Algorithm Development in Bioinformatics

At Uppsala University, several research groups are developing new bioinformatics methods and new algorithms. The new techniques are in the area of sequence bioinformatics and in structural bioinformatics. Many new algorithms are based upon machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Modern computational methods enable large-scale calculations and simulations of biological macromolecules.

Ongoing research

• Machine learning as a tool to decode the hidden information of genomes
• Function and interaction of biological macromolecules
• Computer simulations to understand the molecules of life
• Novel algorithms reveal how species are related
• Computing models shows how drugs works

• Analyses av large whole genome data sets in surveillance of spread of infectious diseases