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UNE to offer bioinformatics course

29 July, 2003 by Jeremy Torr

NSW's University of New England (UNE) is to offer a course in bioinformatics next year, in recognition of the increased importance of the field for both mathematicians and biologists.


SGI launch makes new bid for research community

28 July, 2003 by David Braue

Supercomputer maker SGI is trying to extend its lifespan in the high-performance computing (HPC) market with the launch of the Onyx4 UltraVision, an upgraded flagship system it hopes will appeal to life sciences and other researchers keen to get ever more detail in the graphical representation of their data.


Proteome Systems, CSIRO team up in data mining

24 July, 2003 by Pete Young

Two of the leading forces in Australian bioinformatics are pooling their expertise to build a new generation of protein expression data mining tools.


'Junk DNA' pioneer hits back at critics

10 July, 2003 by Graeme O'Neill

Australian geneticist Malcolm Simons has hit back at critics of the controversial international patents he secured in the 1990s for the use of non-coding DNA to predict individuals' genetic risk of developing diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease.


Roo genome project inches closer to reality

10 July, 2003 by Melissa Trudinger

The kangaroo genome project has moved slightly closer to reality with the announcement that the Australian Research Council will fund a new Centre for the Kangaroo Genome, worth AUD$2.6 million over the next five years.


Liu: how Singapore scientists tackled SARS

10 July, 2003 by Melissa Trudinger

The recent SARS epidemic highlighted the ability of Singapore's science community to rise to the occasion, according to the director of the two-year-old Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Edison Liu at the XIX International Congress of Genetics on Wednesday.


Gruber winner Botstein calls for better gene name system

09 July, 2003 by Graeme O'Neill

Genomics expert Prof David Botstein says it's a fact that biologists would rather share a toothbrush than a gene's name -- the yeast gene that he knows as ABC1 is apparently known to fruit fly geneticists as 'bride of frizzled disco'.


IBM keeps to the bioIT straight and narrow

09 July, 2003 by Jeremy Torr

IBM said it has no plans to take its bioIT products direct to the consumer, despite the potential for increased sales numbers.


CSIRO scans cattle data for parasite info

09 July, 2003 by Jeremy Torr

CSIRO Livestock Industries is leafing through vast amounts of historical cattle data to identify if genetics have had any impact on parasite infestation levels over the years.


IGF gene may play major role in longevity

08 July, 2003 by Graeme O'Neill

Have geneticists uncovered one of the master genes for aging? Dr Linda Partridge, a researcher at University College, London, says increasing evidence points to the gene for insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) playing a major role in longevity.


Web portals, grid computing lead the way

08 July, 2003 by Pete Young

Web portal use by the research community and the popularity of grid computing are two leading trends in today's bioIT market, according to Sun Microsystems computational biology supremo Stefan Unger.


Genome pioneer outlines a map for the future

07 July, 2003 by Melissa Trudinger

'Post-genomic era' should be banned -- the genomic era has just started, according to Francis Collins, one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project.


GATTACA machine needed: Gibbs

07 July, 2003 by Melissa Trudinger

Australian-born Baylor geneticist Richard Gibbs believes rapid, low-cost sequencing is the key new technology required to keep the genomics revolution advancing.


AGT researchers net $4.4m NIH grant

03 July, 2003 by Iain Scott

Researchers associated with Victorian-based AGT Biosciences have landed a $AUD4.4 million grant from the US National Institutes of Health to fund its human gene discovery research.


Lower turnout by computational biologists

30 June, 2003 by Pete Young

The world’s leading conference for computational biologists has seen a shift in emphasis and a drop in delegate numbers this year.


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