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Review

Nanoinformatics: a new area of research in nanomedicine

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Pages 3867-3890 | Published online: 24 Jul 2012

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Table 1 Nanoinformatics challenges proposed by three recent initiatives

Figure 1 Impact of nanoinformatics in different topics, modified from an earlier version presented by the authors in The ACTION-Grid White Paper.Citation80

Abbreviations: AMIA, American Medical Informatics Association; BMI, biomedical informatics; EFMI, European Federation for Medical Informatics; IMIA, International Medical Informatics Association; ISCB, International Society for Computational Biology; NSF, National Science Foundation; US NIH, National Institutes of Health.

Figure 1 Impact of nanoinformatics in different topics, modified from an earlier version presented by the authors in The ACTION-Grid White Paper.Citation80Abbreviations: AMIA, American Medical Informatics Association; BMI, biomedical informatics; EFMI, European Federation for Medical Informatics; IMIA, International Medical Informatics Association; ISCB, International Society for Computational Biology; NSF, National Science Foundation; US NIH, National Institutes of Health.

Figure 2 Screenshot of the Nanoparticles Toxicity Searcher, using “quantum dots” as an example.

Figure 2 Screenshot of the Nanoparticles Toxicity Searcher, using “quantum dots” as an example.

Table 2 Important events in the nanoinformatics field over the past 5 years

Figure 3 Timeline of events and activities depicted in .

Abbreviations: Biol Res, Biological Research; CSN, Collaboratory for Structural Nanobiology; IANH, International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization; ICON, International Council on Nanotechnology; ICN, International Conference on Nanoscience; MNBS, Micro-Nano-Bio Systems; NNI, National Nanotechnology Initiative; NNN, National Nanomanufacturing Network; NRC, National Research Council; NSTI, Nano Science and Technology Institute; NSF, National Science Foundation; PCAST, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Figure 3 Timeline of events and activities depicted in Table 2.Abbreviations: Biol Res, Biological Research; CSN, Collaboratory for Structural Nanobiology; IANH, International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization; ICON, International Council on Nanotechnology; ICN, International Conference on Nanoscience; MNBS, Micro-Nano-Bio Systems; NNI, National Nanotechnology Initiative; NNN, National Nanomanufacturing Network; NRC, National Research Council; NSTI, Nano Science and Technology Institute; NSF, National Science Foundation; PCAST, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Table A1 Summary of current nanoinformatics initiatives and projects