Big Data Analytics and Genomics for One Health

Members: Prof. Sadequr Rahman, Prof. Qasim Ayub, Dr Patrick Tan Hock Siew, Dr Md Zobaer Hasan, Dr Ashish Dutt, Dr. Wee Wei Yee, Dr Cheah Hong Leong, Dr Aswini Leela, Dr Zeeshan Ali

DNA sequencing technologies have matured remarkably in the decade since the completion of the Human Genome Project. Decreasing costs and the reduced amount of time it takes to sequence entire genomes has enabled an exponential growth in the number of species that have been sequenced since the completion of the reference human genome and holds much promise in promoting personalized medicine, understanding genetic variation and its role in health and disease and the evolution of species.

Understanding the complete genetic makeup of a species is just a stepping stone to improving knowledge and answering fundamental biological questions. Computational tools have been developed along with the sequencing technologies to assist in data mining and make sense of these strings of A, C, G and Ts, the building blocks of DNA.