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Tin Wee Tan
Life Sciences
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Grand challenges in bioinformatics education and training
With the increasing need for bioinformatics expertise in the life sciences, a coordinated effort is needed to proactively and critically reflect on the challenges of educating and training life scientists with...
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Open AccessA multi-task CNN learning model for taxonomic assignment of human viruses
Taxonomic assignment is a key step in the identification of human viral pathogens. Current tools for taxonomic assignment from sequencing reads based on alignment or alignment-free k-mer approaches may not perfor...
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Open AccessExploring the transcriptome of non-model oleaginous microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta through high-throughput sequencing and high performance computing
RNA-Seq technology has received a lot of attention in recent years for microalgal global transcriptomic profiling. It is widely used in transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression., particularly for microal...
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Open AccessGIW and InCoB are advancing bioinformatics in the Asia-Pacific
GIW/InCoB2015 the joint 26th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW) and 14th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) held in Tokyo, September 9-11, 2015 was attended by over 200 delega...
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Open AccessGIW and InCoB, two premier bioinformatics conferences in Asia with a combined 40 years of history
Knowledge discovery in bioinformatics thrives on joint and inclusive efforts of stakeholders. Similarly, knowledge dissemination is expected to be more effective and scalable through joint efforts. Therefore, ...
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Building MHC Class II Epitope Predictor Using Machine Learning Approaches
Identification of T-cell epitopes binding to MHC class II molecules is an important step in epitope-based vaccine development. This process has since been accelerated with the use of bioinformatics tools to ai...
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Open AccessInCoB2014: bioinformatics to tackle the data to knowledge challenge
Since 2006, the International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) has been publishing selected papers in BMC Bioinformatics. Papers within the scope of the journal from the 13th InCoB July 31-2 August, 2014 i...
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Open AccessInCoB2014: mining biological data from genomics for transforming industry and health
The 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2014) was held for the first time in Australia, at Sydney, July 31-2 August, 2014. InCoB is the annual scientific gathering of the Asia-Pacific Bioinfo...
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Open AccessInCoB2014: Systems Biology update from the Asia-Pacific
Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2014), July 31-2 August, 2014 in Sydney, Australia have been compiled in this supplement. These range from network analysis and ge...
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Open AccessInCoB2013 introduces Systems Biology as a major conference theme
The Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) held the first International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) in Bangkok in 2002 to promote North-South networking. Commencing as a forum for Asia-Pacific...
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Open AccessSimple re-instantiation of small databases using cloud computing
Small bioinformatics databases, unlike institutionally funded large databases, are vulnerable to discontinuation and many reported in publications are no longer accessible. This leads to irreproducible scienti...
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Open AccessAdvances in translational bioinformatics and population genomics in the Asia-Pacific
The theme of the 2012 International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) in Bangkok, Thailand was "From Biological Data to Knowledge to Technological Breakthroughs." Besides providing a forum for life scientis...
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Open AccessInCoB2012 Conference: from biological data to knowledge to technological breakthroughs
Ten years ago when Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network held the first International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) in Bangkok its theme was North-South Networking. At that time InCoB aimed to provide bio...
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Open AccessInCoB celebrates its tenth anniversary as first joint conference with ISCB-Asia
In 2009 the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) started to roll out regional bioinformatics conferences in Africa, Latin America and Asia. The open and competitive bid for the first meeting ...
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Open AccessTowards big data science in the decade ahead from ten years of InCoB and the 1st ISCB-Asia Joint Conference
The 2011 International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) conference, which is the annual scientific conference of the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), is hosted by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is ...
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Open AccessAdvancing standards for bioinformatics activities: persistence, reproducibility, disambiguation and Minimum Information About a Bioinformatics investigation (MIABi)
The 2010 International Conference on Bioinformatics, InCoB2010, which is the annual conference of the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) has agreed to publish conference papers in compliance with t...
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Open AccessChallenges of the next decade for the Asia Pacific region: 2010 International Conference in Bioinformatics (InCoB 2010)
The 2010 annual conference of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), Asia’s oldest bioinformatics organisation formed in 1998, was organized as the 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InC...
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Open AccessT3SEdb: data warehousing of virulence effectors secreted by the bacterial Type III Secretion System
Effectors of Type III Secretion System (T3SS) play a pivotal role in establishing and maintaining pathogenicity in the host and therefore the identification of these effectors is important in understanding vir...
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Open AccessInCoB2010 - 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics at Tokyo, Japan, September 26-28, 2010
The International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB), the annual conference of the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), is hosted in one of countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The 2010 conferenc...
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Open AccessThe implementation of e-learning tools to enhance undergraduate bioinformatics teaching and learning: a case study in the National University of Singapore
The rapid advancement of computer and information technology in recent years has resulted in the rise of e-learning technologies to enhance and complement traditional classroom teaching in many fields, includi...
