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- BC Cancer Agency Genome Sciences Centre Speeds Biological Breakthroughs by Standardizing on Network Appliance
- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre GSC advances cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment via high-throughput genome mapping and DNA sequencing. The challenge was to scale to tens of millions of files and eliminate disruptive crashes. GSC also wanted to boost performance for heavy I/O and secure regulated patient data. The...
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- Human Genome Center at the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo
- With the renewal of their supercomputer system in January 2003, the Human Genome Center at the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, updated their publicly available Internet service, which allows any user to search genomic databases. The center chose HiRDB, a scalable database from Hitachi, to achieve rapid...
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- Celera Tailors 12 Terabytes of Raw Genomics Data Into Insights for Life Sciences Researchers
- In 2000, Celera Genomics Group announced it had successfully sequenced the human genome, a milestone that accelerated the process of creating a roadmap of human genetics and altered medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech forever. As Celera knows well, the challenge of being a critical information resource for the life sciences community...
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- StorageTek SANs Keep the Sanger Institute at the Forefront of Genome Research
- DNA sequencing produces a massive amount of data. Every day about 100,000 sequence reactions are run at the Sanger Institute, generating approximately 50 million bases of raw sequence data. The Sanger Institute was finding it harder to manage its rapidly increasing data volumes, and also needed a larger tape library...
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- World-Renowned Genome Research Facility Relies on Sun to Provide Cost-Efficient High-Performance Compute Grid
- The Institute for Genomic Research TIGR is a non-profit organization dedicated to deciphering and analyzing genomes - the complex molecular chains that constitute each organism's unique genetic heritage. The company's challenge was to improve performance of compute grid to accommodate compute-intensive research to reduce IT expenses to maintain internal cost...
- Case studies 2007-12-01
- Lab gets results with custom-built Web portal
- When medical personnel are combing through GBs of data to observe how medications affect DNA, they want something that’s simple, easy to use, and reliable. That’s what led Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network Inc. MPL in Maryville, TN, to develop and custom-build MPLNet, a portal through which physicians’ groups, hospitals, and...
- Technical articles 2003-03-18
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- Sun Software Products Help Los Alamos National Laboratory Link to the Internet
- Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico played a key role in the Human Genome Program HGP. Database administrator for the Center for Human Genome Studies, Los Alamos has relied on Sun technology for it's main computing power for over a decade. The main file server and Sybase...
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- Recipe for Destruction - New York Times
- Snip from NYT op-ed by Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy, responding to news that federal and university scientists have reconstructed the 1918 flu virus and published its full genome online at the GenBank database.This post originally appeared on an external website by Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-10-17
- Bill Gates sees tech revolution without limits
- Exponential improvementIndeed, most technologists and futurists share his opinion. The exponential growth of technology affects every industry, also improving the rate of their advancements (e.g., genome sequencing, etc.) The singularity is near. :-)Too badToo bad we will not be part of it. China, India and most other 3rd world toilets...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Genomics goes commercial with online DNA decoding services
- Firms such as 23andme and deCODEme have announced services whereby users get to decode their whole genetic sequence, revealing information on ancestry and risks of various illnesses. An excerpt from Wired: Reading your genomic profile — learning your predispositions for various diseases, odd traits, and a...
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- The Bleeding Edge
- The human genome project is bound to benefit people from all walks of life. It's only a matter of time, however, before it helps some people turn a profit. Take a look at The Bleeding Edge for the scoop.Peter Zale is the creator of the cartoons "The Bleeding Edge," exclusively...
- Technical articles 2000-07-24
- Data Domain Case Study: Department of Energy Lab
- The client is a Department of Energy lab, which was created in the late 1990s to study genome mapping, DNA sequencing and technology development. Challenged by the need to more rapidly backup and restore 20TB of large genomic data sets, the IT department at a California-based Department of Energy lab...
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- Evolutionary Surface Wallpaper (zip)
- The Evolutionary Surface is an evolution demonstrator an attempt to show what evolution can do even with very limited space, time and resources. Each point on the surface is a biot with its own individual genome, allowing it to fight, mate or swap places with its neighbors. Soon biot species...
- Software downloads 2006-11-10
- Supercomputing Solution Reduces IT Administration Needs at Research Institute
- The University of Cincinnati Genome Research Institute GRI is a global hub for biomedical research, focusing on new therapies for cancer and metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Founded in 2002, GRI brings together a range of academic, nonprofit, and industry partners. Drug-development technologies require large amounts of computing...
- Case studies 2006-10-12
- Energy Sciences Network Enriches Scientific Collaboration With Integrated Voice, Video, and Web Conferencing
- Behind some of the world's most important scientific projects - the Human Genome, fusion energy research, nanotechnology and research on climate change ? one will find ESnet, a high-speed network serving thousands of scientists and collaborators conducting research for the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Office of Science at more...
- Case studies 2005-09-01
- Life Sciences Company Uses SQL Server 2005 to Enhance Full-Text Searches
- Metalife is helping researchers who are seeking new treatments and cures for a range of diseases. The company's PhenomicDB database provides a central repository for genetic information from the Human Genome Project and similar efforts. As the success of Metalife's database has grown, so has demand for support for concurrent,...
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- IntegraGen Simplifies Day-to-Day Communication and Collaboration Processes
- Established in 2000 by researchers specializing in genome analysis, IntegraGen works to reveal the genes linked to complex diseases, identify biomarkers, and develop risk assessment tools for these pathologies. The company wanted to facilitate the organization of meetings for employees spread over a wide geographical area in France, Germany, and...
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- Opening the wisdom of Pandora radio
- Flipping channels between football games over the holidays I came across a CNBC talking head discussing what she thought would be the next YouTube on the Internet. You know --- the next big thing that will earn millions for Google or Yahoo or whoever ends up buying the concept. The...
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- Need help buying powerful pcs for large data analysis
- Lots of reviews around the web on desktops in general but I can't find much to help me with High-end Desktops (and I mean Desktops designed to handle really large dataset analysis - think scientific applications.) Specifically, in this case, people working on analyzing the human genome. Lots...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-12
- Eugenics: Are we ready for our genetic future?
- Eugenics: Are we ready for our genetic future?I have just finished watching a rather disturbing documentary on TV. Some of you may have seen it too, so you'll know why I call it disturbing. It was the final episode of 'DNA', entitled 'The Future', from the good old Beeb in...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-11
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