Advances In Bioinformatics Biostatistics And Omic Sciences

Bioinformatics, and by extension omic sciences – the collective disciplines that are dependent on the use of extensive datasets of biological information – present a challenge of data management for researchers all over the world. Big data collected as part of research projects and experiments can be complex, with several kinds of variables involved. Coupled with continuously changing bioinformatics and information technology tools, there is a need to bring a multidisciplinary approach into these fields. Advances in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Omic Sciences attempts to realize an integrated approach between all omic sciences, exploring innovative bioinformatics and biostatistical methodologies which enable researchers to unveil hidden sides of biological phenomena. This volume presents reviews on the following topics which give a glimpse of recent advances in the field: - New Integrated Mitochondrial DNA Bioinformatics Pipeline to Improve Quality Assessment of Putative Pathogenic Variants from NGS Experiments - Variant Calling on RNA Sequencing Data: State of Art and Future Perspectives - An innovative Gene Prioritization Pipeline for WES analyses - New Integrated Differential Expression Approach for RNA-Seq Data Analysis - Innovations in Data Visualization for Straightforward Interpretation of Nucleic Acid Omics Outcomes This volume serves as a guide for graduate students in bioinformatics as well as researchers planning new projects as a part of their professional and academic activities.

This unique volume presents major developments and trends in bioinformatics and its applications. Comprising high-quality scientific research papers and state-of-the-art survey articles, the book has been divided into five main sections: Microarray Analysis and Regulatory Networks; Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis; Biomolecular Sequence and Structure Analysis; Symmetry in Sequences; and Signal Processing, Image Processing and Visualization. The results of these investigations help the practicing biologist in many ways: in identifying unknown connections, in narrowing down possibilities for a search, in suggesting new hypotheses, designing new experiments, validating existing models or proposing new ones. It is an essential source of reference for researchers and graduate students in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and biological sciences based on select papers from the “The International Conference on Bioinformatics and Its Application” (ICBA), held December 16–19, 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Contents:Microarray Analysis and Regulatory NetworksMachine Learning and Statistical AnalysesBiomolecular Sequence and Structure AnalysisSymmetry in SequencesSignal Processing, Image Processing and Visualization Readership: Researchers and graduate students in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics and biological sciences. Keywords:Bioinformatics;Mathematical Biology;Genetic Codes;Medical Informatics;Biological Networks;System BiologyKey Features:High quality collection of recent significant advances in bioinformaticsUnique collection of articles on symmetry of genetic code and pattern discoveryWide coverage of bioinformatics applications including computational epidemiologySignificant computational algorithms and statistical analysis of genomic/proteomic data

This book is comprised of presentations delivered at the 5th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics held in Atlanta on May 5-7, 2017. Featuring twenty-two selected papers from the workshop, this book showcases the most current advances in the field, presenting new methods, theories, and case applications at the frontiers of biostatistics, bioinformatics, and interdisciplinary areas. Biostatistics and bioinformatics have been playing a key role in statistics and other scientific research fields in recent years. The goal of the 5th Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics was to stimulate research, foster interaction among researchers in field, and offer opportunities for learning and facilitating research collaborations in the era of big data. The resulting volume offers timely insights for researchers, students, and industry practitioners.

This unique volume presents major developments and trends in bioinformatics and its applications, Comprising high-quality scientific research papers and state-of-the-art survey articles, the book has been divided into three main sections: Sequences, Structures, and Functions; Pathways, Biological Networks, and System Biology; and Microarray Data, Medical Informatics, and Applications. These results of these investigations help the practicing biologist in many ways: in identifying unknown connections, in narrowing down possibilities fora search, in suggesting new hypotheses, designing new experiments validating existing models or proposing new ones. It is an essential source of reference for researchers and graduate students in bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and biological sciences based on selected papers from the "The International Conference on Bioinformatics and Its Application" (ICBA), held December 16-19 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, CIBB 2013, held in Nice, France in June 2013. The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on bioinformatics, biostatistics, knowledge based medicine, and data integration and analysis in omic-science.

Now in its second edition, this handbook collects authoritative contributions on modern methods and tools in statistical bioinformatics with a focus on the interface between computational statistics and cutting-edge developments in computational biology. The three parts of the book cover statistical methods for single-cell analysis, network analysis, and systems biology, with contributions by leading experts addressing key topics in probabilistic and statistical modeling and the analysis of massive data sets generated by modern biotechnology. This handbook will serve as a useful reference source for students, researchers and practitioners in statistics, computer science and biological and biomedical research, who are interested in the latest developments in computational statistics as applied to computational biology.

This book presents an overview of recent developments in biostatistics and bioinformatics. Written by active researchers in these emerging areas, it is intended to give graduate students and new researchers an idea of where the frontiers of biostatistics and bioinformatics are as well as a forum to learn common techniques in use, so that they can advance the fields via developing new techniques and new results. Extensive references are provided so that researchers can follow the threads to learn more comprehensively what the literature is and to conduct their own research. In particulars, the book covers three important and rapidly advancing topics in biostatistics: analysis of survival and longitudinal data, statistical methods for epidemiology, and bioinformatics.