Fundamental Studies on AN-FO Blasting (2nd Report)

2nd Annual Report on Strees

Blasting Off on an Actin Comet Tail

Cells have structure and the ability to move, thanks in part to the actin cytoskeleton, a dynamic cellular scaffolding that facilitates many cellular processes. Actin is mostly concentrated near the outer membrane of the cell, where it is involved in such processes as the formation of membrane protrusions at the leading edges of migrating cells, the movement of certain intracellular vesicles su...

2nd Year Dphil Report

An Introduction to Effective BLASTing

Sequence-alignments in general and BLAST searches in particular have become a ubiquitous part of molecular biology. Despite its popularity, the vast array of BLAST tools and parameter choices can overwhelm the user. Yet accepting the default parameters can greatly reduce search sensitivity and accuracy. This review focuses on the major parameters for BLASTN and BLASTP searches, and discusses bo...

Report from the 2nd Workshop on Extremely Large Databases

The complexity and sophistication of large scale analytics in science and industry have advanced dramatically in recent years. Analysts are struggling to use complex techniques such as time series analysis and classification algorithms because their familiar, powerful tools are not scalable and cannot effectively use scalable database systems. The 2 Extremely Large Databases (XLDB) workshop was...