National Centers for Systems Biology
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LANL to Partner on New National Center for Systems Biology
Published July 28, 2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists will contribute computational modeling and antibody engineering expertise to a new NIGMS-supported National Center for Systems Biology located at the University of New Mexico.
New Center to Study Cellular Events in Space and Time
Published July 27, 2009
The 10th National Center For Systems Biology will conduct modeling and experimental studies to understand the behavior of complex cell signaling networks in immune and cancer cells.
UNM Heads 10th National Center for Systems Biology
Published July 27, 2009
A new systems biology center led by Janet Oliver of the University of New Mexico will investigate how innate and adaptive immune systems interact.
Cells Are Like Robust Computational Systems
Published June 16, 2009
Gene regulatory networks keep working despite the failure of individual components, according to a new NIGMS-funded study.
UC Irvine Features MCB Student Meng Yu – Using Math to Battle Loss of Hearing
Published May 11, 2009
Meng Yu, a first year student from Dept. of Mathematics has developed a blind-speech separation algorithm that – via computer – pulls apart sounds he has recorded. He hopes one day to embed this technology in hearing aids.
Center for Complex Biological Systems (CCBS) Faculty Receive UCI Celebration of Teaching Award
Published April 30, 2009
The Division of Undergraduate Education, the Council on Student Experience and the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center proudly present the recipients of this year’s campus-wide Celebration of Teaching Awards. CCBS faculty member, Dr. Michael B. Dennin from the Department of Physics & Astronomy won the “Instructional Technology Innovation” category. Also, Dr. Sheryl Tsai from the Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry was selected by School of Biosciences to be honored for her excellence in undergraduate teaching.
UC Irvine Systems Biology Awarded $2.4 million from NIH for Training Programs
Published April 22, 2009
UC Irvine’s systems biology program has been awarded two grants totaling $2.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to train graduate students for careers in this field. The first grant is mainly used to support incoming graduate students in the area of Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology (MCSB) through a gateway program and the second grant is used to support advanced graduate students to study developmental biology using a systems biology approach.
Cells Don’t Always Respond According to Genetics
Published April 12, 2009
NIGMS-funded researchers have studied how genetically identical cells have different amounts of proteins that can affect their response to drugs.
Fuzzy Logic Reveals Cells’ Workings
Published April 3, 2009
NIGMS-funded biological engineers have used a “fuzzy logic” approach to model information networks in cells.
Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array Service launched utilizing array developed by Center researchers
Published February 12, 2009
The Jackson Laboratory now offers a new Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array Service utilizing an innovative genotyping microarray. Designed for high-density, genome-wide profiling of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the array was developed in the laboratories of Drs. Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena (University of North Carolina) and Gary Churchill (The Jackson Laboratory), both of The Center for Genome Dynamics. This cutting-edge research tool, produced and sold by Affymetrix, provides more than 100 times the SNP coverage than any other available mouse array, permitting high resolution mapping and genomic analysis.