iSGTW 07 February 2007

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Issue 10: iSGTW 07 February 2007

Geneticists’ Gateway to the Grid

In many biological disciplines, the answers to researchers’ questions are buried under mountains of complex data. The Genome Analysis Database Update tool uses grid computing to help geneticists compare genomes.

Margie Romine, a microbiologist, uses GADU to study the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, a microbe capable of metabolizing metals. Due to its unusual diet, scientists may one day use S. oneidensis MR-1 to clean sites contaminated with toxic materials.

Grid computing will help Romine better understand how Shewanella behaves in the environment.

Feature - Events

Preparing for the Large Hadron Collider
The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid collaboration recently held a workshop to prepare for the task of processing the enormous amount of data that will be generated by the LHC.

Feature -Applications

SDSC Experts Help Navajos Build “An Internet to the Hogan”
Navajos in the American Southwest, many of whom have never had access to a personal telephone, will soon make a significant leap into the Internet Age, thanks in part to resources provided by the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

Link of the Week

Results Posted for BBC Climate Experiment

Over 250,000 members of the public from around the world volunteered spare processing power from their personal computers to participate in the largest yet climate modeling experiment. A team from the University of Oxford compiled the data to predict the Earth’s climate thhrough the year 2080. The results are now posed on the BBC's Web site.

Image of the Week

The Earliest Sources of Light

Announcement

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Announcement

Deadline Extension for EGEE User Forum
Deadline for the submission of abstracts to the EGEE User Forum has been extended to February 14.