Biomedical Computation Review

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Winter 2006/07
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Computational Biomechanics:
Making Strides Toward Patient Care
BY REGINA NUZZO, PhD

Biologically Inspired Computation:
Algorithms That Mimic Nature’s Tricks
BY MEREDITH ALEXANDER KUNZ

Departments

Guest Editorial:
Infrastructure and Workforce Needs in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology
BY PETER LYSTER, PhD

News Bytes
BY BRITTANY GRAYSON, ALLA KATZNELSON, CLARA MOSKOWITZ, RACHEL COURTLAND, MEGHA ATYANAYARANA, SARAH CP WILLIAMS,
BRIAN LEE, MARIA JOSÉ VIÑAS, EWEN CALLOWAY, MARCUS WOO
• Unraveling the Complex Functions of Proteins
• Neurons Seek Their Own Solution
• Two Ways To Merge
• Cancer Proteins Show Off Their Networking Skills
• Watching Blood Vessels Grow and Shrink
• Opening Airways
• New Algorithm Finds Stories in Biomedical Literature
• A Fast Lane Through the Stomach
• Stem Cells’ Existential Crisis Explained
• Connecting the (Microarray) Dots from Drug to Disease

Simbios News:
Now Available: User-friendly RNA Dynamics Applications
BY KATHARINE MILLER

Under the Hood:
Particle Swarm Optimization: Taking a Cue from Mother Nature
BY JACO SCHUTTE, PhD

Seeing Science: Allen Brain Atlas Launched
BY KATHARINE MILLER

Supported by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research Grant U54 GM072970. Information on the National Centers for Biomedical Computing can be obtained from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/bioinformatics/.