Financing: Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Project reference Nr.: G.0229.03
Start: 2003-01-01
End: 2006-12-31

Description:
This project aims at the development of an ontology-based knowledge system containing biological information on yeast. Such a knowledge system would allow biologists and bioinformaticians to efficiently retrieve biological information on yeast and, most importantly, to use this knowledge in the analysis of microarray data. The knowledge system will contain a compilation of all available information on yeast together with gene expression data from relevant microarray experiments. Additionally, algorithms/tools and the new information (analysis results) they generate, will be integrated in the system. The project aims at the creation of a biological knowledge system containing domain knowledge on yeast. Through the use of an ontology, the knowledge is stored explicitly en reusable in an ontology. More specific aims are the development of methodologies for : · the construction and adjustment of biological ontologies · the interoperability of prior knowledge and algorithms for data analysis · the comparison of biological information and analysis results
 

SMC people involved in the project:

• Janick Mathys (Coordinator)
• Bart De Moor (Promoter)
• Tim Van den Bulcke (Team member)
• Steven Van Vooren (Team member)
• Gert Thijs (Team member)
• Frizo Janssens (Team member)
• Pieter Monsieurs (Team member)
• Raf Van de Plas (Team member)
• Wouter Van Delm (Team member)
• Olivier Gevaert (Team member)