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The ImmunoGrid Simulator: How to Use It

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Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB 2009)

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In this paper we present the ImmunoGrid project, whose goal is to develop an immune system simulator which integrates molecular and system level models with Grid computing resources for large-scale tasks and databases. We introduce the models and the technologies used in the ImmunoGrid Simulator, showing how to use them through the ImmunoGrid web interface. The ImmunoGrid project has proved that simulators can be used in conjunction with grid technologies for drug and vaccine discovery, demonstrating that it is possible to drastically reduce the developing time of such products.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania,  

    Francesco Pappalardo, Marzio Pennisi, Ferdinando Chiacchio & Santo Motta

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catania,  

    Santo Motta

  3. Istituto per le applicazioni del calcolo Mauro Picone, CNR, Roma

    Francesco Pappalardo

  4. Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London,  

    Clare E. Sansom, Adrian J. Shepherd & David S. Moss

  5. Cancer Vaccine Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

    Vladimir Brusic

  6. The institute of Cancer Research, Surrey

    Mark Halling-Brown

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Pappalardo, F. et al. (2010). The ImmunoGrid Simulator: How to Use It. In: Masulli, F., Peterson, L.E., Tagliaferri, R. (eds) Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. CIBB 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14571-1_1

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