May 25 — Many of the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s (TACC) feature stories highlight the impact of advanced computing for a specific research project. But for one of TACC’s users, the introduction of advanced computing and computational expertise resulted in a fundamental shift in the direction of the institute.
For over five years, the Center for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (CBSB) at Wake Forest School of Medicine, has worked with TACC to advance numerous projects and found inspiration to design and build their own supercomputing cluster.
“We’re very excited about our experience working with TACC and have seen that the results make a huge difference in our research, our careers, and on shaping the development of our department, our center, and our institute,” said Jing Su researcher in CBSB and assistant professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology.
Between 2014 and 2016, CBSB published nearly 10 research papers featuring research supported by Stampede—the 10th most powerful supercomputer in the nation. The most recent published in Scientific Reports, explores how the Center used mathematical models to explore the interactions between prostate cancer and immune microenvironment. The paper also details how they used these models to predict treatment outcomes for prostate cancer with androgen-deprivation therapy.
The full article can be found here.
Source: Makeda Easter, TACC