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(Ottawa)\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A national team of biomedical researchers, including Carleton University\u2019s Michel Dumontier<\/a>, has been funded for a major project that could revolutionize the way biomedical researchers share and access information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, CANARIE, awarded $927,000 to the Canadian Bioinformatics Resources As Semantic Services (C-BRASS) project to integrate different databases and web services into one intelligent network and train Canadians to use them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the major challenges facing biomedical researchers is the difficulty in obtaining and effectively analyzing the data they need to solve real-world problems,\u201d says Dr. Dumontier, an associate professor in the Department of Biology and School of Computer Science. \u201cThis new project leaves researchers free to focus on what the results mean and how this new knowledge can be used to improve the health of Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProjects like C-BRASS are exactly why the CANARIE Network exists; to enable state-of-the-art research and collaboration that puts Canadian researchers at the leading edge of scientific discovery,\u201d said CANARIE President Guy Bujold.<\/p>\n

CANARIE\u2019s funding will be used to further develop a free, open-source toolkit to create new and innovative applications. \u201cFor instance, we are using Health Canada funding to leverage this toolkit to build ST-SHARE, a systems toxicology knowledge base, which may be used to inform policy and improve the overall health and safety of Canadians,\u201d points out Dr. Dumontier.<\/p>\n

He is researching ways to evaluate drug effectiveness based on the genetic background of an individual. He hopes that his work will reduce the costs of sickness by increasing the efficacy of treatment, spare those that would suffer side-effects and shorten the drug development cycle by having regulatory agencies approve treatments effective for smaller populations.<\/p>\n

C-BRASS is led by the Providence Heart and Lung Institute at St. Paul\u2019s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with researchers at Carleton and the University of New Brunswick. It is part of CANARIE\u2019s flagship Network-Enabled Platform (NEP) Program, which to-date has awarded $25.5 million in funding to 19 IT research projects across the country. The NEP Program funds the development of tools and software that help researchers to exploit the massive amounts of data and research that flow along the CANARIE Network.<\/p>\n

About CANARIE:<\/span><\/strong>
\nCANARIE Inc. is Canada\u2019s Advanced Research and Innovation Network. Established in 1993, CANARIE manages an ultra high-speed network, hundreds of times faster than the internet, which facilitates leading-edge research and big science across Canada and around the world. More than 39,000 researchers at nearly 200 Canadian universities and colleges use the CANARIE Network, as well as researchers at institutes, hospitals and government laboratories throughout the country. The CANARIE Network enables researchers to share and analyze massive amounts of data, which can lead to ground-breaking scientific discoveries. CANARIE\u2019s network, programs, and strategic partnerships with 12 regional networks in Canada, and 100 international networks in more than 80 countries, stimulate research that delivers economic, social, and cultural benefits to Canadians. CANARIE is a non-profit corporation supported by membership fees, with major funding of its programs and activities provided by the Government of Canada. For additional information, please visit: www.canarie.ca.<\/p>\n

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\nFor more information:<\/strong>
\nLin Moody
\nMedia Relations
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8705<\/p>\n

Michel Dumontier
\nAssociate Professor of Bioinformatics
\nCarleton University
\nhttp:\/\/dumontierlab.com
\nMichel.dumontier@gmail.com<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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