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DIRECTOR - ADI LAURENTIU TARCA, Ph.D.

Wayne State University/Perinatology Research Branch - Bioinformatics Director, Adi LaurentiuTarca, Ph.D.Title

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics Wayne State University

Education and Training

  • B.Sc. - Chemical Engineering, "Politehnica" University, Bucharest, Romania
  • M.Sc. - Electrochemistry, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France
  • Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
  • Postdoctoral training - Bioinformatics, Center for Research in Forest Biology & CHUL Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Research Accomplishments

  • Neural networks and genetic algorithms applied to engineering problems
  • Development of a software package for microarray data normalization (nnNorm) and a package for the analysis of signaling pathways (SPIA) based on microarray data
  • Tutorial in “machine learning” in PLoS Computational Biology

Awards and Recognitions

  • Funding NSERC (Canada) for Ph.D., Laval University, 2001 - 2003
  • Scholarship CNRS (France) for M.Sc., I.N.P. Grenoble, 2000
  • Scholarship TEMPUS (European Community) for M.Sc., I.N.P. Grenoble, 1999 - 2000
  • Scholarship TEMPUS for internship, U.S.T. Lille, 1997
  • Scholarship for Performance, U.P. Bucharest, 1998 - 1999

Research Interests

  • Microarray data pre-processing
  • Machine learning
  • Neural networks
  • Bioinformatics
  • Genetic algorithms

 

SORIN DRAGHICI, Ph.D.

Wayne State University/Perinatology Research Branch - Bioinformatics Faculty - Sorin Draghici, Ph.D.Title

  • Sorin Draghici, PhD.,
    Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University

Education and Training

  • B.Sc. - Computer Science, "Politehnica" University, Bucharest, Romania
  • M.Sc. - Computer Science, "Politehnica" University, Bucharest, Romania
  • Ph.D. - University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Research Accomplishments

  • Author of the book “Data Analysis Tools for DNA Microarrays”
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • Editor, Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Awards and Recognitions

  • Numerous awards from prestigious institutions, including:
    • -National Science Foundation
    • -National Institute of Health
    • -Department of Defense - U.S. Army Medical Research and Material
    • -Command
    • -Michigan Life Science Corridor
    • -Sun Microsystems
    • -Open Channel Software
    • -Children's Hospital of Michigan
    • -Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University
    • -Michigan Space Grant Consortium 
  • ISI/Thompson Scientific Fast Breaking Paper Award in Computer Science in October 2006
  • College of Science Teaching Award, 2000
  • British Council Overseas Research Award, 1991
  • University of St. Andrews Research Award, 1990

Research Interests

  • Machine learning, neural networks and their applications to bioinformatics
  • Data mining in bioinformatics databases
  • Normalization and pre-processing methods for microarray data
  • Novel methods of selection of differentially regulated genes
  • Methods for the assessment of cluster confidence of microarray data