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2008 Scientific Annual Report
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July 22, 2008
2008 Scientific Annual Report
2008 Scientific Annual Report

BLACKSBURG, Va., July 23, 2008 – The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech has released its fourth scientific annual report (2008). The scientific annual report is intended to highlight the latest accomplishments of the Institute’s research faculty during the fiscal year. Researchers at VBI are engaged in a wide range of transdisciplinary research projects that bring together diverse disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, biology, plant pathology, biochemistry, systems biology, statistics, economics and synthetic biology. As the research highlighted in the report shows, VBI is using team-based science to implement new innovations and discoveries in many scientific areas.

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Table of Contents
Letter from Director

Research Reports from the VBI's Faculty
Christopher L. Barrett
Network Dynamics and Simulation

Josep Bassaganya-Riera
Development of Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Modulating Inflammation and Immunity

Allan W. Dickerman
Phylogenomics and Systems Biology of Plants and Plant Pathogens

Ina Hoeschele
Genetic Architecture of Complex Diseases

Reinhard Laubenbacher
Mathematical Systems Biology

Christopher B. Lawrence
Fungal Pathogenomics

Iuliana M. Lazar
Quantitative Proteomic Studies of MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Pedro Mendes
Computational Systems Biology

Biswarup Mukhopadhyay
Evolution of Methanogenic Archaea, Biological Gasification of Coal, PEPCK Mechanism, and Mycobacterial Coenzyme F420 Metabolism

Jean Peccoud
Computer-Assisted Design of Synthetic Genetic Systems

Andy Pereira
Plant-Environment Interaction Systems Biology

Dharmendar Rathore
Deciphering Hemozoin Formation in the Malaria Parasite

David C. Samuels
Computational Research on Mitochondrial Disease and Toxicity

João Carlos Setubal
Bacterial Genomics and Bioinformatics

Vladimir Shulaev
A High-Throughput Metabolomics Platform

Bruno W.S. Sobral
PathoSystems Biology Research
Cyberinfrastructure for Biodefense and Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Brett Tyler
Plant-Pathogen Interactions: From Genome Sequences to Genetic Networks

Research Reports from the VBI's Faculty Fellows
John J. Tyson
Simulation and Analysis of Molecular Regulatory Systems in Cell Biology

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