Search results
-
-
Title
-
An Integrated Phylogeographic Analysis of the Bantu Migration
-
Author
-
Ford, Colby
-
Date Created
-
2018
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Computer science, Mathematics, Genetics
-
Description
-
"Bantu" is a term used to describe lineages of people in around 600 different ethnic groups on the African continent ranging from modern-day Cameroon to South Africa. The migration of the Bantu people, which occurred around 3,000 years ago, was in...
-
-
Title
-
Arboviruses: The hidden path of an imminent threat
-
Author
-
de Bernardi Schneider, Adriano
-
Date Created
-
2018
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Virology, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology
-
Description
-
Arboviruses are a grade of viruses carried by arthropods, which have been in the headlines due to recent epidemics. Members of this grade are the families Flaviviridae which includes Zika (ZIKV), Dengue (DENV), Yellow Fever (YFV), among other viru...
-
-
Title
-
Echinoderm Transcriptomics
-
Author
-
Linchangco, Gregorio
-
Date Created
-
2018
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Bioinformatics
-
Description
-
Tissue regeneration and biomineralization are expressed to a diverse extent across metazoans and their life stages. The potential for repair and regrowth in adult stages varies widely within phyla, class and species. For instance, few adult human ...
-
-
Title
-
GENETIC MECHANISMS OF OZONE TOLERANCE IN SOYBEAN AND METHODS OF EVOLUTIONARY DISTANCE
-
Author
-
Whaley, Adam
-
Date Created
-
2015
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Bioinformatics, Genetics
-
Description
-
At ground level, ozone is a pollutant that poses serious risk to both human health and crop yields. In addition to being a vital economic crop in the US and abroad, conventional soybean lines are susceptible to damage caused by ozone exposure. In ...
-
-
Title
-
Interactive Mining for Large-scale Neuro-Morphological Datasets
-
Author
-
Li, Zhongyu
-
Date Created
-
2018
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Computer science, Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering
-
Description
-
In this dissertation, we aim to investigate advanced methods for the computational analytics of large-scale neuro-morphological datasets, which can help neuroscientists interactively explore neurons in real-time. Particularly, we tackle the neuro-...
-
-
Title
-
MECHANICAL BUCKLING OF INDIVIDUAL SILICON NANORIBBONS ON A COMPLIANT SUBSTRATE
-
Author
-
Chang, Siang Yee
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Materials science
-
Description
-
About a decade ago, mechanical buckling evolves as a promising metrology to rapidly measure the elastic moduli of thin films and one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. This form of metrology translates the geometrical measurements of the buckling pr...
-
-
Title
-
Prediction of Cis-regulatory Modules in Genomes
-
Author
-
Ni, Pengyu
-
Date Created
-
2020
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Bioinformatics
-
Description
-
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...
-
-
Title
-
The Microbiota Multiverse: From Gut to Brain and Beyond
-
Author
-
Brown, Matthew
-
Date Created
-
2019
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Microbiology, Bioinformatics
-
Description
-
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...
-
-
Title
-
Towards large-scale and fine-grained image recognition
-
Author
-
Zhang, Xiaofan
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Computer science
-
Description
-
In this dissertation, we aim to investigate the problem of large-scale and fine-grained image recognition, which focuses on the differentiation of subtle differences among subordinate classes and a large number of images. Particularly, we tackle t...
-
-
Title
-
UNDERSTANDING BIAS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYSES
-
Author
-
Price, Adam
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Biology, Bioinformatics, Biophysics
-
Description
-
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...
-
-
Title
-
UNDERSTANDING GENOME-WIDE GENE REGULATION IN PROKARYOTES USING OMICS DATA
-
Author
-
Seyedi Tabari, Seyed Ehsan
-
Date Created
-
2016
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Bioinformatics, Information science, Biometry
-
Description
-
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...