electronic patient records
A new study demonstrates how text mining of electronic health records can be used to create medical term profiles of patients, which can be used both to identify co-occurrence of diseases and to cluster patients into groups ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Researcher uses computer science to solve a genetic puzzle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hairong Wei is a molecular biologist who turned to his other passion -- computer science -- to remove a major research roadblock. His cross-disciplinary efforts have produced a new computer-based ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Plant biology meets up with computational wizardry
Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead.
May 31, 2011 |
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Scientists decipher 3 billion-year-old genomic fossils
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over many millions of years that ultimately ...
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Researchers develop database to help accelerate drug discovery
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new computational method that will help streamline the analysis of gene expression experiments and provide scientists with a better mechanistic understanding ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Fuzzy logic predicts cell aging
The process of aging disturbs a broad range of cellular mechanisms in a complex fashion and is not well understood. Computer models using fuzzy logic might help to unravel these complexities and predict how aging progresses ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Web-based tools, called 'Galaxy,' simplify genomic analysis
With tremendous advances in DNA sequencing and the advent of microarray technology in the 1990s, biology embarked on a new age of discovery. Researchers suddenly had access to unprecedented amounts of data -- and faced unprecedented ...
Feb 23, 2010 |
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Hunting for rhythm's DNA: Computational geometry unlocks a musical phylogeny
(PhysOrg.com) -- Does Bo Diddley rule the world? Though he died last year, the iconic singer and guitarist of American blues and rock still rules the rhythms of the world, says computer scientist Godfried ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2009 |
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