I am interested in the development and application of computational techniques in the field of evolutionary biology. Currently, I am designing novel algorithms for extracting biological and ecological insights from the comparison of microbial DNA sequence data.
MOre PErsonal information
My CV, blog, and programming notes can all be found on my work desk.
Projects
1. AdaptML: A metagenomic method for the automatic learning of habitats and sequence clustering.
2. AnGST: A tool for the reconciliation of gene and species phylogenies.
PUBLICATIONS
[* denotes equal author contributions]
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1. DE Hunt*, LA David*, D Gevers, SP Preheim, EJ Alm, MF Polz. Speciation by resource partitioning among closely-related bacterioplankton. Accepted, Science 2008.
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2. BJ Dubin-Thaler, JM Hofman, H Xenias, I Spielman, AV Shneidman, LA David, HG D¨obereiner, CH Wiggins, MP Sheetz. Quantification of Cell Movement Reveals Distinct Edge Motility Types During Cell Spreading. Accepted, PLoS One 2008.
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3. LA David, C Wiggins. Benchmarking of dynamic Bayesian Networks from stochastic time-series data. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2007 Oct; 10.1196/annals.1407.009.
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4. CF Glenn, DK Chow, L David, C Cooke, M Gami, W Iser, K Hanselman, I Goldberg and CA Wolkow. Behavioral deficits during early states of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans result from locomotory deficits possibly linked to muscle frailty. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Dec;59(12):1251-60.
