Overview
- Clearly explains the mathematical concepts behind bioinformatics
- Makes direct connections to biomolecular structures such as proteins, DNA and RNA
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Outline
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Protein Configuration Analysis
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Shiyi Shen
Since 1985, professor of mathematics, 1987-1998: chair of the department of mathematics, and the dean of the college of mathematical sciences; a standing committee of China Mathematical Society, the director of the Tianjin Mathematical Society. 1984-1986: visiting scholar of Cornell University; visiting scholar of Stanford University, and visiting researcher at the Hong Kong Chinese University. Shiyi Shen's fields of scientific interest are informatics and bioinformatics. His publications include about 60 journal papers and 6 books (Chinese).
Jack Tuszynski
Professor (from 07/1993 until present). Department of Physics, University of Alberta
Research Manager of the Neurons Group, (May 1, 2000- June 1, 2001) Starlab NV, Brussels, Belgium
Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France (December 2000, June-September 2001)
Senior Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Biomolecular Dynamics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (November-December 2000 and February-March 2001)
Adjunct Professor (from March 1, 2000). Department of Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, University of Alberta.
Visiting Professor (07/1995 - 09/1995). Institut für Theoretische Physik, J. Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.
Visiting Professor (07/1993 - 08/1994). Institut für Theoretische Physik, H.Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
McCalla Professor (07/1992 - 07/1993). Department of Physics, University of Alberta.
Guest Professor (summer 1992), Visting Scientist (summer 1994, spring 1996). Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Danish Technical University, Lyngby.
Associate Professor (07/1990 - 07/1993). Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Tenure granted effective July 1, 1991.
Assistant Professor (01/1988 - 06/1990). Department of Physics,University of Alberta, Edmonton. Field: theoretical condensed matter physics.
Honorary Assistant Professor (01/1988 - 01/1991). Department of Physics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Assistant Professor (09/1983 - 01/1988). Department of Physics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. Field: theoretical condensed matter physics. Tenure granted as of September 1, 1987.
Post-doctoral Fellow (04/1983 - 09/1983). Chemistry Department, The University of Calgary. Supervisor: Professor R. Paul. Field: Molecular biophysics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Theory and Mathematical Methods in Bioinformatics
Authors: Shiyi Shen, Jack A. Tuszynski
Series Title: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74891-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-74890-8Published: 21 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09429-3Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-74891-5Published: 26 January 2008
Series ISSN: 1618-7210
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5647
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 445
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Applications of Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Genetics and Population Dynamics, Human Genetics