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Welcome to the UNC Computational Genetics Working Group.

We are a multidisciplinary research group focused on a new field of integrated biomedical research called systems genetics. Old Well Transcription Factor Systems genetics is a non-reductionist field that was simply not practical even a few years ago: it relies on diverse multiscale and multiorgan phenotype data sets obtained from large segregating populations. System genetics is a biological science that relies on statistical methods, advanced computational algorithms, visualization, and high-performance computing. Systems genetics has the goal and potential to dissect and reassemble complex molecular and phenotypic networks in the context of natural genetic variation. Our group is a collaboration between members of the Departments of Biostatistics, Computer Science, Environmental Science and Engineering, and Genetics.

Meetings

The UNC Computational Genetics Working Group holds regular weekly group meetings on Thursday afternoons from 4:00-5:30 pm in FB008 of Sitterson Hall/Fred Brooks Computer Science building.

News

May 15, 2007:
CompGen member Prof. Wei Wang, 2007-2008 recipient of the Phillip & Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, will be presenting her award lecture on Surfing the Data Flood at The Carolina Club from 2pm-4pm. Refreshments will be served.

Research Sponsors

NSF IIS 0534580: “Visualizing and Exploring High-dimensional Data”
EPA STAR RD832720: “Environmental Bioinformatics Research Center to Support Computational Toxicology Applications”
NSF IIS 0448392: “CAREER: Mining Salient Localized Patterns in Complex Data”
NIH U01 CA105417: “Integrative Genetics of Cancer Susceptibility”
NIH U01 CA134240: ” Systems Genetics Research Consortium”

Join us!

If you have a problem related to systems biology or genetics, are in need of an analysis or visualization tool for your data, or you would like to join our research group, please contact Leonard McMillan via email ( Leonard's email).