Seminar: Bioinformatics of Gene Regulation

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Bioinformatics
Advanced studies
Year Semester Date Period Language In charge
2012 spring 16.01-23.04. 3-4 English Esko Ukkonen

Lectures

Time Room Lecturer Date
Mon 14-16 C220 Esko Ukkonen 16.01.2012-20.02.2012
Mon 14-16 C220 Esko Ukkonen 12.03.2012-23.04.2012

General

An important mechanism of gene regulation is based on so-called transcription factors. By binding to the promoter area of a gene in DNA, some specific transcription factors can regulate the activity of that gene. The seminar focuses on the algorithmic, machine learning and statistical methods that can be used in modeling such regulation as well as in applying the models to predict regulatory relations between genes. (A slide set that gives you some hint of what the seminar is about is here: www.cisreg.ca/slides/UVIC_20040312.pdf).