The IU Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CGB), seeks a Research Associate to serve in the bioinformatics core. Responsibilities include computational analysis of genomic sequencing data...
Read More »RNA-Seq uncovers secrets to rice growth
from the Indiana Daily Student by Hussain Ather – Volker Brendel, professor of biology and computer science, looks at strings of numbers on a dark computer screen. Behind the data lie the solutions to hunger and malnutrition. At the crossroads ...
Read More »The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016)
GCC2016 is the 7th annual gathering of the Galaxy community The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) will be held June 25-29 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The conference will include keynotes, accepted talks, poster sessions, birds-of-a-feather meetups, ...
Read More »OperomeDB – A Database of Condition-Specific Transcription Units in Prokaryotic Genomes
In prokaryotic organisms, a substantial fraction of adjacent genes are organized into operons-codirectionally organized genes in prokaryotic genomes with the presence of a common promoter and terminator. Although several available operon databases provide information with varying levels of reliability, very ...
Read More »Extensive Error in the Number of Genes Inferred from Draft Genome Assemblies
The initial publication of the genome sequence of many plants, animals, and microbes is often accompanied with great fanfare. However, these genomes are almost always first-drafts, with a lot of missing data, many gaps, and many errors in the published ...
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