The structure of RNA is an important key to its function—including its role in disease. However, the structure of most RNAs is unknown because their extreme flexibility and high charge...
Mar, 01, 2009
Kids often claim they are just as smart—if not smarter—than their parents. Childish nonsense? Perhaps not, according to a recent study. It turns out that young children’s brains are...
Oct, 01, 2009
New release improves both GUI and API
OpenSim, the neuromuscular modeling and simulation software, is now available in a new digit: 3.0. The change (up from 2.4) reflects significant improvements that make this open source tool more...
Oct, 19, 2012
Filling a gap in single molecule experimental work
Scientists sometimes find themselves up to their elbows in Styrofoam balls, pipe cleaners, and metal rods as they try to build models of the molecules they are studying. Now, they can exchange all...
Apr, 01, 2010
The complexity and variability of aging itself, along with the fragmented nature of researchers’ current understanding of aging, call for tools that can help scientists dig through mounds of data to find often subtle connections.
Jeanne Louise Calment of Arles, France rode a bicycle until she was 100 years old. When she gave up smoking at age 117, her doctor suspected it was out of pride. (She couldn’t see well enough...
Apr, 01, 2008
Through RNABuilder, Simbios brings computational modeling to Rick Russell’s lab at the University of Texas.
from http://biomedicalcomputationreview.org/content/simbios-bringing-biomedical-simulation-your-fingertips
Rick Russell, PhD, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the...
Oct, 01, 2009
Charles A. Taylor, PhD, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, is PI for the cardiovascular dynamics project within Simbios.
from http://biomedicalcomputationreview.org/content/simbios-bringing-biomedical-simulation-your-fingertips
Cardiovascular disease is a primary source of morbidity and mortality in the United...
Oct, 01, 2009
Visualizing a single, public body
The mesh body of a human form floats over the Brooklyn Bridge. Dots of color, embedded with video testimonials, share the collective health problems of 9/11 survivors. In this incarnation,...
Jul, 01, 2008
University of Florida’s B.J. Fregly hopes to use OpenSim to simulate the knee.
from http://biomedicalcomputationreview.org/content/simbios-bringing-biomedical-simulation-your-fingertips
B.J. Fregly, PhD, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of...
Oct, 01, 2009
The National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research has recently completed the first stage of an ambitious program to expand the computational infrastructure and software tools needed to...
Jan, 01, 2006