Welcome
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Biomedicine can only be understood in the context of genomics and with the concourse of bioinformatics. Our department aims to tackle biomedical problems from a system's biology perspective. Following this, the general objective we seek through the main lines of research is to relate the mutations (Pharmacogenomics and Comparative Genomics) to their effect at cellular and phenotypic level (Functional Genomics) trying to understand the mechanism of action (Structural Genomics). |
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Genes operate within an intricate network of interactions that we have only recently started to envisage. Many higher-order levels of interaction are continuously being discovered. In this scenario we are interested in developing methods and tools which can help to understand large-scale experiments from a systems biology perspective. |
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We are interested in the analysis of patterns and processes occurred during the evolution of our genome, and in the application of the evolutionary thought in human health and disease.
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Our Unit aims to develop and apply computational methods for understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell regulation beyond proteins. In particular, we apply our methods to study the interaction of small chemical compounds with proteins and to characterize their molecular actions. We are also developing methods for RNA 3D structure prediction with the aim of applying them to understand the effects of non-coding RNA molecules. Finally, in collaboration with experimentalists, we are working in determining the first ever 3D structure of a genomic domain in human |
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