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Riken Institute launches rational genome design competition
The Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) group, a division of Riken, Japan’s fl agship research institute, is holding its fi rst ever International Rational Genome Design*1 Contest (GenoCon) on the semantic web. The contest makes use of an information infrastructure for life science research known as the Riken Scientists’ Networking System (SciNeS*2) and will take place between 25 May and 30 September.
Built upon semantic web technology, GenoCon is the fi rst contest of its kind, offering contestants the chance to compete in technologies for rational genome design. To succeed, contestants must make effective use of genomic and protein data contained in SciNeS database clusters to design DNA
sequences that improve plant physiology. In the fi rst GenoCon, contestants are asked to design a DNA sequence conferring to the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana the functionality to effectively eliminate and detoxify airborne formaldehyde. Genome design theories and programs submitted by contestants from all over the world will be compiled within Riken SciNeS and shared under a Creative Commons Public License, contributing to advancements in biomass engineering and other fi elds of green biotechnology. GenoCon also offers, in addition to categories for Japanese and international researchers and university students, a category specifi cally for high-school students.
London hospital selects informatics platform
Barts and The London NHS Trust has selected IDBS as its translational research informatics platform for data analysis and visualisation to support cardiovascular biomedical research. Barts will use IDBS’ InforSense Suite to better understand the causes of cardiovascular disease and develop better treatment therapies.
The InforSense Suite is a secure web-based data integration, analysis, and visualisation system that enables researchers to navigate and understand large amounts of data quickly. It is the leading solution for combining genetic data such as genome-wide association studies with clinical data such as patient medical history
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and image data such as CT or MRI scans. Researchers are able to quickly and intuitively select subject cohorts for translational research studies using ClinicalSense, part of the InforSense Suite, and then link seamlessly to data analysis and annotation.
‘The Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit at Barts aims to understand the basic underlying pathogenic mechanisms associated with vascular diseases, e.g., atherosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes,’ said Professor Anthony Mathur, consultant cardiologist at Barts and The London NHS Trust. ‘After a lengthy evaluation of all the organisations in this space, IDBS came out top of our procurement analysis.’
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