Research interests
Biological research increasingly relies on high-throughput
experimental technologies. Sequencing technologies, in
particular, have had a significant impact on modern biological
research, allowing organisms to be described not just through
their gross morphological and phenotypic features but also
through the sequence of their genome. While determining the
genome sequence of an organism is an important task,
sequencing technologies are also increasingly being used as a
research tool, e.g. to explore binding patterns for
transcription factors.
My research is motivated by recent developments in
high-throughput experimental technologies and the need to
extract meaningful information from the wealth of data being
generated. I am interested in both developing the necessary
computational infrastructure for conducting biological
research and in understanding the fundamental computational
structure of the problems being solved.
Most of my recent research has focused on the analysis of
microbial communities - a new scientific field called
Metagenomics - with a particular focus on the microbes that
inhabit the human body.
A detailed description of ongoing research in my lab is
available on my Research page.
Recent Publications
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