ASU supercomputer to boost genomics research
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Arizona State University has entered into an agreement with IBM to purchase a powerful supercomputing infrastructure for genetic research, according to an announcement today at the Arizona Bio Expo. Once completed, the $4 million computer system will be one of the top 100 most powerful in the world.
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Arizona State University has entered into an agreement with IBM to purchase a powerful supercomputing infrastructure for genetic research, according to an announcement today at the Arizona Bio Expo. The $4 million computer system will be used by The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the International Genomics Consortium (IGC) to accelerate research into diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's.
The proposed system will combine high-speed Linux and UNIX servers with fast, high-capacity data storage to form one of the top 100 most powerful computer systems in the world.
IBM and TGen have also announced plans to explore joint research collaborations in areas such as computational analysis of gene expression and mapping the molecular markers of cancer.
"This early partnering opportunity with IBM will ensure that the disease-based genomics databases produced by IGC will be in as user-adaptable formats as possible," said Michael Berens, chief executive officer of IGC. "We're pleased to have such a strong informatics partner as IBM involved."
More information:
Joint TGen, ASU, IGC, and IBM press release