| Alan Rafael Fachini | |
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Supervisor: Prof. Anna Helena Reali Costa
Location: São Paulo, Brazil Contact: fachini[at]usp.br
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| About Me I received my BSc. in Computer Science from UDESC in 2012, where I studied topics on artificial intelligence and open source software engineering. I’m currently pursuing a Master degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of São Paulo. Topics of interest: Software engineering, machine learning, data-intensive computing and programming languages. |
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| Research Alan Master project aims to explore computacional methods in the inference of gene regulatory networks. Huge databases of gene expression profiles have been generated due to the progress in high-throughput sequencing and mRNA transcription technologies such as microarrays and RNA-Seq. The use of such data in the inference of gene regulatory interactions is one of the most challenging problems in bioinformatics research and has been intensively studied. Genes and their products do not work independently, they interact with each other forming a complex network. The relationship of genes can be represented by a Gene Regulatory Network, which provides a global view of the gene regulatory system and can be used in the investigation of the cells development and their functions in organisms. The study of these networks can help to identify target genes potentially involved in disease processes, fostering the development of drugs and medical treatments. |
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