February 25, 2003

Sun backs bio-IT research 

Company teaming up with seven universities

UNC will use Sun equipment in its Carolina Center for Genome Sciences. The university is working to provide data resources and bioinformatics analysis tools to biomedical researchers around the world.

In addition to Sun, the COE will be helped by Incellico, which sells knowledge management technology used in pharmaceutical research. Incellico's CELL product, which runs on Sun's Solaris operating system, will be provided as a commercial service to Sun COE members.

SAS Institute will work with COE members to develop methods to analyze genomic and proteomic data, according to Sun.

Also involved in the COE is the North Carolina Supercomputing Center, which will provide high-performance computing resources while also playing a key role in the development of the BioGRID.

The North Carolina Genomics and Bioinformatics Consortium will help coordinate the activities of COE members, according to Unger.

The new Research Triangle COE is one of 30 that Sun sponsors, according to Unger, who said that Sun is "on a roll" in the area of bioinformatics.

"They provide us with a reference site and strong partners that develop top-notch solutions in various market segments," he said.

COE customers are developing extensions to Sun's technology and are a fertile test bed for Sun's products.

"It's a win-win," said Unger.

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