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The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) will test a new method of doing
large-scale medical science. This NCRR-supported initiative aims to bring together
groups of centers, known as testbeds, to collaborate closely towards a unified
scientific goal. The initial goal is to address the needs of biomedical investigators
across the country to effectively share and mine data in a site-independent manner
for both basic and clinical research. Through an NCRR grant, investigators at
the University of California, San Diego, have established the BIRN Coordinating
Center, which oversees the networking, distributed storage, and software efforts
for BIRN. Initially, BIRN will concentrate on research involving neuroimaging
to take advantage of the relatively advanced level of sophistication of this community
in the use of information technology. An essential feature of the testbeds will
be to create infrastructure that can be deployed rapidly at other research centers
throughout the country that may have research emphases outside of neuroimaging.
For detailed information on active projects, documents, news, events, and more,
access NCRR’s BIRN Web site.
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