Speaker: Dr. T. M. Murali, Virginia Tech
Date: Friday September 25,2009
Time: 1:25p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Location: 3100 Torgersen Hall

Whole-genome sequences are now available for a number of animals.
Comparative genomics reveals that vertebrate genomes have only about
twice the number of genes that invertebrate genomes have. Biologists
believe that organismal complexity may arise from more intricate ways
in which molecules interact with and regulate each other in the cell.

Biological experiments can yield massive amounts of information about
cellular networks. This complexity of this data poses new and
challenging computational problems, and solutions developed by
computer scientists yield new biological insights. In turn, these
insights drive new biological experiments and result in new data.

In this talk, I will discuss methods being developed in my group to
unravel the complex web of connections that make up cellular
networks. Problems I will discuss include the prediction of human
proteins that viruses need to propagate and understanding how cells
communicate with each other.