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Vasilis Vasiliou

Volume 4
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Forthcoming Content

The following papers are just some of those submitted or scheduled to appear in Volume 5 of Human Genomics:
 
 
Research papers
  • Difficulties in finding DNA mutations and associated phenotypic data in world wide web resources using simple, uncomplicated search terms and a suggested solution
    Elizabeth A. Webb, Timothy D. Smith, Richard G. H. Cotton, Genomic Disorders Research Centre
  • Ancestry-informative markers on chromosomes 2, 8 and 15 are associated with the insulin-related traits in a racially diverse sample of children
    Yann C. Klimentidis, T. Mark Beasley, Section on Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jasmin Divers, Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Krista Casazza, David B. Allison and Jose R. Fernandez, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Analysing breast cancer microarrays of African-Americans using shrinkage-based discriminant analysis
    Herbert Pang, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Keita Ebisu, Yale University, Emi Watanabe, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Laura Y. Sue, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute and Tiejun Tong, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Inter-chromosomal variation in the pattern of human population genetic structure
    Tesfaye M. Baye, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • A meta-analysis of single base-pair substitutions in translational termination codons (‘nonstop’ mutations) that cause human inherited disease
    Stephen Hamby, Nadia Chuzhanova, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nick Thomas and David N. Cooper, Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
  • Analysis of pharmacogenetic traits in two distinct South African populations
    Ogechi Ikediobi, School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Bradley Aouizerat, Institute for Human Genetics, Yuanyuan Xiao, Center for Bioinformatics and Molecular Biostatistics, Monica Gandhi, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Stefan Gebhardt, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Louise Warnich, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University
Review articles
  • Lysosomal disorders: Molecular basis and laboratory testing
    Mirella Filocamo, S.S.D. Lab. Diagnosi Pre-Postnatale Malattie Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, IRCCS G. Gaslini and Amelia Morrone, Clinic of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence
  • Naming 'junk': Human non-protein coding RNA (ncRNA) gene nomenclature
    Matthew Wright and Elspeth A. Bruford, HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
  • Exploring the potential relevance of human-specific genes to complex disease
    David N. Cooper, Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University and Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm
  • What the papers say: Text mining for genomics and systems biology
    Nathan Harmston, Wendy Filsell, Michael P.H. Stumpf, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Centre for Bioinformatics, Imperial College London
Genome updates
  • The human fatty acid-binding protein family: Evolutionary divergences and functions
    Rebecca L. Smathers and Dennis R. Petersen, Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
  • Transient receptor potential (TRP) gene superfamily encoding cation channels
    Zan Pan, Margaret Dyson Vision Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, Hua Yang and Peter S. Reinach, Department of Biological Science, State University of New York
  • Update on gene completions and annotations: Evolutionary divergence and functions of the human interleukin (IL) gene family
    Chad Brocker, Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, David Thompson, Department of Clinical Practice, Vasilis Vasiliou, Professor & Director of Toxicology Graduate Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Daniel W. Nebert, Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  • Update on the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH) superfamily
    Brian Jackson, Chad Brocker, William Black, Konstandinos Vasiliou, Vasilis Vasiliou, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, David C. Thompson, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center and Daniel W. Nebert, Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati
Software reviews
  • Databases and resources for human small non-coding RNAs
    Eneritz Agirre Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Eduardo Eyras, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)
  • A short survey of computational analysis methods in analysing ChIP-seq data
    Hyunmin Kim, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Jihye Kim, Heather Selby, Aik Choon Tan, Division of Medical Oncology, Dexiang Gao, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Tiejun Tong, Department of Applied Mathematics and Tzu Lip Phang, Division of Critical Care and Pulmonary, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • A survey of statistical software for analyzing RNA-seq data
    Dexiang Gao, Department of Pediatrics, Jihye Kim, Heather Selby, Aik Choon Tan, Division of Medical Oncology, Hyunmin Kim, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Tzu L. Phang, Division of Critical Care and Pulmonary, Department of Medicine and Tiejun Tong, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • A review of software for microarray genotyping
    Philippe Lamy, Bioinformatics Research Centre and Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Jakob Grove Department of Human Genetics, Aarhus University and Carsten Wiuf, Bioinformatics Research Centre

Genome databases
  • In silico toxicology models and databases as critical path toolkits
    Luis G. Valerio, Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • RGD: A comparative genomics platform
    Mary Shimoyama, Jennifer R. Smith, Howard Jacob, Melinda Dwinell, Tom Hayman, Stan Laulederkind, Tim Lowry, Victoria Petri, Rajni Nigam and Shur-Jen Wang, Rat Genome Database, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • A useful tool for drug interaction evaluation: The University of Washington Metabolism & Transport Drug Interaction Database
    Houda Hachad, Metabolism and Transport Drug Interaction Database, Isabelle Ragueneau-Majlessi, Drug Interaction Database Program and René H. Levy, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington
  • Pathway annotation and analysis with Reactome: The solute carrier class of membrane transporters
    Bijay Jassal, European Bioinformatics Institute

Book reviews
  • 'Molecular diagnostics' edited by George P. Patrinos and Wilhelm J. Ansorge
    Reviewed by Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven
  • 'Evidence and Evolution: The Logic Behind the Science' by Elliott Sobert
    Reviewed by Christian P. Robert
  • 'Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches'
    Madhuri Kango-Singh, Department of Biology, University of Dayton
  • 'Designer Genes: A New Era in the Evolution of Man' by Steven Potter
    Daniel W. Nebert, Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
 
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