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Grid-enabled rule-based microbial agents

Reference	BBS/B/16275
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Jonathan Saunders
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Peter McBurney
Institution	University of Liverpool
Department	Sch of Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	145,761
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/06/2004
End date	31/05/2007
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The proposal aims to develop by using Grid-technology the capacity of our existing agent-based system (COSMIC) to embrace modelling of complex biologically-relevant genomic inputs and environments. We will utilize natural bacterial genetic systems, including contingent gene expression and horizontal gene transfer mechanisms as well as metaphors for developing Grid-enabled novel agent-based computing architectures of general application to microbiology, genetics and other areas of biology. The resulting models will inform studies on bacterial adaptation and evolution, for example in response to pollutants or antimicrobial agents and to inform predictions of behaviour of populations of bacterial pathogens and their viruses.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Bioinformatics and E Science Programme II (BEP2) [2003-2004]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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