The Snowdeal links down the bottom right of this page are often worth following. Currently there is much news from the 1st annual Frontiers in Bioinformatics conference at the UB Bioinformatics Center.
Seems there are mixed feeling about what might be achieved and how long it might take - par for the research course then! The center is also being touted as something of a "jobs saviour" for the region, which may or may not be a good thing. Still, with Hilary Clinton behind them, how can they fail. My favourite quote: "One 4,000-processor supercomputer is worth a thousand words" [Skolnick] said.

