Ashwin Prakash M.D., Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, email: ashwin.prakash@utoledo.edu
As the 21st century unfolds, the biological sciences have been transformed by the advent of large-scale data. The sequencing of the human genome ushered in a dramatic shift in our understanding of the complex orchestration of events in the genomic machinery within our cells. Simultaneously there has been an exponential increase in biological data, computers and computation have had a transformative effect on the way information is handled, stored, and mined. These computational advances apply, of course, to many facets of life. The goal of our research is to connect these two developments: harnessing computational advances for the analysis of large-scale biological data, principally by performing integrative surveys and systematic data mining on various genomes.
"False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness." -Charles Darwin-