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Welcome to VBIO

vBio is an openfree virtual bioinformatics organization for bioinformatics/biology researchers.

You can list your institutes here. You are welcome to put advertisement free of charge.

Aims: 
1) Establishing a fast network of DB and research service.
2) Promoting political and social interaction for the advancement ofbiotechnology in Asia through sharing responsibility and leadership.
3) Help regional bio-companies to acquire technologies easily and cheaply.
4) Help young Asians work together and achieve much in biological research and career.

Participants (alphabetical order):
ASEAN: 1) Brunei 2) Malaysia 3) Singapore 4) Thailand & 5) Indonesia
CJK: 1) China 2) Japan 3) Korea

Background
1) Why we need VBIO?

Work to do.
1) Deciding the principles of VBIO
2) Administration of VBIO
3) Format of collaboration
4) Exchange of DATA and People
5) How to fund it?
6) Who will lead it?
7) What the participants need to do?

Projects
1) CJK bioinformatics training
2) Asian Bioinformation Center (with country specific bioinformation center)
3) Open and Free Bio-XXX projects
   APBioBox - Bioinformatics software in a box
   APBioKnoppix - LiveCD Bioinformatics super-package
   BioMirrors2 - Mirror large sub-Terabyte scale bio-databases
   BioMoodle - Open source moodle-like site forimplementing bioinformatics courses, course organisation,management environment.
   Bio-"BiTorrent" project - P2Pmethods for distributing biological data and educational material tolow bandwidth locations
 

Related Projects

1) Pan Asia SNP Bioinformatics effort (http://pasnp.org)

Links
 

• APbionet.org
• APCTT
• BINAsia
• EABN
• AVIST: ASEAN Virtual Inst. of Sci. and Tech.
• APBC2006
• GBIF
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