PEOPLE
Post Doctoral Fellows
I joined GIS in 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow. My main research interest is genome rearrangement. Specifically, my current work is focused on the following two areas. 1) Identifying reliable ancestral rearrangement events and analyzing the underlining molecular mechanisms at the sequence level. Please refer to our tool EMRAE and its predictions during the evolution of six mammalian genomes. 2) Designing new algorithms to study the genomic distance between two genomes under the "fragile-breakage model", which is supported by increasing evidence.
I joined the group in 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow after obtaining my PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Illinois and National University of Singapore. Previously, my research focused on multiscale modeling of pharmaceutical processes. Currently, I’m working on making copy number predictions of cancer and normal genomes based on paired-end sequence data, and making comparisons with array-CGH and SNP-array data.
Lab Members
I joined the group as a Bioinformatics Specialist in 2005. Previously, I was actively looking at a specific bateria: Burkholderia Pseudomallei (Bp) which causes Meliodosis. Using Bp as a model system, I was aiming to clarify at the relationship between large scale rearrangements and fine scale variations. Simultaneously, I was constructing a pan genome array for quick and easy detection of various Bp strains. Currently I am more invovled in IT aspects of bioinformatics such as web applications.
I joined the group in April 2008. Before I join here I was working as a Research Assistant in Indian Institute of Science, India and NUS. I have been involved in Prediction of Potential Repeat Associated Binding Sites for Transcription Factor with no genome-wide binding data in human and mouse and also analyzing potential motifs interaction in repeats.
I joined the group in November of 2008. Since that time I have been working on uncovering the architecture of rearranged genomes based on paired-end sequence data that has been mapped to a related reference genome.
Past Members
Bernard is currently the Chief Operating Officer at SENATUS Pte Ltd and is actively involved in the online media industry.
Wilson is currently doing his PhD in Imperial College London. His research interests include network and graph theory, high throughput genomics and proteomics, and sequence analyses.
Galih is currently a student in Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, and when he's not busy studying he's busy taking care of his new baby.