UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE            
       COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM       
                                                  
                     presents   
					                   
               "Biological Systems:
	    Computational Analysis and Modelling"                
                      				                        
                  Dr. Jan T. Kim                   
                                                  
   (School of Engineering and Computer Science,    
           University of Hertfordshire)           
                                                  
                 27 November 2019                  
                                                  
                  13:00 - 14:00                   
                                                  
          Hatfield, College Lane Campus           
                Seminar Room C152                 
                                                  
          Everyone is welcome to attend.          
         Refreshments will be available.          
                                                  
Abstract:                     
      
In biological systems, information is generated by evolution and it
is instrumental in producing a phenotype that is well adapted to an
organism's environment. These two aspects of genetic information
are at the centre of my research, of which I will present the
following selection:
* Phylogeny analysis: Resolving land plant phylogeny in the pre-
  and post-genomic era.
* Formally modelling the evolution of gene regulatory
  information in transcription factor binding sites.
* Computational modelling of gene regulatory networks and their
  role in organising plant morphogenesis.
* Using gene expression data to assess regulatory network
  topologies.
These subjects are in an interdisciplinary area encompassing
computer science and bioscience aspects, and will include brief
basics and background to ensure it is accessible to a general
audience.