UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
		 COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

			      presents

           "Gene Regulatory Information: Analysis and Models"

			     Dr. Jan T. Kim 
                     (School of Computing Sciences,
		        University of East Anglia)


			8 October 2008 (Wednesday)

			  Lecture Theatre E350
		       Hatfield, College Lane Campus
			       3 - 4 pm

	       Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available.
			  [Catering Permitting]

		    Everyone is Welcome to Attend
			  [Space Permitting]



Abstract:


Genes are expressed in a strongly regulated way, i.e. the product of
a gene, such as a protein, is not present in all cells in equal amounts.
As an example, a neuron cell expresses receptors for neurotransmitters and
enzymes to synthesise such transmitters while these genes are not
expressed (i.e. "turned off") in other cells.

In the first part of my presentation I will provide a brief overview of
some basic mechanisms of gene regulation which is mediated by various
classes of biomolecules, including proteins (classical transcription
factors) and microRNAs, which have been discovered more recently. Based on
this, I will discuss an interesting relationship between the information
of DNA sequence information and information represented by position on
the genome.



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