**************************************** New book release Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare ISBN: 978-1-60566-374-6; 1,050 pp; May 2009 Published under Medical Information Science Reference an imprint of IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34292 Edited by: Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy **************************************** DESCRIPTION Grids are currently used in many sectors of life sciences, including basic sciences such as genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. The Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare brings together state-of-the art methodologies and developments of grid technologies applied in different fields of life sciences. This Handbook of Research considers the use of grid technologies to support research and application of each information level where life science research takes place - a useful reference source for academicians, medical practitioners, and researchers involved in all areas of healthcare technologies. **************************************** "The book surveys state-of-the art research, methodologies and applications of Grid technology in different fields of Life Sciences, from basic science to clinical and healthcare applications." -Mario Cannataro, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy **************************************** TOPICS COVERED Biomedical application Data mining in proteomics Data provenance in scientific workflows Docking process in drug discovery Grid-based epidemic surveillance system Grid-based tool for comparative genomics Heart failure awareness management system Managing uncertain data Molecular structure determination Multiple repositories for digital content Polymorph prediction data for drug development Resource discovery in health grids **************************************** For more information about the Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare, you can view the title information sheet at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34292.pdf. To view the Table of Contents and a complete list of contributors online go to http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34292&v=tableOfContents. You can also view the first chapter of the publication at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/excerpts/34292.pdf. **************************************** ABOUT THE EDITOR Mario Cannataro is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at University Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy, since 2002. He received his Laurea Degree Magna cum Laude in Computer Engineering from the University of Calabria, Rende, Italy, in 1993. He was a researcher at the CRAI Research Consortium and a Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council (ICAR-CNR), Rende, Italy, where he worked on parallel computing, massively parallel architectures, parallel implementation of logic programs and cellular automata. He is currently the responsible of the Bioinformatics Laboratory at University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro. His current research interests are on grid computing, bioinformatics, computational genomics and proteomics, and ontologies. He authored a book on parallel implementation of logic programs and over 150 scientific papers published on international journals and conference proceedings.. Mario Cannataro is a co-founder of Exeura and is a member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, BITS (Italian Bioinformatics Society), and HealthGrid. **************************************** To view the full contents of this publication, check for the Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare in your institutions library. If you library does not currently own this title, please recommend it to your librarian. ****************************************