VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Ben Cohn
  Home Institution
  Grinnell College College
  Grinnell, Iowa
  E-mail: cohnbenj@grinnell.edu

  Home mentor
  Leslie Gregg-Jolly
  Dept. of Biology
  E-mail: greggjol@grinnell.edu 		VCU Lab
Sanger Hall, Room 5-036

Tel: 804-828-3897

VCU mentor
Gregory A. Buck
Sanger Hall, Room 5-036
E-mail: gabuck@vcu.edu

Summer 2005
Research Proposal

Analyzing Cryptosporidium hominis' genome for putative transcriptional motifs.
In search of the elusive motif: A model approach for determining recurring transcriptional sequences in Cryptosporidium hominis

Academic Year 2005-06
Research Proposal

2005-06 Proposal: In search of the elusive motif.

Summer 2006
Research Proposal

Identifying transcriptional regulatory elements in Cryptosporidium hominis and microarray characterization of gene regulation in different growth stages.
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Resources

Cryptosporium references
CSBC Cryptosporidium hominis Research
Metabolic pathways present in C. hominis, C. parvum and P. falciparum
Metabolic pathway overview of C. hominis and P. falciparum

Programming
BioLingua (Parasite Edition)
BioLingua (Normal)

Motif Elucidation
AlignACE Motif Finder
MEME/MAST
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Current Work

AlignACE Results (hsp genes)
C. hominis alignments (raw AlignACE output)
C. parvum alignments (raw AlignACE output)
C. hominis and C. parvum alignments (raw AlignACE output)