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The MAGPIE (Multipurpose Automated Genome Project
Investigation Environment) system for genome annotation
anchors the Laboratory. At the most general level, MAGPIE
accepts genomic sequence as input, identifies genomic
features within regions of the input sequence, and
constructs static logical models of molecular systems
from the features encoded in the genome.
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EGRET is the sister annotation system to Magpie used
for eukaryotic genomes.
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The TANGO (Transcriptome ANalysis of GenOmes) system for gene expression
data analysis is a sister system to MAGPIE that associates dynamic gene expression
data with static genome features. TANGO accepts as input gene expression images
and gene intensity values tables from spotted microarray hybridizations and
from Affymetrix GeneChip™ hybridizations. The system provides intelligent
assistance to a biologist user to prepare each hybridization for further clustering
and analysis.
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As the number of genomes sequenced rises exponentially over the next few years,
automated systems that can generate reliable and informative annotations will
become indispensable. To address this issue, we have begun work on HERON
(Human Emulated Reasoning for Objective Notations), currently a simple algorithm
for identifying the 'best' description line from a series of homology-based
sequence matches. At present, HERON performs well, but is limited in
its analyses. We are working to expand HERON's capabilities and
facilitate truly accurate, automated annotation of genomes.
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Sandpiper (Structural Genomics Target Selection) is part of
the Structural Genomics project conducted by the New York Structural
Genomics Research Consortium (NYSGRC).
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