The Arkansas Clinical Data Repository (AR-CDR) is a research data warehouse that provides a single and secure source of data for use in clinical and translational research. Since its launch in 2011, the AR-CDR has enabled UAMS researchers and faculty to conduct high quality, timely and efficient clinical and translational research. The AR-CDR houses data […]
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Evaluation and assessment of read-mapping by multiple next-generation sequencing aligners based on genome-wide characteristics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2017.03.001 Subazini Thankaswamy-Kosalai, Partho Sen, Intawat Nookaew Abstract Massive data produced due to the advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology is widely used for biological researches and medical diagnosis. The crucial step in NGS analysis is read alignment or mapping which is computationally intensive and complex. The mapping bias tends to affect the downstream analysis, […]
Arkansas Center for Genomic & Ecological Medicine (ArC-GEM)
Under Dr. David Ussery’s leadership, the Arkansas Center for Genomic & Ecological Medicine’s (ArC-GEM) work in third-generation sequencing has exciting potential applications for a range of emerging infections, including current collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Health on a project that could lead to rapid diagnosis of the Zika virus. Biomedical informatics extracts knowledge from […]
Biomedical Ontologies Arkansas (BOAR)
Under the direction of Dr. Mathias Brochhausen, the Biomedical Ontologies Arkansas (BOAR) mission is to improve the gathering, managing, transforming and sharing of biomedical data. Biomedical Data is data created to better understand health, disease, and their biological foundations. Biomedical Ontologies are integral in integrating and interpreting the biomedical data.
The Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium Conference AR-BIC 2017
2017 Meeting Theme: Microbiome and Biomedical Informatics We Are an Arkansas Collaborative Community in Bioinformatics Research AR-BIC Third Annual Conference – April 24-25, 2017 at the Embassy Suites, Little Rock, AR Conference organized by: Arkansas Research Alliance, National Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium For more information, go to: http://www.arkansasbioinformatics.org/
April 14 is Bioinformatics Discovery Day at UALR
Thanks to support from the Arkansas IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Grant (NIGMS (P20 GM103429) at NIH), UALR is pleased to host its first ever UALR Bioinformatics Discovery Day on April 14, 2017 at the Donaghey Student Center on the UA Little Rock Campus. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary science that combines life sciences, computer/information […]
Insights from Comparative Genomics of the Genus Salmonella
Submitted: May 5th 2016 | Reviewed: December 1st 2016 | Published: April 5th 2017 | DOI: 10.5772/67131 Trudy M. Wassenaar, Se-Ran Jun, Visanu Wanchai, Preecha Patumcharoenpol, Intawat Nookaew, Katrina Schlum, Michael R. Leuze and David W. Ussery Abstract Comparative genomics have become a standard approach to gain insights into the inter – relationships of microorganisms. […]
Host diabetes status is the major regulator of gut microbiome in the UCD-T2DM Rat
The FASEB Journal 31 (1 Supplement), 138.1-138.1(2017) Brian Piccolo, James Graham, Umesh Wankhade, Intawat Nookaew, Kartik Shankar, Peter Havel, Sean Adams Abstract There is strong evidence in humans and in animal models that the gut microbiome is altered in obesity and/or the insulin resistant condition. Poor metabolic health is often linked to overnutrition and poor-quality […]
UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 12 Programs
Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., awarded 12 UAMS programs a total of $360,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception March 9. This year’s awards again set a record for the most funds distributed, said Rahn. Each of the 12 programs received a $30,000 grant. Members of the Chancellor’s Circle provide roughly $400,000 […]
David W. Ussery, Ph.D., Invested in Inaugural Helen Adams & Arkansas Research Alliance Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics
David W. Ussery, Ph.D., director of the Arkansas Center for Genomic and Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested Feb. 21 as the inaugural recipient of the Helen Adams & Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Endowed Chair in Biomedical Informatics. Ussery, who has worked with bacterial genomics since 1995, joined […]