Master's Project Opportunity
for a semester-long bioinformatics research project that does not require coding, and is suitable for both Bioinformatics and Biology students.

Will be equally suitable for a Bioinformatics lab rotation, Directed Studies, or MS project,
or MS project in Biology (in which case students have to be familiar with data analysis techniques)

The student will work with me and (on remote), with Dr. Olga Kel-Margulis (GeneXPlain). The detailed description of a workflow is in the attachment.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

To see if and how GeneXPlain platform can be applied to extract insights in cellular models of aging related phenotypes. The primary dataset to be analyzed is GSE13330 described in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19155301, but would not be limited to that one.
The description of GeneXPlain platform can be found below:

The geneXplain platform is an online toolbox and workflow management system for a broad range of bioinformatic and systems biology applications. The individual modules, or Bricks, are unified under a standardized interface, with a consistent look-and-feel and can flexibly be put together to comprehensive workflows. The workflow management is intuitively handled through a simple drag-and-drop system. With this system, you can edit the predefined workflows or compose your own workflows from scratch. Own Bricks can easily be added as scripts or plug-ins and can be used in combination with pre-existing analyses.

http://genexplain.com/genexplain-platform-1


Contact Dr. Baranova for more information: [log in to unmask]

Dr. Ancha Baranova
Associate Professor and
the Director for the Center for the Study of Chronic Metabolic Diseases
School of Systems Biology
College of Science
George Mason University
4400 University Dr
David King Hall MSN 3 E1
Fairfax VA USA
Phone: 1-571-334-1145
cscmd.cos.gmu.edu