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Title
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Understanding gene transcriptional regulation at single cell resolution
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Author
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Xu, Chen
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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The recent advance of single-cell technologies has provided an unprecedented opportunity to bring new insights into many complex biological phenomena, such as the regulation of cell differentiation in a multi-cellular organism and cell-to-cell var...
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Title
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UNDERSTANDING GENOME-WIDE GENE REGULATION IN PROKARYOTES USING OMICS DATA
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Author
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Seyedi Tabari, Seyed Ehsan
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Information science, Biometry
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Description
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Gene annotation is a critical step for understanding functions of genomes and host organisms. However, accurately annotating thousands of sequenced genomes can be a challenging task. Further, although gene transcriptional regulation is crucial for...
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UNDERSTANDING BIAS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYSES
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Author
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Price, Adam
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics
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Description
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The problem of bias resulting from biological and technological sources is one that must be consistently reexamined alongside the development of new technologies and methods of analysis. This dissertation addresses the complexities of bias identif...
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Toward understanding protein-DNA interactions
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Author
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Lin, Maoxuan
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Biology, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry
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Description
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Knowledge of protein-DNA interactions has important implications in understandingbiological activities and developing therapeutic drugs. Two types of protein-DNAinteractions exist: (1) interactions between double-stranded DNA-binding proteins(DSBs...
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The evolution of flavonoid pathway in legumes
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Author
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Safari, Sajedeh
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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Considering the ever growing world population as well as climate change, it has become essential to improve crops in order to reach higher yields, more tolerance to pests and droughts, and better adaptation to different environments. The advanceme...
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Title
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The Microbiota Multiverse: From Gut to Brain and Beyond
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Author
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Brown, Matthew
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Microbiology, Bioinformatics
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Description
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This work explores the microbiomes of diverse biological contexts with various stakeholders and collaborators. It consists of six objectives: the first two relate to interaction between the gut microbiome and host health, the second two investigat...
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Title
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Prediction of Cis-regulatory Modules in Genomes
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Author
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Ni, Pengyu
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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Annotating all cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) and constituent transcription factor (TF) binding sites (TFBSs) in genomes is essential to understand genome functions, however, the task remains highly challenging. In this dissertation, we first devel...
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Title
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On Whole Genome Classifier Perforamnce in Relation to 16S Classifiers
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Author
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Johnson, James
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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There is little consensus in the literature as to which approach for classification of Whole Genome Shotgun (WGS) sequences is most accurate unlike 16S classifiers that have had more time to mature. In this dissertation, two of the most popular cl...
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Title
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On Compositionally Aware and Naïve Approaches to Normalization of 16S Microbiome Data
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Author
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Yerke, Aaron
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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Compositional data refers to any data that represents parts of a whole, and DNA sequencing data is compositional in nature. This is due to the constraint on our current sequencing technologies that allow us to record a sample of the sequences rath...
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Title
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Nutritive Knowledge Based Discovery: Enhancing Precision Nutrition Hypothesis Generation
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Author
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Trautman, Aaron
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Nutrition, Information science
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Description
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Diet-related diseases like obesity and type-2 diabetes are on the rise. Precision nutrition, a way to tailor dietary requirements for each individual, is heralded as a solution to these problems. However, nutritional research is held within sparse...
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Title
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Neural Network and Random Forest Based Eukaryotic Gene Prediction Methods
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Author
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Baker, Lonnie
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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Gene prediction, a fundamental task in genomics, plays a pivotal role in decipheringthe functional elements of genomes. However, accurate gene prediction remains a challenging endeavor, especially when dealing with non-model organisms that often l...
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Title
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Microbial Mutations - Accumulation in Microfluidics and Collateral Sensitivity
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Author
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Turner, Nathan
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics
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Description
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Mutations are a primary source of genetic variation and a major driving force in evolution by influencing survivability (fitness), genetic disease, and the development of complex traits such as antibiotic resistance. However, studying the mutation...
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Investigating the Molecular Mechanisms of Essential Oils on Human Health
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Author
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Uppal, Aneeta
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, Botany
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Description
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The essential oil (EO) industry continues to grow as consumers search for more alternative and complementary therapies. When possible, EO users often turn to EOs for basic medical ailments instead of traditional medications/pharmaceuticals. With t...