♦Goal of the Project |
A dramatic advancement in science and technology has made it possible for
us to observe not only microscopic cells but also the brain mechanism using leading-edge,
sophisticated analyzers. Additionally, new protein structures and gene information
have been made clarified, which may hold clues to our inquiry into the essence
of the biological life process and contribute to future medical treatment. This
project has been entrusted with the mission of attaining the following three goals:
1) a series of analyzers deployed on a supercomputer network, 2) "data grid
technology", which will allow us to achieve total and safe linkage and manipulation
among various types of huge databases, and 3) "computing grid technology",
which may facilitate truly systematic linkage among the databases and data processing
requiring ultra high-sped computing resources.
We have our sights on outcome from the project such as a vast volume of data,
as well as the next-generation technology and know-how for computing will not
only realize in silico pharmaceutical development and biodynamic elucidation,
but also support the establishment of the infrastructure technology for the supercomputer
network in other arenas requiring similar technology.
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♦Cooperation with industry and other
projects |
The BioGrid project is committed to feeding back to industries the results
of its R&D projects in the three subject areas below.
And this project is driving forward the R&D projects in collaboration and
cooperation with the bio-related institutes and organizations.
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- Research of intellectual property management
Investigation of commercial availability of intellectual property, for example,
grant of patents or licenses to developed element technologies and systems
- Establishment of horizontal cooperation among the R&D projects
From the aspect of identifying the seeds for research, leading researchers are
participating in the R&D projects from the information technology companiesto
drive the R&D projects while reflecting cutting-edge technology trends.
- Practical evaluation of the core grid system resulted from the BioGrid project
For the outcome from the project to be successfully applied, it must satisfy the
needs of the users. For this reason, a New Drug Development Workshop consisting
of experts from seven pharmaceutical companies has been formed, facilitating the
R&D projects, while achieving a balance between the seeds and the needs by
conducting practical evaluations.
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♦Collaboration with Other Projects |
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