Bioinformatics Lab @ VIPBG

Research Interest of Zhongming Zhao     Curriculum Vitae
  • Bioinformatics in psychiatric genetics. Study of gene structures of schizophrenia susceptibility genes (e.g. DTNBP1), on the design and establishment of a comprehensive bioinformatics system to efficiently manage various types of data, and on the development of computational tools for lab experimental support (e.g. PCR primer design, selection of candidate genes or genetic markers). Data integration.
  • Genetic variations and CpG islands in mammalian genomes. We are investigating the molecular mechanims and genetic variation patterns using a comparative genomics approach. We are also interested in revealing the common/unique patterns of DNA polymorphisms, genotype and haplotype within and between human subpopulations and fixed mutations among species. CpG island evolution in mammlian genomes
  • Protein-protein interactions. Computational method development and in silico identification of protein-protein interactions; network analysis of disease genes

Recent Publications:

  • Han L, Su B, Li W-H, Zhao Z (2008) CpG island density and its correlations with genomic features in mammalian genomes. Genome Biology 9:R79 Paper Online

  • Sun J, Kuo PH, Riley BP, Kendler KS, Zhao Z (2008) Candidate genes for schizophrenia: a survey of association studies and gene ranking. American Journal of Medical Genetics Neuropsych Geentics. Advanced Access Online
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Postdoc Position Open      We also welcome graduate students to join us!

VCU Biomedical Informatics Journal Club

BIT Life Sciences' 2nd Annual World Congress of Gene 2008

2008 International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC'08) Call for papers (deadline extended to April 25, 2008), special session "Computational Analysis and Data Mining in Biological Systems" -- click here.

IEEE 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics Special session "Gene Networks and Pathyway Analysis".

VCU Pharmacogenetics Group


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