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Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to develop Tomato Metabolite Database
A researcher at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech is developing a database and computational tools to help scientists learn more about how certain genes in tomatoes affect the crop's flavor and nutritional value.   view more (2006-04-07)

Amos Bairoch awarded European Latsis Prize 2004
The European Science Foundation will award this years European Latsis Prize to Professor Amos Bairoch from the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland, for his fundamental pioneering contribution to the development of bioinformatics. The prize ceremony will take place at the Hotel... view more (2004-11-16)

Web model of influenza-host lifecycles will aid scientists in creating anti-viral drugs
A "starry sky" map linking the myriad interactions between the influenza virus and its human host will help guide researchers in creating new anti-viral drugs, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.   view more (2006-01-31)

Novel approach for rapid identification and development of malaria vaccines
Malaria is the world's most frequent parasitic disease, affecting more than 100 countries in the tropical zones, mostly in Africa, and 40% of the world population, with more than a million deaths per year.   view more (2007-07-25)

Spanish scientists reveal dynamic map of proteins
Scientists from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Life Sciences Programme at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and the National Institute for Bioinformatics (INB) have published a provisional "atlas" of the dynamic behaviour of proteins in the... view more (2007-01-10)

Oil exploration and drug discovery to benefit from NuTec/Daresbury high performance computing deal
More accurate prediction of the location of oil reserves and faster screening of potential new drugs could result from a new collaborative agreement between NuTec Sciences Ltd. and Daresbury Laboratory. Daresbury's Computational Science and Engineering group will work with NuTec on the development... view more (2001-06-19)

LIAI finding gives boost to bioinformatics use in fighting disease
The use of computers to advance human disease research — known as bioinformatics — has received a major boost from researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI), who have used it to successfully predict immune response to one of the most complex viruses known... view more (2006-06-16)

Large DNA microarray dataset is made publicly available by LGC and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
As the next phase of DTI's Measurements for Biotechnology (MfB) programme to 2007 gets underway, a large DNA microarray dataset generated by an LGC-led consortium during the first phase is now freely available online at ArrayExpress, a leading public repository managed by the European... view more (2005-02-17)

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute launches microbial database
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have launched a publicly-available microbial database to host a range of microbial genome sequences.   view more (2006-03-08)

Scientists reveal evolutionary intricacies of Rickettsia pathogens
Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have unveiled some of the evolutionary intricacies of rickettsial pathogens by analyzing over a decade's worth of genomic data.   view more (2008-04-29)

Protein misprediction uncovered by new technique
A new bioinformatics tool is capable of identifying and correcting abnormal, incomplete and mispredicted protein annotations in public databases.   view more (2008-08-27)

Tips on how to build a better home for biological parts
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have compiled a series of guidelines that should help researchers in their efforts to design, develop and manage next-generation databases of biological parts.   view more (2008-07-17)

UkeU, Leeds and Manchester launch global masters programme in bioinformatics
The universities of Leeds and Manchester will provide a new masters course in bioinformatics for UKeU. Leeds and Manchester are developing the course, which is to start in October 2003, as partners within the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). It will employ novel elearning techniques to provide... view more (2003-01-16)

Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the way we produce sustainable fuels in the future.   view more (2008-08-07)

Huge virulence gene superfamily responsible for devastating plant diseases
A research team from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has identified an enormous superfamily of pathogen genes involved in the infection of plants.   view more (2008-04-03)

International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to date of human genetic variation.   view more (2008-01-23)

Genome comparison of 12 fruit fly species
Researchers from the UAB Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution Group participated in an international research that has resulted in the completion of the genomes of ten new fruit fly species. The study also includes new data on the evolution of the twelve currently known species during the past... view more (2007-11-16)

Professor Eero Vuorio to chair the EMBL Council
Professor Eero Vuorio has been elected to chair the Council of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in 2003. His predecessor Professor Peter Gruss has assumed office as President of the Max-Planck Society. Professor Vuorio is Professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Turku,... view more (2002-11-29)

Uniform language for describing genes of pathogenic and beneficial microbes
An international group of scientists has announced a major expansion of a lingua franca used to describe the activities of genes in living organisms.   view more (2007-03-01)

TAU Researchers Create New Stem Cell Screening Tool
Stem cell research is the next great leap in medicine. In the future, new tissue grown in a laboratory could replace a failing heart, or new cells take the place of damaged cells in the brain.   view more (2008-09-05)

Computers learn how to create drugs of the future
The key role of computer technology in the fine-tuning of drug development and design will be considered by Professor Stephen Muggleton of Imperial College, London in his inaugural lecture, Models of Mind and Models of Body, today. The new Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Computing... view more (2002-04-30)

Imperial healthcare technologies of the future boosted by new DTI fund
Two new technologies with the potential to transform healthcare have won scientists at Imperial College London almost a third of a new UKP 8 million research programme funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), it is announced today. The Beacon research programme, part of a DTI... view more (2002-11-20)

Review article provides tools for the Rosaceae genomics community
A recent paper published in the journal Plant Physiology provides a comprehensive overview of the genomics tools and resources available for the rapidly growing Rosaceae scientific community.   view more (2008-07-08)

18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK
Most young Singaporean students who will be traveling next week and during July will be vacationing, relaxing and sightseeing.   view more (2007-06-25)

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