Research interests

  • Semantic data integration for molecular biology
  • Analysis of integrated networks
    • Semantic motifs
    • Network clustering
  • Visualization strategies for integrated networks

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⇒ Overview of projects

Latest publications

  J. Weile, M. Pocock, S.J. Cockell, P. Lord, J.M. Dewar, D. Wilkinson, D. Lydall, J. Hallinan and A. Wipat. Customisable views on a semantically integrated network for systems biology: Investigating telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioinformatics 2011. [pdf] [URL]

  J. Weile, A. Splendiani, C. Rawlings and A. Wipat. 2010. Ondex and Cytoscape: Data integration and visualization hand in hand. Poster presented at the Cytoscape Symposium 2010. [view]

  S.J. Cockell, J. Weile, P. Lord, C. Wipat, D. Andriychenko, M. Pocock, D. Wilkinson, M. Young, and A. Wipat. 2010. An integrated dataset for in silico drug discovery. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics: 116. [doi]

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Quick résumé

  • Newcastle University (UK) — 2009 - present
    • Research Associate
    • Projects:
      • The Ondex Saccharomyces dataset: A semantically integrated resource for S. cerevisiae
      • The OndexView plug-in for Cytoscape, featuring a novel visualisation approach for integrated networks
      • Semantic motifs for the exploration of epistatic interactions in the context of telomere maintenance in S. cerevisiae
  • Rothamsted Research (UK) — 2008 - 2009
    • Bioinformatics Scientist
  • Bielefeld University (Germany) — 2006 - 2008
    • Research Assistant

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