computational biology
Human Microbiome Analysis Reveals Peptide Antibiotic Candidates
Researchers computationally analyzed human microbiome metagenomic datasets to identify peptides or proteins with activity against pathogenic bacteria.
Viral Transmission Study Sees Signs of Extensive Human-to-Animal Spread
Using sequence data, researchers find viruses can jump between humans and animals, and vice versa, with those with broad host ranges more likely to make a swap.
Prostate Cancer Subtypes Found by Analyzing Tumor Evolutionary Trajectories
With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers described two prostate cancer subtypes, or evotypes, that follow divergent evolutionary paths.
Human Population Nearly Went Extinct 900,000 Years Ago, Genetic Study Suggests
Using genomic data from present-day humans and a new analytical approach, investigators found a population bottleneck that resulted in fewer than 1,300 breeding individuals.
In a keynote address at ISMB-ECCB, Dana Pe'er reviewed the development of single-cell analysis techniques that have been 20 years in the making.