Sun shines on virtual bioresearch center

Feb. 26, 2003 — Sun Microsystems Inc. is teaming up with several other universities, labs and businesses to create a virtual center for genomics and proteomics research, according to a release.

The Sun North Carolina Research Triangle Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology will provide a virtual link among the partners through $6 million in computing hardware, software and services provided by Sun. The collaboration is designed to cut costs and boost research, the release said.

The center’s other participants are Duke University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Supercomputing Center, North Carolina Genomics and Bioinformatics Consortium, Intellico and SAS.

Sun has more than 30 Centers of Excellence worldwide, but North Carolina’s is the first virtual model. The company announced earlier this month it would provide more than $2 million in hardware and software for an integrated nanotools center at the University of Alberta.

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