The NCBCs legacy of human capital
In this issue of Biomedical Computation Review, we feature a look at the NIH Roadmap National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBC) program. The NCBC program was a response to the recommendations...
Oct, 19, 2012
Putting neural and behavioral information together to model addiction
To non-smokers, the nasty-smelling habit is inexplicable. But now neurocomputational researchers have developed a hypothetical model to explain how nicotine produces addictive behavior. The first...
Apr, 01, 2006
Many a successful investigator working at the interface between molecular biology, genetics and computation will recognize the imperative to obtain biological validation for computational...
Jul, 01, 2008
The first four National Centers for Biomedical Computing take off
WHY NATIONAL CENTERS?
Four National Centers for Biomedical Computing were launched by the NIH in 2004 with $20 million in funding for each center over five years. The reason: We need to make...
Jun, 01, 2005
Bringing models closer to reality
When the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia launched on January 16, 2003, a large piece of foam fell off and hit the left wing. Alerted of the impact, NASA engineers used a computer model to predict...
Oct, 19, 2012
In science, there is a need to balance research in domain sciences and the infrastructure to support that research. Basic research mediated through peer review is understood to produce useful...
Jan, 01, 2007
Anyone who has ever waited minutes, hours, or even days for software to complete a biomedical computation will be happy to hear that almost every personal computer is capable of better. Today,...
Jul, 01, 2008
Open Source reflections; designing with code re-use; and Cygwin
Do you have a few favorite books that you recommend to anyone with an interest in biomedical computing? Are there software products or Web sites that you love to evangelize? We’d like to open...
Sep, 01, 2005
3D images help physicians design appropriate interventions.
Images of realistic and colorful 3D human body parts line the hall outside the lab. Blood and muscle look like blood and muscle; bone looks like bone. You almost expect to find human cadavers being...
Sep, 01, 2011
Computers and human experts duke it out over who is better at diagnosing disease, interpreting images, or predicting protein structure
Dorothy Rosenthal tenses over her microscope, peering at the problematic nucleus on the Pap smear yet again. “It’s abnormal,” she decides, and then hesitates. “No, it’s...
Jul, 01, 2006