2,3 million Euro for Computational Life SciencesDate: 18 april 2008 NWO-Physical Sciences, the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) and the Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) have granted 2,3 million Euro for research in Computational Life Sciences (CLS). The five projects develop models to analyze biological networks. This unique cooperation between biologist, mathematicians and informaticians will give new insights in biological processes.
The exponentially growing amount of biological data creates opportunities to design experiments in a systematic way, to discover patterns and to create models. The application of (bio)informatics and (bio)mathematics methods to biological datasets can reveal new scientific observations. This is why the CLS programme has been initiated. Granted projects
NWO Physical Sciences, coordinator of the CLS-programme, received 41 project proposals. The five granted projects design new concepts and techniques to study biological networks:
Neuronal Network Formation through Reciprocal Interactions between Activity and Structure, main applicant: Dr. A. van Ooyen (VU)
Understanding hierarchical and metabolic regulation of metabolic networks through Bayesian constraint modelling, main applicant: Dr. B. Teusink (NIZO Food Research)
From spiking neurons to brain waves, main applicant:: Prof. dr. C.C.A.M. Gielen (RUN)
Modelling gene networks in synaptic computation: A Bayesian pertubation approach, main applicant: Dr. L.N. Cornelisse (VU)
Microbial ecosystems and multiple environment stoichiometric analyses, main applicant:Dr. ing. F.J. Bruggeman (NISB)
Second call for proposals
In total, the funding organisations have allocated 4,8 million for the CLS-programme. The second call for proposals (2,5 million Euro) will be launched this spring.
More information about CLS (in Dutch) can be found on the website of NWO: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5G3J57 or in the press release (pdf) by NWO Physical Sciences.
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Date: 18 april 2008 NWO-Physical Sciences, the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC) and the Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) have granted 2,3 million Euro for research in Computational Life Sciences (CLS). The five projects develop models to analyze biological networks. This unique cooperation between biologist, mathematicians and informaticians will give new insights in biological processes.
