Bioinformatics

The EMBL-EBI: big science in bioinformatics

In the last five years there have been spectacular improvements in the speed, capacity, and affordability of genome sequencing.

Louisa Wood, Cath Brooksbank, Graham Cameron y Janet Thornton, del Instituto Europeo de Bioinformática. Hinxton, Gran Bretaña.

Speeding up Genome Sequencing (Cost reductions in sequencing)

Over fifty years ago, DNA was discovered to be the carrier molecule for genetic information, and since then, DNA sequencing has represented a continuous technological challenge for scientists. However, the challenge faced at the end of the 20th century of sequencing the human genome...

Prof. José Luis García
CIB-CSIC. Madrid

June 2009

Biomedical informatics and its impact on R&D in medicines

Research and development of medicines require coordinated efforts of several disciplines. In current processes of R&D in medicines, experimental disciplines as genomics, proteomics, pharmaceutical chemistry or pharmacology are combined with several medical specialization and with...

Ferran Sanz
Director, Programa de Investigación en Informática Biomédica (GRIB)
IMIM - Hospital del Mar
Universidad Pompeu Fabra
Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (PRBB)

June 2008

Cluster of Biocomputation or the dare of being in the frontiers between disciplines

June 2007

Comparative genomics and genes prediction

November 2006

Dynamics of proteins and supercomputing. A view from

May 2006

Computing Biology role in Spain: public and human resources and future perspectives

February 2006



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