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Behind the Connectome Commotion

Exploring the current state of connectomics--in the midst of hype

Connectomics is having a moment. Following on the heels of genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and microbiomics, the latest “omic” to seize the spotlight is generating...
brain, connectome
Jun, 19, 2013
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Big Grants in Biomedical Computing

Several big-dollar initiatives received NIH funding in late 2010

In the current economic climate, every research dollar counts. Fortunately, when it comes to biomedical computing, not everyone has been left counting change. Several big-dollar initiatives received...
brain, immunity, network
Mar, 31, 2011
Top 12 List for Biocomputing: A Decade of Progress and Challenges Ahead

Looking back, and looking forward.

Editor’s Note: In addition to asking 10 experts to weigh in on Eric Jakobsson’s 2005 Top Ten Challenges for the field of biomedical computing (Top Ten Retrospective, in this issue),...
Jun, 17, 2014
Integrating the Fragmented Mind: Bringing the Whole Elephant into View

Scientists are bringing diverse methods together to better understand schizophrenia and other mental illnesses

In an oft-cited story, six blind men each touch an elephant to describe its essential nature. The one who touches the tail reports that the elephant is like a rope. The others each touch a different...
Jun, 03, 2015
Biology: A Game for a Crowd

Crowdsourced games and competitions fill an important niche

The rules of Phylo are simple: drag colored blocks across rows on the computer screen until similar colors line up. Within minutes of launching the game, any average person can learn how to play and...
Mar, 01, 2014
Reverse Engineering the Brain
For a century, neuroscientists have dissected, traced, eavesdropped on, and are now compiling a seemingly endless cast of players in the nervous system. As we keep gathering more and more molecular...
neuron, reverse engineer
Mar, 31, 2009
Imaging Collections: How They're Stacking Up

As barriers to massive imaging collections fall, researchers can look at human systems in their entirety rather than in pieces

In the beginning there was the Visible Human. It broke new ground by gathering some 2,000 serial images from a death row inmate’s cadaver, and was the first time researchers had sectioned a...
Jun, 30, 2007

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