Shi-Jie Chen receives his second concurrent NIH R01 award.

Shi-Jie Chen recieved an NIH R01 award entitled: “New computational tools for predicting ion effects in RNR structures” for four years with approximately $1.2M budget. The grant is to develop new algorithm, database, software and web server for metal ion binding to nucleic acids especially RNA molecures. The bioinformatics grant was reviewed in the Biodata Management and Analysis (BDMA) study section. Dr. Xiao Heng is the co-I of this grant.

MUII’s Data Science and Analytics Master’s Program to Deliver Cutting-Edge Training to the NGA with $12 Million Federal Contract

The University of Missouri College of Engineering has just been awarded a five-year, $12 million contract to deliver a comprehensive data science education program that will provide cutting-edge analytical training for the NGA workforce and potentially other members of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). This new program will address key education and training needs identified by NGA. The program is a collaboration between the MU College of Engineering’s Center for Geospatial Intelligence (CGI) and the MU Informatics Institute’s Data Science and Analytics (DSA) master’s degree program. The newly established effort is part of the NGA College’s Learning Outreach program that partners with qualified…

Soybean science blooms with supercomputers

Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB) project finds and shares comprehensive genetic and genomic soybean data through support of NSF-sponsored XSEDE high performance computing. SoyKB helps scientists improve soybean traits. XSEDE Stampede supercomputer 370,000 core hour allocation used in resequencing of over 1,000 soybean germplasm lines. XSEDE ECSS established Pegasus workflow that optimized SoyKB for supercomputers. SoyKB migrated workflow to XSEDE Wrangler data intensive supercomputer. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189594&WT.mc_id=USNSF_195&WT.mc_ev=click

Families In Rural Areas Using Telemedicine For Psychiatric, Specialty Care

Mirna Becevic, PhD, an assistant research professor of telemedicine at the School of Medicine, recently was featured in an article by Forbes. Becevic led a study that shows that video-based mental health services are bridging the gap by providing care to underserved areas   http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2016/07/05/families-in-rural-areas-using-telemedicine-for-psychiatric-specialty-care/#2746f6334df0…