Researchers Developed a Novel Statistical Algorithm that will Help the Identification of Epigenetic Pathways Causally Implicated in Disease

Researchers from CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a novel statistical algorithm called “CellDMC”, which allows to pinpoint not only the specific genomic sites th...

2018 π Index Released

On October 29th, the 2018 Reports of π Index were officially released by Shanghai Information Center for Life Sciences (SICLS), Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH), Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...

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Researchers Developed RNA-binding Protein Splicing Activity Prediction Model

On Nov 7th, 2018, Dr. WANG Zefeng’s group at the CAS-MPG Partner Institute of Computational Biology (PICB) published a research article entitled “Modeling and predicting the activities of trans-acting splicing factors with machine learning” in Cell Systems. In t...

Is Eyebrow Thickness Subject to Natural Selection？

A research team led by Prof. WANG Sijia from CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences performed genome-wide association studies on eyebrow thickness in multiple ethnic groups, including Han Chinese, Uyghurs, Latin Ameri...

Computational Analysis of Single Cell Data and Cell-type Heterogeneity Conference Held in Shanghai

The Computational Analysis of Single Cell Data and Cell-type Heterogeneity Conference was held in Shanghai during June 8th - 9th, 2018. This international symposium brought together world-renowned experts in the single-cell and cell-type heterogeneity fields, to di...