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Computational Medicine

Tools and Challenges

  • Shows the connection from basic bioinformatics to application in biological as well as therapeutic questions

  • Gives insight into state-of-the-art IT solutions for application in medicine

  • Written by a experts in the respective fields

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Bioinformatic Tools for the Search of Disease-Associated Variations

    • Stefan Coassin, Anita Kloss-Brandstätter, Florian Kronenberg
    Pages 1-25
  3. Cloud Computing

    • Lukas Forer, Sebastian Schönherr, Hansi Weißensteiner, Günther Specht, Florian Kronenberg, Anita Kloss-Brandstätter
    Pages 27-36
  4. High-Throughput Characterization and Comparison of Microbial Communities

    • Bettina Halwachs, Gregor Gorkiewicz, Gerhard G. Thallinger
    Pages 37-57
  5. Microarray Meta-Analysis: From Data to Expression to Biological Relationships

    • Julia Feichtinger, Gerhard G. Thallinger, Ramsay J. McFarlane, Lee D. Larcombe
    Pages 59-77
  6. Analysis of Labeled Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Data

    • Florian Paul Breitwieser, Jacques Colinge
    Pages 79-91
  7. Lipidomics, Mass Spectrometry, and Bioinformatics

    • Jürgen Hartler, Harald C. Köfeler, Christopher J. O. Baker, Ravi Tharakan, Gerhard G. Thallinger
    Pages 93-109
  8. Protein Sequence–Structure–Function–Network Links Discovered with the ANNOTATOR Software Suite: Application to ELYS/Mel-28

    • Georg Schneider, Westley Sherman, Durga Kuchibhatla, Hong Sain Ooi, Fernanda L. Sirota, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh et al.
    Pages 111-143
  9. 3D Structure and Drug Design

    • Kristina Djinović-Carugo, Oliviero Carugo
    Pages 145-158
  10. Integrating Biomolecular and Clinical Data for Cancer Research: Concepts and Challenges

    • Pornpimol Charoentong, Hubert Hackl, Bernhard Mlecnik, Gabriela Bindea, Jerome Galon, Zlatko Trajanoski
    Pages 159-172
  11. Applied Data Mining: From Biomarker Discovery to Decision Support Systems

    • M. Osl, M. Netzer, S. Dreiseitl, C. Baumgartner
    Pages 173-184
  12. Network-Based Methods for Computational Diagnostics by Means of R

    • Laurin A. J. Mueller, Matthias Dehmer, Frank Emmert-Streib
    Pages 185-197
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 199-203

About this book

Computational methodologies and modeling play a growing role for investigating mechanisms, and for the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases. This progress gave rise to computational medicine, an interdisciplinary field at the interface of computer science and medicine. The main focus of computational medicine lies in the development of data analysis methods and mathematical modeling as well as computational simulation techniques specifically addressing medical problems. In this book, we present a number of computational medicine topics at several scales: from molecules to cells, organs, and organisms. At the molecular level, tools for the analysis of genome variations as well as cloud computing resources for medical genetics are reviewed. Then, an analysis of gene expression data and the application to the characterization of microbial communities are highlighted. At the protein level, two types of analyses for mass spectrometry data are reviewed: labeled quantitative proteomics and lipidomics, followed by protein sequence analysis and a 3D structure and drug design chapter. Finally, three chapters on clinical applications focus on the integration of biomolecular and clinical data for cancer research, biomarker discovery, and network-based methods for computational diagnostics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Section for Bioinformatics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Zlatko Trajanoski

About the editor

W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker ist Facharzt für Psychiatrie und medizinische Psychotherapie. Er hat in Innsbruck studiert und wurde nach einem Forschungsaufenthalt in den USA 1983 als Professor an die Abteilung für Biologische Psychiatrie in Innsbruck berufen, seit 2008 ist er Geschäftsführender Direktor des Departments für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie an der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck.

Hartmann Hinterhuber ist emeritierter Professor für Psychiatrie an der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck. Nach seinem Studium in Innsbruck und Padua absolvierte er seine Facharztausbildung in Bologna (Italien). Von 1983 bis 2008 war er Direktor der Univ.-Klinik für Psychiatrie Innsbruck. Derzeit ist er Leiter einer großen sozialpsychiatrischen Institution.

Hartmann Hinterhuber ist emeritierter Professor für Psychiatrie an der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck. Nach seinem Studium in Innsbruck und Padua absolvierte er seine Facharztausbildung in Bologna (Italien). Von 1983 bis 2008 war er Direktor der Univ.-Klinik für Psychiatrie Innsbruck. Derzeit ist er Leiter einer großen sozialpsychiatrischen Institution.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computational Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Tools and Challenges

  • Editors: Zlatko Trajanoski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0947-2

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-0946-5Published: 19 September 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1950-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-0947-2Published: 18 September 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 203

  • Topics: Molecular Medicine, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology

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