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News Release from: CLC bio | Subject: PC Mini Grids for Viral RNA
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 01 May 2007
Research project tackles RNA-based
diseases
The project aims to develop bioinformatics algorithms to make research into RNA-based diseases like HIV, Sars, and bird flu faster and more efficient than with current approaches
CLC bio, the IT University of Copenhagen, and the Department of Molecular Biology at the interdisciplinary nano science centre (iNano) of University of Aarhus announce that the Danish Council for Strategic Research has approved to fund the ambitious and ground-breaking research project PC Mini Grids for Prediction of Viral RNA Structure and Evolution Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology at University of Aarhus iNano centre, Jorgen Kjems, states: "Being part of this research project and collaborating with the top scientists from IT University of Copenhagen and CLC bio will provide us with innovative and valuable tools as well as input for new and ground-breaking research into RNA-based diseases
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 30 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are thrilled to be a part of this interdisciplinary research project, and have great expectations of the outcome".
An important part of the project is to develop better and more user-friendly bioinformatics software for theoretical analysis of RNA available for conventional biology laboratories.
Detailed search and analyses on large amounts of data and time consuming calculations are significant components when doing research in RNA-based diseases.
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This implies such analyses can be performed by non-technical persons, including biologists working in the laboratory.
In other words: by developing this kind of solution, this project will dramatically help scientists and researchers worldwide get better RNA-research results in less time, through a simple graphical user interface on a standard computer.
The project will take four years and the total costs amount to US$2.5million of which half is funded by the Danish Council for Strategic Research and the other half is co-financed by the three parties involved.
An interesting feature about the project is the involvement of different fields of science.
The project is truly interdisciplinary by involving researchers from computer science, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and nano technology.
With the participation in this research project, CLC bio takes an important step toward assuring that CLC RNA Workbench - the upcoming bioinformatics software package for advanced RNA sequence analysis - will continuously be ahead of competing products when it comes to user-friendliness, scientific level, and innovative use of the latest IT technology. Request a free brochure from CLC bio ...
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