August/September 2007

DATA ANALYSIS
Sploshing about in ponds, and other stories
Felix Grant reports on how electronic equipment and scientific processes have modernised fieldwork
COMPANY PROFILE
In profile: ISC
PROFILE
Breakthroughs in systems biology
Linda Petzold, professor at the University of California and member of the US National Academy of Engineering
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Academics tackle epidemics
David Robson on how modelling software is having an impact on monitoring the spread of global diseases
DATA ACQUISITION
The DNA deluge
Clare Sansom on how next-generation sequencing methods are creating challenges in the field of bioinformatics


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