Computational Biology / Bioinformatics/Questions
| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Genetic Disease Markers in Human Gemone | 5/16/2011 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: With all these news articles about how researchers are discovering parts of our DNA that could lead ... A: Your prediction is very much as per the current trends in research. This is what the fields like ... | ||
| mentally retarded couple - is it genetic or hereditary ? | 1/29/2011 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: If a mentally retarded couple had a child, would it be mentally retarded? i.e both parents are ... A: I think I am not competent to tell whether it is biologically/socially advantageous or not, for the ... | ||
| mentally retarded couple - is it genetic or hereditary ? | 1/27/2011 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: If a mentally retarded couple had a child, would it be mentally retarded? i.e both parents are ... A: It depends on the cause of mental retardation. For example, Fragile-X syndrome is charecterized by ... | ||
| about carrier | 12/25/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: sir,i had done my 10+2 this year in 2010 and want to do biotech\bio-medical\bioinformatics from any ... A: Its great that you are interested in Biotech/Bio-medical/bioinformatics fields. I did my Masters in ... | ||
| genetics | 11/21/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: can we stop changes in occurring in DNA while we grow old? A: I am afraid, we cannot stop the natural changes that occur. THe body produces new cells as they grow ... | ||
| hereditary deseases | 11/4/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: if you have a hereditary disease and you donate bone marrow, would you pass this disease into a new ... A: The bone marrow transplant in the recipient will not genetically alter his sex cells (gamates), so ... | ||
| Cryonics | 10/17/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I find fascinating the subject of "Cryonic Preservation". I understand that women who need to ... A: I don't know much about this subject. I encourage you to ask a relevant expert. However, I'd like to ... | ||
| database | 10/16/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I hope you are well. Could you introduce me some databases about fatty acid desaturase? Regards. A: I am not an expert in this field. However, I know about lipid bank "http://lipidbank.jp/" which ... | ||
| Immortality | 7/9/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: But I was wondering is there any signs in science that say that human Immortality is possible? A: There are no signs of human immortality to my knowledge. Ageing is a universal phenomenon in living ... | ||
| biology | 6/26/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: ! I am Karan Gurwani,resident of Bilaspur {C.G.}. Recently I had passed 10th class from NIOS BOARD ... A: You have to decide yourself which is the best career for you. It doesn't matter if you got only 45% ... | ||
| bioinformatics | 6/2/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: Im a BSc Biotech student.I wish to know about bioinformatics. ... A: I answer below your questions. 1)As u did your masters in biotech was it difficult to ... | ||
| Unable to find DNA sequence! | 5/28/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: First of all, thank you for taking the time to help me. My question is simple but I can't seem to ... A: You can search for CASP1 and HUMAN on the NCBI website (Nucleotide). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov You will ... | ||
| phd biotech/bioinformatics | 3/11/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: sir, iam msc in biotech and wants to do phd in bioinformatics which is better phd bioinformatics or ... A: It depends on which field you want to work on the long-term. Bioinformatics is good career-wise, as ... | ||
| National Genomics Research | 2/23/2010 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I am planning to pursue a career in biomedical engineering and eventually become a medical ... A: I think Biomedical engineering has a scope different than that of a Genomics Program. Genomics deals ... | ||
| similar genetic of populations | 12/12/2009 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: please ; 1/what is the population the most similar genetic of ... A: Sorry for the late reply. I sincerely can't don't know the exact answers for these questions but ... | ||
| graphics programs for biology instruction | 12/8/2009 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I'm creating some instructional materials in basic biology. What is a good graphics program that I ... A: "XFIG" is a very useful free program for drawing line charts and diagrams. "GIMP" which is a free ... | ||
| Dominate Gene | 1/15/2009 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: Not sure you can answer this, but is it true when dark & light genes mix- the father's gene is more ... A: There is no dependence of dominance on father or mother. Dominance is dependent on the gene itself ... | ||
| Statistics Minor | 1/9/2009 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I am currently seeking a degree in Biomedical Sciences. I was thinking of adding a Statistics ... A: I am not highly knowledgeable about the field. But with my experience of working in computational ... | ||
| Heterozygocity | 3/4/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: Could you please explain heterozygocity and gene diversity to me in simple terms? Keeping it simple ... A: Matt. Heterozygosity can be a tricky concept. I'm not sure I can couch this the religious terms ... | ||
| genetics | 2/1/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: i am doing an research about about the molecular detail of the gene control mechanism.do you maybe ... A: Sara, Thanks for the question. If you are a university student, I would suggest accessing the ... | ||
