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MetaSystems Research Team, RIKEN ASI

1 Introduction
2 Recent Highlights
3 Projects
4 Tools and Resources
5 Members
6 Meetings and Events
7 Other Information

Introduction

Our main area of research is the analysis of various human health-and environmental- related metagenomics systems. We are developing powerful, high-throughput open-source tools and databases for the comprehensive analysis of metagenomic and bacterial genomic sequence data. The ultimate goal of our research will be to model and predict the behavior and interactions of whole environments of organisms.

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Recent Highlights

"MetaBioME: a database to explore commercially useful enzymes in metagenomic datasets." Sharma VK, Kumar N, Prakash T, Taylor TD (November 11, 2009). Nucleic Acids Research doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp1001(Database):Advanced access. PMID 19906710.
"Genome of an endosymbiont coupling N2 fixation to cellulolysis within protist cells in termite gut." Hongoh Y*, Sharma VK*, Prakash T, Noda S, Toh H, Taylor TD, Kudo T, Sakaki Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Ohkuma M (* These authors contributed equally to this work) (November 14, 2008). Science 322(5904):1108-1109. PMID 19008447.

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Projects

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Tools and Resources

MetaBioME: a database to explore commercially useful enzymes in metagenomic datasets
ConjoinG - Database of Human Conjoined Genes (Opening Soon!)
DIGIT - A combinatorial gene prediction tool
PHINAL - A comparative gene prediction tool
Sequence Data - Human, Chimpanzee and Mouse

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