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NYU announces establishment of a center for comparative functional genomics

Center will determine function of novel genes uncovered in genome sequencing projects

New York University today announced the formation of a Center for Comparative Functional Genomics. This major new initiative will use state-of-the-art tools of biology, mathematics and computer science to determine the function of novel genes that are being uncovered in genome sequencing projects.

The Center will investigate evolutionary relationships between species and the special adaptive responses of species in their particular environments to understand the functions of these genes in complex biological processes. Discoveries made at the Center are expected to have applications in health care, pharmaceutics, agriculture, conservation and industrial procedures.

In studies already initiated, the Center's scientists are exploiting an NYU discovery that plants express a protein closely related to an important regulator of neural activity in the brains of vertebrate animals, including humans. The existence of this plant protein offers the opportunity of isolating and testing new drugs that could aid in the treatment of neurological diseases, as well as developing new methods to improve growth of agriculturally important plants.

The Center for Comparative Functional Genomics will bring together faculty from the NYU Biology Department and NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences to promote active collaborations in comparative genomics. Additional faculty will be added in areas of molecular genetics, protein biochemistry and cell biology, as well as computational biology. The program will be under the joint direction of genomic biologists, computer scientists and mathematicians.

In addition to its research focus, the Center will train a new generation of life scientists. The intricate nature of modern biological problems and the volume of data generated by genomics projects make it essential that the insights of mathematics and co
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Contact: josh plaut
josh.plaut@nyu.edu
212-998-6797
New York University
19-Jul-2000


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