Research

My current work lies in the creation of algorithms for computational molecular biology. Specifically, this involves identifying and creating algorithms which can aid biological research. I also work on string algorithms with applications in pattern matching and sequence comparison.

Bioinformatics tools I have helped to design, implement and maintain:

IsoXpressor - a tool to assess transcriptional activity within isochores.

CNEFinder - a tool for the identification of conserved non-coding elements in genomes.

SMART - a tool to identify supermaximal approximate repeats in a sequence.

MARS - a heuristic tool for multiple circular sequence alignment given a set of circular (DNA or Protein) sequences.

hCED - a heuristic tool for cyclic edit distance computation given a pair of circular sequences.