Director’s Note
This issue of caBIG™ Links includes a feature on Joel Saltz, M.D., Ph.D., whose research team led the collaborative development of the latest version of caGrid, as well as an article that highlights the updates included in caGrid 1.1. Read More
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caGrid Release Highlights Usability and Security Functions
Grid infrastructure is "robust, reliable and open for business…"
caBIG™ tools and infrastructure are playing an important role in transferring biomedical data from the bench to the bedside. But turning this data into methods for improving patient outcomes requires that the informatics systems of the nation’s cancer research enterprise be truly interoperable.
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Getting Connected with Dr. Joel Saltz
From Bioinformatics to Medicine and Back
Joel Saltz, M.D., Ph.D., loves a challenge, and it’s his endless desire to overcome the next hurdle that has led him on his journey from computer science, to medicine, to biomedical informatics.
First, his love of math and physics led to developing computational interfaces for a biochemistry laboratory and to a combined M.D.-Ph.D. in computer science from Duke University. During his Ph.D. studies, Saltz was attracted to parallel computing because he saw the potential and power of using computational science to help solve biological problems faster than most.
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