| Grid
Computing Seminar Series for the Layman
Grid
is Good : Unleashing Grid Computing to Power Business,
Education
& Life
Metagenomics Across the Grid: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Patrick Tan
Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore
Principal Investigator, National Cancer Centre of Singapore
6
October 2006
(Friday)
1900 hours @ National Library Board
Visitors' Briefing Room, Level 1
100 Victoria Street
Singapore 188064
Abstract
Metagenomics is a new scientific
field that uses high-throughput DNA sequencing to analyze
the complex repertoire of micro-organisms in natural environments.
Results from these studies are expected to provide important
insights into the environment and their potential impact
of human health. As an emerging field, metagenomics poses
a series of challenges in both the technical and computing
arenas, with regard to data generation, storage, and analysis.
In this talk, I will discuss a metagenomic study of Singaporean
urban air performed by the Genome Institute of Singapore,
and how the use of Grid Computing resources greatly accelerated
the progress of this work.
Biodata
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Dr.
Patrick Tan holds a joint appointment as Group
Leader at the Genome Institute of Singapore and
Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Centre
of Singapore. He received his B.A. (summa cum laude)
from Harvard University and MD PhD degree from
Stanford University, where he received the Charles
Yanofsky prize for Most Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Physics, Biology or Chemistry. He has published
numerous articles in scientific journals such as
Cell, Science, Cancer Research, and Genome
Research.
He sits on the Editorial Board of Cancer Research.
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Locally,
he has received the President’s Scholarship,
Loke Cheng Kim foundation scholarship, Young Scientist Award
(A*STAR), Singapore Youth Award, and the SingHealth Investigator
Excellence Award. Dr Tan is the Chief Scientific Officer
of Agenica Research, a cancer genomics joint venture between
NCC,
Mitsui Corp and Shimadzu Corp, and the Leader of the Life
Sciences Virtual Grid Community (LSVGC), an effort sponsored
by the
National Grid Office to foster Grid-based computational applications
in the life sciences.
Registration
Admission
is Free. All
are Welcome.
Please click here to
register by 1500 hours on 6 October 2006.
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