Bioinformatics Research at UF

Bioinformatics research at the University of Florida is at the forefront of innovation in a wide range of domains. The following is a partial list of our ongoing research projects.

Gene family characterization

• Chaperonomics (Brocchieri)

Quantitative Genetics / Genomics

• Binary Trait Analysis (McIntyre)
• QTL for Natural Populations (McIntyre)
• Statistical Methods for Agricultural Genomics (McIntyre)
• Quantitative Genomics of Sex Diorphism (McIntyre)
  • Design of a whole Genome Drosophila chip (McIntyre)
• Genetic variation of the allele-Specific transcriptome in Drosophila (McIntyre)
• Virulence Determinants of Staph aureus Bacteremia (McIntyre)
• Functional Genomics of Transfer Cells (McIntyre)

Knowledge-based bioinformatics

• Large-scale knowledge integration and management (Riva)

Sequence analysis

• Amino Acid and Codon Usages (Brocchieri)
• Computational Identification of Transcription Factor Binding Sites (Riva)
• Gene Finding with High G+C Content (Brocchieri)

Theoretical models of evolution

• Phylogenetic-Tree Reconstruction (Brocchieri)

Translational bioinformatics

• SNP-based association studies (Riva)
• Alternative splicing in cancer (Riva)