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Simon John Galbraith
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Research into and development of scientific software processes for the discovery, organization, and storage of reliable genotype/phenotype markers in personalized genetic data. |
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Education |
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Ph.D. Computer Science (ABD) University of California, Los Angeles P.I. Dr. James C Liao |
(expected) Fall 2007 Winter 2008 |
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Dissertation Title: Inferring Transcription Factor Activity |
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M.S. Computer Science University of California, Los Angeles |
2003 |
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B.S. (Honors) Artificial Intelligence University of Durham, England, U.K. Thesis: Intron-Exon Splice Site Identification in Arabidopsis thaliana genomic DNA using Global and Local Prediction. |
2000 |
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Publications |
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· Galbraith, S. J., Tran, L.M., Liao, J.C. (2006). "Transcriptome network component analysis with limited microarray data." Bioinformatics 22(15): 1886-94. · Yang, Y. L., Suen, J., Brynildsen, M., Galbraith, S.J. et al. (2005). "Inferring yeast cell cycle regulators and interactions using transcription factor activities." BMC Genomics 6(1): 90. · Irizarry, K. J. and Galbraith, S.J. (2004). "Complex disorders reloaded: causality, action, reaction, cause and effect." Mol Psychiatry 9(5): 431-2, 430. |
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Experience |
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Graduate Student Researcher |
July 2003-present |
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P.I. Dr. James C Liao Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles · Developed theoretical, algorithmic, and numerical improvements to Network Component Analysis (NCA). Developed the NCA Toolbox for MATLAB, including a standalone JAVA application. · Developed systems biology methodologies for the analysis of transcriptional regulatory networks. Participated in the development of systems biology methodologies for metabolic engineering. · Skills: Python, C++, JAVA, MATLAB, R, Perl, JavaScript, AJAX, web development, mysql, LINUX cluster development. · Analytical: Bioinformatics, systems biology, applied statistics and probability, machine learning, algorithms, and dynamic systems. |
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Teaching Assistant |
Various 2001-2007 |
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Instructor: Dr. Parag Mallick CHEM160/CHEM260 Bioinformatics and Genomics University of California, Los Angeles · Developed material for discussion, programming labs, and exams. Lead TA and guest lecturer. |
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AWARDS and interests |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT Fellowship Travel, art, piano, golf, soccer, and opera |
2001-2003 |
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