Anders Krogh
Encyclopedia
Professor Anders Krogh is a bioinformatician
at the University of Copenhagen
, where he leads the university's bioinformatics center. He is well known for his pioneering work on the use of hidden Markov models in bioinformatics (together with David Haussler
), and is co-author of a widely used textbook in bioinformatics. In addition, he also co-authored one of the early textbooks on neural networks
. His current research interests include promotor analysis, non-coding RNA
, gene prediction
and protein structure prediction
.
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
, where he leads the university's bioinformatics center. He is well known for his pioneering work on the use of hidden Markov models in bioinformatics (together with David Haussler
David Haussler
David Haussler is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is also Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Director of the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz; director of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences on...
), and is co-author of a widely used textbook in bioinformatics. In addition, he also co-authored one of the early textbooks on neural networks
Neural Networks
Neural Networks is the official journal of the three oldest societies dedicated to research in neural networks: International Neural Network Society, European Neural Network Society and Japanese Neural Network Society, published by Elsevier...
. His current research interests include promotor analysis, non-coding RNA
Non-coding RNA
A non-coding RNA is a functional RNA molecule that is not translated into a protein. Less-frequently used synonyms are non-protein-coding RNA , non-messenger RNA and functional RNA . The term small RNA is often used for short bacterial ncRNAs...
, gene prediction
Gene prediction
In computational biology gene prediction or gene finding refers to the process of identifying the regions of genomic DNA that encode genes. This includes protein-coding genes as well as RNA genes, but may also include prediction of other functional elements such as regulatory regions...
and protein structure prediction
Protein structure
Proteins are an important class of biological macromolecules present in all organisms. Proteins are polymers of amino acids. Classified by their physical size, proteins are nanoparticles . Each protein polymer – also known as a polypeptide – consists of a sequence formed from 20 possible L-α-amino...
.