The Computational Biology group at UCSC is dedicated to the discovery and implementation of algorithms that facilitate the understanding of biological processes. Our work emphasises the application of statistical and machine learning techniques. Because these methods are often compute-intensive, we strive to create algorithms and heuristics that are computationally efficient on serial and parallel computers. Members of the group study the primary (sequence), secondary (folding), and tertiary (3-dimensional) structures of DNA, RNA and protein sequences. http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/research/compbio/

Research in the new field of bioinformatics, which involves applying computational approaches to problems in molecular biology. Broadly, we are interested in large-scale surveys of the rapidly expanding number of genome sequences, macromolecular structures and expression datasets. It is hoped that these will allow us to address a number of overall, statistical questions about macromolecules, relating to their physical properties, cellular function, and phylogenetic distribution. Our research involves a wide range of quantitative techniques, including database design, datamining, and molecular simulation. http://bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu/

UMBER provides facilities for interrogating the PRINTS fingerprint database and the OWL composite sequence database. Links are also provided to a variety of other sequence and pattern databanks, to numerous bioinformatics sites, and to a unique set of in-house database search facilities. http://bioinf.man.ac.uk/dbbrowser/

The IBM Shared University Research (SUR) program is a worldwide equipment award program designed to promote research in areas of mutual value and interest to IBM and universities. This program strives to connect the research and researchers at universities with personnel in IBM--in organizations such as IBM Research, IBM Life Sciences, IBM Global Services and our development and product labs. This program is not aimed at supporting a single individual or research project; rather, the intent is to support and have an impact in an area of significant interest to the university and IBM.

The SUR program is designed to:
Promote collaborative research projects that bring value to IBM and the technology community Increase access to and successful use of IBM technologies for research and in curriculum Strengthen the relationship between IBM and institutions of higher learning. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/university/sur/