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Open Source Based Applied Bioinformatics Presenter: Acu Ilie Dorin Ph.D.

Summary:

Aproximately two hundred billion cells divide daily to ensure tissue replacemet and turnover essential for our health and longevity. The division and function of each of ~ 6 X10^13 cells that make our body, are carefully and tightly regulated through intricate and redundant signaling networking. However, due to inherent genetic and/or environmental factors, the basal rate of biochemical and cellular aberations increases, and leads to aging, disease and death. Today's clinical practice and biomedical research generates unprecedented amount of potential valuable data, to be used in discovery, innovation or medicine. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field whereby biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics are integrated with the sole purpose to bring rhyme, reason, meaning and functional context to the newly generated data, which can then be integrated into models and practice for an optimal life style or personalized medicine.

Using Debian GNU/Linux as main operating system, I am going to present a brief practical overview of few major Open Source bioinformatics applications such as EMBOSS (European Molecular Biology Open Source Software - in-silico gene and protein processing, MEV (microarray gene profiling), ImageJ quantification and analysis of 2 and 3D images) and Pymol: biomolecular crystal structure analysis(Pymol) and others. For more informations you can visit http://www.acucorporation.com/index.php/Training/Applied-Bioinformatics

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Work Community Grid: 100,000 Years

World Community Grid crossed two significant milestones on July 7. With the help of PCIG Club members, the community of World Community Grid volunteers has reached an outstanding 100,000 years of run time that has provided over 100,000,000 results to research scientists to help in the fight against cancer, muscular dystrophy, AIDS and other types of disease!
World Community Grid also is pleased to announce that the Fiocruz Genome Comparison (FGC) project is finished. The last work units have been sent out and when the final results are returned, the project will come to an end. This project, which launched on November 16, 2006, will have run for just over 8 months by the time the last results are returned. During this time 146,000 members will have donated 3,800 years of computer time on 280,000 different computers. This is a significant contribution to helping scientists better understand human genes, how they play a role in disease processes, and ultimately in understanding how to devise drugs to combat human disease

More projects are available to continue research. If you have not signed up already, please do so (It's Free) at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org

Note: Discounts for IBM PC Club Members and Friends

NextUp.com discount on TextAloud

TextAloud, the Text To Speech softare we saw (heard) at our Sept meeting, can be had for a $10 discount! Here is a discount purchase link: https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=1669474

ActualTools

During our May 2006 meeting we saw a demo of Actual Window Manager by Actualtools.com. PCIG club get a 20% discount on this or any Actual Tools product. See this page for details http://www.actualtools.com/usergroups/

Note: 25% Discount on Apress books...see Tim for Details

http://www.apress.com/userGroups/

Note: 40% discount at Allume online store

Use the code UserGroup for 40% off all allume products. If other promotions are running, you will get those discounts too http://www.allume.com/win/index.html

Note: 30% Discount on O'Reilly Books...see Tim for Details

30% Discount on one book or 35% discount on 2 books purchased straight from oreilly http://ug.oreilly.com/

LCD Displays Still Available

These images are the result of a K-LUG LCD Build Project...details here http://www.k-lug.org/Presentations

 (there are more kits available if you would like one)

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May 08, 2012, at 10:20 AM