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News Release 04-075
Brain Disease Research, Particle Physics Meet in the Middle(Ware)
NSF Middleware Initiative proves key for grid-based collaborations in diverse disciplines
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The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) promotes advances in biomedical and health care research through the development and support of a cyberinfrastructure that facilitates data sharing and multi-institutional collaboration. The GRIDS Center Software Suite from the NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) is essential to providing many of the underlying mechanisms critical to achieving this infrastructure. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), the BIRN's charter is to create an environment encouraging biomedical scientists and clinical researchers to make new discoveries by facilitating sharing, analysis, visualization, and data comparisons across laboratories.
Credit: Biomedical Informatics Research Network
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