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Laboratory for Integrated Bioinformatics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

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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.

Recent Highlights

• "Comparative analysis of DNA word abundances in four yeast genomes using a novel statistical background model." Hariharan R, Simon R, Pillai MR, Taylor TD. PLoS One 8(3):e58038. (March 5, 2013) PMID 23472131

• "Acetate-producing bifidobacteria protect the host from enteropathogenic infection via carbohydrate transporters." Fukuda S, Toh H, Taylor TD, Ohno H, Hattori M. Gut Microbes 3(5):449-454. (September 1, 2012) PMID 22825494

• "Functional assignment of metagenomic data: challenges and applications." Prakash T, Taylor TD [1]. Briefings in Bioinformatics 13(E6):1-17. (July 6, 2012) PMID 22772835

• RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center - Research Highlight > New Algorithms for Metagenomics [2]. June 22, 2012

• "Fast and accurate taxonomic assignments of metagenomic sequences using MetaBin." Sharma VK, Kumar N, Prakash T, Taylor TD. PLoS ONE 7(3):e34030. (April 4, 2012) PMID 22496776

Projects

• Metagenomics
• Past Projects

Tools and Resources

OUR SERVERS ARE TEMPORARILY DOWN DUE TO LAB MOVE - SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE - HOPE TO HAVE THEM BACK ONLINE BY MAY 10TH

• ConjoinG - a database of Human Conjoined Genes
• MetaBin - a program for accurate, fast and highly sensitive taxonomic assignments of metagenomic sequences
• MetaBioME - a database to explore commercially useful enzymes in metagenomic datasets

Members

• List of Team Members

Meetings and Events

• Upcoming Meetings & Workshops

Other Information

• RIKEN Publications
• Press Releases
• Grants and Awards
• Presentations since April, 2008
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• Contact Us
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