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Computer Predicts Anti-Cancer Molecules
(June 17, 2008) — A new computer-based method of analyzing cellular activity has correctly predicted the anti-tumour activity of several molecules. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal, Molecular Cancer, describes 'CoMet' — a tool that studies the integrated machinery of the cell and predicts those components that will have an effect on cancer. Jeffery Skolnick, professor in the School of Biology and director of the Center for the Study of Systems Biology, in collaboration with John McDonald, chair of the School of Biology, led a team from the Georgia Institute of Technology who have developed this new strategy.
Georgia Tech Creates Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry
(September 25, 2008) — Understanding biology at the systems level is difficult, especially when studying complex specimens like tissue slices or communities of organisms in a biofilm. Mass spectrometry imaging is a powerful analytical technique with the potential to unravel the molecular complexities of biological systems. It allows researchers to visualize the spatial arrangement and relative abundance of specific molecules — from simple metabolites to peptides and proteins — in biological samples.
Automated Microfluidic Device Reduces Time to Screen Small Organisms
(June 23, 2008) — Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The new "lab-on-a-chip" can automatically position, image, determine the phenotype of and sort small animals, such as the worm Caenorhabditis elegans that is commonly used for biological studies.
Georgia Tech Creates Integrative BioSystems Institute
February 7, 2008 — The Georgia Institute of Technology has created the Integrative BioSystems Institute (IBSI) to explore new technologies and methods to collect and analyze the enormous amounts of data in biological systems to form a more complete picture of how life works and how the environment affects living things. IBSI represents a major investment of at least $100 million by Georgia Tech over the next several years.
Georgia Tech Creates New Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering
February 13, 2008 — The Colleges of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences at Georgia Tech today announced the creation of a new doctoral degree in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), a cooperative, truly interdisciplinary effort between the three academic units. Georgia Tech is an established leader in the fields of engineering and sciences, and is quickly becoming recognized for defining the direction of the computing discipline. "Computation, through modeling, simulation, analysis and its other forms, is essential in creating new applications with great impact on the sustainable growth of cities, the design of power-efficient buildings, the creation of new biomedical devices, the eradication of life-threatening diseases and other issues of great social importance," said Richard Fujimoto, the Chair of CSE.
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Integrative BioSystems Institute
The Integrative BioSystems Institute (IBSI) at Georgia Tech is a forum for multi-scale, multi-disciplinary systems approaches toward solutions of grand-challenge problems in biology. IBSI's main focus is the development and application of enabling technologies that are needed to solve some of the grand-challenge questions of biology and medicine of the 21st century. Our initial target applications are developmental processes leading to cancer and the interactions between humans and microbial systems in the environment. Accompanying and supporting these threads are initiatives in high-performance computing, computational modeling, and the creation of macro-, micro- and nano-devices for biosystems research.
Georgia Tech Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics
The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics at Georgia Tech has been formed to facilitate collaborative research in the interdisciplinary area of bioinformatics and computational genomics and to create an intellectual environment for interdisciplinary education and training of the MS and PhD students in Bioinformatics. The Center is comprised of the Georgia Tech faculty with research interests in bioinformatics and computational genomics.
Mark Borodovsky, Director
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Eberhard Voit
Director, Ingrative BioSystems Institute,
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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Jeffrey Skolnick
Director, Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Associate Director, Integrative BioSystems Institute
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Richard Fujimoto
Professor and Chair of the Computational Science and Engineering Division, College of Computing
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Mark Borodovsky
Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics
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