Student Research in Network Biology
I was asked by a colleague to help students prepare for a graph theoretical approach to the study of differential expression in mushrooms. My role was to introduce the students to Cytoscape and its features for analyzing gene expression data. The work resulted in a student poster entitled, Graph Theoretical Comparison of Coprinus cinerea Wild Type and Mutant Networks, which was presented at the MAA Conference in 2012.
Read the poster 2012
Student Research in Bioinformatics
A student approached me regarding potential opportunities in bioinformatics. Conincidentally, I had recently had lunch with a W&J Alumnus who needed a research partner to analyze gene expression data generated during a National Research Energy Laboratory research project. These early meetings created a context in which a W&J Student, a W&J Alumnus and a W&J Faculty member collaborated with a large, distributed team for several years on a bioinformatics project. The project terminated with the publication of the work in the journal, Algal Research in 2017. The former W&J Student is currently completing a masters degree in biotechnology.
Read the paper 2013-2014
R Workshop for Biologists
Given the appeal of the R programming language to biologists, I delivered a workshop on R to colleagues and students in the biology department.
Review the workshop June 1-5, 2015
Bioinformatics Workshops
Given growing interest in bioinformatics at W&J, a colleague and I started to develop a course in Bioinformatics. We applied to two different workshops regarding the teaching of bioinformatics to undergraduates: Cold Spring Harbor's RNA-Seq for the Next Generation Workshop and GCATSEEKquence Workshop. During the Cold Spring Harbor Workshop, I presented Cytoscape and network analysis concepts to the group.
Review the Cytoscape Presentation June 11, 2015
Bioinformatics Course
My colleague and I designed and taught a three-week intersession course in Bioinformatics to undergraduate students in the biology and computing and information studies programs at W&J.
Review the course January, 2016
Paper published in Algal Research
The work from the previous five years culminated in the completion of a bioninformatics project resulting in a published article in Algal Research.
Read the paper January, 2017