Biomedical computing at academic research centers has been compared to a cottage industry. Lots of individuals work away on their focused research projects, generating useful algorithms. But quite...
Jan, 01, 2009
How Simbios' state-of-the-art software tools are contributing to high-impact biomedical research
Simbios began with a simple idea: that physics-based simulation of biological structures at all scales could benefit from a
unified tool-building effort.
At the same time, the thinking went,...
Oct, 01, 2009
Although the notion of ontology has been around since Aristotle, the perceived need to develop ontologies in biomedicine has accelerated in recent years as investigators attempt to make sense of the...
Jan, 01, 2009
Synthetic biology moves beyond the whiteboard.
In synthetic biology labs around the world, brainstorming has often begun at the same place: in front of a whiteboard. Marker in hand, researchers jot down the parts needed to form a new circuit,...
Jun, 18, 2014
For major team-based Roadmap initiatives, National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials expect grantees to look beyond the focus of their individual projects to build bridges not only among funded...
Oct, 01, 2008
In science, there is a need to balance research in domain sciences and the infrastructure to support that research. Basic research mediated through peer review is understood to produce useful...
Jan, 01, 2007
Experts reflect on challenges identified ten years ago.
The first issue of this magazine (June 2005) featured a story called “Top Ten Challenges of the Next Decade” written by Eric Jakobssen, PhD, who had recently left his position as Director...
Jun, 18, 2014
BD2K Builds Training Resources
The field of biomedical data science is growing so fast that it threatens to leave some researchers behind.
“Some of these big data skills were not needed 5 to 10 years ago, and many...
Oct, 07, 2015
A new technique for measuring neuronal activity on a chip
Neurons are tough cells to study. There are a staggering number of them in most animals, and they are constantly talking with one another. One way to look at groups of neurons in real-time is to take...
Oct, 01, 2010
How are mathematics and systems approaches shedding light on gut formation and microbial interaction?
The heart holds a special place in human history and literature, and the brain may be the organ we most associate with a sense of self. But the proverbial seat of wisdom—the gut—deserves...
Apr, 01, 2016
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