Research Interests
Our research interests lie in the broad areas of bioinformatics and computational biology. We are interested in developing data-analytical methods and tools to make complex biological data more understandable and useful. We are also collaborating with biology labs in UTSA and UT Health Science Center - San Antonio to apply these methods to address theoretical and experimental questions in biology.
Specifically, we are currently developing algorithms in the following areas:
- Functional and structural properties of biological networks
- Identifying topological properties to characterize biological networks
- Data mining algorothms for biological networks
- Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory networks
- Identifying cis-regulatory elements and modules
- Microarray data analysis
- Knowlege discovery from microarray data by statistical and graph-theoretical methods
- RNA secondary structure prediction
Research Support
Current |
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National Institutes of Health |
SALSI |
San Antonio Life Sciences Institute |
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National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems "A combined biochemical, molecular and computational approach to understanding the regulation of gibberellin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis" $150,000, 09/01/09-8/31/10 (with no-cost extension to 08/31/11), Co-PI PI: Valerie Sponsel |
Completed |
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| University of Texas at San Antonio |
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