ncRO paper in Journal of Biomedical Semantics
The Non-Coding RNA Ontology (NCRO): a comprehensive resource for the unification of non-coding RNA biology Jingshan Huang Email author, Karen Eilbeck, Barry Smith, Judith A. Blake,... Continue reading →
New Post docs in lab
Two new post docs started this week. Dedra Cutler is an NLM fellow with a background in biology and genetics.... Continue reading →
Taxonomer at the Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum of Utah will be hosting a new Exhibit, Genome: unlocking life’s code . Taxonomer, our metagenomic tool... Continue reading →
SAB of OMNISearch/OMIT group at University of Southern Alabama
I spent a productive couple of days working with Jingshan Huang in Mobile Alabama. Jingshan has developed several ontologies to... Continue reading →
Brilliant Defense
Keith Simmon successfully defended his thesis on the 26th February, to an enthusiastic audience. It was standing room only, and... Continue reading →
PhD defense and new metagenomics paper
Keith Simmon will hold his defense on the 26th February at 4pm in the BMI classroom. He will discuss his... Continue reading →
The genomic CDS sandbox: An assessment among domain experts.
A new paper lead by Ayesha Aziz in the Welch lab is now available from the journal of biomedical Informatics:... Continue reading →
Community engagement
Yesterday I went to a local elementary school to give the 5th grade a class on genetics. They have completed a... Continue reading →
miRNA updates
Trends in Genetics has just released miRNA Nomenclature:AView Incorporating GeneticOrigins, Biosynthetic Pathways,and Sequence Variants, a collaborative opinion paper with T. Desvignes, P. Batzel,... Continue reading →
two new papers
Duncan J, Eilbeck K, Narus SP, Clyde S, Thornton S, Staes C. (2015). Building an Ontology for Identity Resolution in... Continue reading →