May 18, 2008, 3:15 pm - The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers are webcast live.
With more and more complete genome sequences having been released, phylogenetic analysis is entering a new era that of phylogenomics. In this paper, a novel phylogenomic method, named as Base-Base Correlation (BBC), has been proposed to infer phylogenetic relationships from
Large-scale Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for complex diseases are increasingly common, due to recent advances in genotyping technology. Gene-gene interactions play an important role in the etiology of complex diseases and have to be addressed in GWAS. In this paper,
Identification of the short DNA sequence motif, which serves as binding targets for transcription factors, is a fundamental problem in both computer science and molecular biology. Especially, finding the subtle motifs with variable gaps is more challenging. In this paper,
Contact map, which is important to understand and reconstruct protein's three-dimensional (3D) structure, may be helpful to solve the protein's 3D structure. This paper presents a novel approach to predict the contact map using Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN)
For the first time, we study the sorting of permutations by length-weighted transpositions under a wide class of cost functions, namely f(l)=l , where l is the length of the transposition. For different , we give corresponding upper and lower
Sequence alignment reveals the relations between the characters in different sequences, and there are the reverse complement relations between the characters in DNA double strand. We introduce sequence alignment to the field of DNA computing, propose the definitions of complement
In this paper, we performed an experimental observation-based computer simulation of the regulatory network of mitochondrial apoptosis. By modelling we obtained dynamical understandings of various apoptosis-related proteins, including cytochrome c (cyt c) release and caspase activation. Through parameter analysis, we
Six motifs of Methyl Parathion Hydrolase (MPH) were discovered using a method based on the Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Most MPH from TrEMBL (Release 48.6) could be recognised by these six motifs. When these six motifs were projected onto the
Eastern University graduate school looks to change the face of higher education by bringing justice and faith into the classroom to develop inspired, morally-sound professionals.
Nothing about the name is new. Not the blessing or the curse. Matt Legerski has lived in the shadow of his father and uncles ever since he can remember. His relatives created an extraordinary level of expectations for him, but
Even the shyest, most reclusive animals should now yield their secrets to a new census method that uses automatic cameras to snap photos of passing animals. Until now, such animals could only be counted through much more painstaking, expensive methods.
The latest data on the global biodiversity of vertebrates shows that it has fallen by almost one-third in the last 35 years. But experts say it may still underestimate the effect humans have had on global species counts. The Living
Researchers at UCLA have successfully derived mice skin cells into a variety of heart tissue and blood cells. All the cells composing the heart were created out of stem cells originally generated from the mice's skin. This research could contribute
Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity, usually held on February 12th, Charles Darwin's birthday. In addition to information on Darwin's life and legacy,, on the Darwin Day website one can find short statements and essays that
