Genome Annotation

Introducing automated genome analysis and annotation, Soh, Paul Gordon, and Christopher W. Sensen (all bioinformatics, U. of Calgary, Canada) trace the development of the current analysis strategies over the 16 years since the first full genome was announced, and project next steps in the process. Among their topics are predicting coding sequence, between the genes, visualization techniques and tools for genomic data, automated annotation systems, web-based workflows, and analysis pipelines for next-generation sequencing data. The accompanying disk contains two genome annotation systems. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jung Soh is a research associate at the University of Calgary. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, where he worked at the Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR). He also worked as a principal research scientist at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Daejeon, Korea. His research interests are in bioinformatics, machine learning, and biomedical data visualization.

Paul M.K. Gordon is the bioinformatics support specialist for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute at the University of Calgary. He has worked at the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT) and Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB). His current work focuses on developing bioinformatics techniques for personalized medicine.

Christoph W. Sensen is a professor of bioinformatics at the University of Calgary. He has previously worked as a research officer at the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB) and as a visiting scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. His research interests are in genome research and bioinformatics.