Collaborative Seed Grant Program

Overview of Research Programs

The BICB Seed Grant Program has been established to provide funding to support the development of research in biomedical informatics and computational biology.  Collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with significant potential for obtaining extramural support are emphasized.  Projects require at least one principal investigator from the University of Minnesota and at least one from the collaborative institution(s). 

2007-08 Research Projects

1. Normalization in Global Mass Spectrometry Studies
2. Mining Genetic Determinants of Human Disease
3. Multi-Modality Data Mining: Accelerating Discovery
4. Petascale Computing Tools for Biocatalysis and Drug Design
5. Virtual Screening for Designing Selective ERK Inhibitors

Project Descriptions and Investigators

2008-09 Research Projects

1. Reliable Biomarkers for Prediction of Transplant-Related-Mortality
2. Identification of Small-Molecule Viral Replication Inhibitors
3. Cancer Drug Target Discovery through Computational Prediction of Genetic Interactions
4. New models for cancer targets from clinical data

Project Descriptions and Investigators