Investing in Discovery
An Overview of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Division of Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics
Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry
Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity
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Division of Biomedical Technology, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
This division supports the discovery, development
and use of new biomedical research
and computing technologies, especially
those relevant to the study of complex
biological systems.
This division focuses on questions like:
- How do cells, human populations and other complicated biological systems behave under a variety of different conditions?
- What tools do researchers need in order to organize, share or visualize biological data?
- How can scientists adapt techniques and approaches from computational science, mathematics and engineering to accurately simulate, model and understand life processes?
- What improvements in technology could help reveal the inner workings of healthy and diseased cells, tissues and organs?
The division also supports the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, which develops computational models to study how emerging infectious diseases might spread and be contained.
More information about this division is available at http://www.nigms.nih.gov/About/Overview/bbcb.htm.
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