| How can I grow taller? | 1/30/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: I'm a young man,I live in Cameroon(Africa),will be 21 in May,I'm like 1.83m(like 6ft) tall.My dad ... A: Bill. At 6 feet tall you're already above average. Height is determined by two factors: genes and ... | ||
| How does this happen... | 1/25/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: I'm wondering how I ended up a red head? My mother is middle eastern (dark hair/eyes), and my ... A: Red hair is most common in the British Isles, with a full 13% of the Scottish population possessing ... | ||
| How does this happen... | 1/24/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: I'm wondering how I ended up a red head? My mother is middle eastern (dark hair/eyes), and my ... A: The highest frequency for red hair and the gene for red hair is found in western and northern ... | ||
| What will our baby look like? | 1/21/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: I'm sure you get this question a lot, but when combining my own genetics with my husbands, what is ... A: Emily! It's normal to wonder what your children may look like, but the specifics can get quite a ... | ||
| Blood Type | 1/18/2008 | Sophia Jane Carter |
| Q: I have a question and I really need help. My mom is O+ and my father was O- and I am A+. Can you ... A: Rhonda, Thanks for your question. First, a little explanation for blood types. Blood types are ... | ||
| genetic | 10/2/2007 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: what is tRNA ? A: tRNA stands for transfer RNA. It is one of the three type of RNA present in the living cells [rRNA, ... | ||
| bsc degree | 6/28/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: my % is 77 tell me which one of bsc biotech or bsc bioinformatics is better? A: tamanna, doing bsc biotech or bioinfo or for that matter bsc chem or biochem is all your choice. ... | ||
| vectors | 5/18/2007 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: Why do researchers need more than one type of vector to produce recombinant DNA? What is the ... A: I can only give a basic non-extensive reply for this query. rDNA technology has advanced a lot that ... | ||
| Genetic/Ethnic Make-up | 4/18/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: If a mother is 100% Mexican and a father is 100% African American, is the ethnicity of the child ... A: the ethinicity of the (to be born) child cannot be determined just like this ! human genetics is ... | ||
| Genetics...5 | 3/14/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: With genetic testing that can now be performed prior to birth determining certain genetic ... A: yes its not far away. lot of advancements have been made in the field of genetic testing and hence ... | ||
| Genetics...3 | 3/14/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: If some scientist believe that human behavior is conditioned, then would it be fair to say that ... A: i cant agree more ! intelligence is learned and not somethignn you are born with (atleast ... | ||
| Genetics | 3/14/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: Are characteristics such as personality or particular interest and talents, able to be passed to an ... A: anyways here we go.. 1)charecteristics like personality or interest and talents cannot be passed to ... | ||
| promoters | 3/5/2007 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I am interested knowing about the mechanism of action of promoters for mRNA synthesis, and in fact I ... A: Promoter is a small strech of DNA sequence, located just before the Gene or some times forming also ... | ||
| geneticengineering | 2/15/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: what is a cell that has been specialized to become a specific type of cell called? A: uh...well...it goes like this... ill explain with the help of an example... stem cells in teh bone ... | ||
| Antibiotic genetics | 1/24/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: I am flattered that you asked if this is a Master's project! It is actually not required as part of ... A: im not so sure as to wat a community college is...(in this part of the world ...guess that system is ... | ||
| bioinformatics | 1/13/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: would you tell me what is bioinfomatics. A: Asif, Bioinformatics is the use of computational science to solve biologicall problems. it is an ... | ||
| molecular biology | 1/5/2007 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: sir i would like to know recent trend in molecular therapeutics A: molecular therapeutics is a vast area of life science. every single day there are new research ... | ||
| forensic science | 12/4/2006 | Prasanth Subramani |
| Q: my name is Ayana and I am working on my senior exit project, which is a requirement to graduate, and ... A: looks like you are working on a really interesting area ! it is indeed possible to use bio tools and ... | ||
| Canis rufus floridanus -- My Favorite Wolf is extinct -- Any hope of bringing it back? | 12/1/2006 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: Canis-rufus-floridanus is a black-coated red wolf. It is my favorite wolf. I want it back. Is there ... A: First of all I must say that I am not competent to provide you with answer for this. But ... | ||
| DNA analysis | 11/26/2006 | Sridhar Acharya Malkaram |
| Q: I need to edit my DNA after sequencing, is there any program to do that? Thank you. A: First of all, I didnt understand what you mean by editing. I suppose you want to compare it with a ... | ||
Computational Biology / Bioinformatics
Answers by Expert:
Sridhar Acharya Malkaram
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
Sequence and Structural Analysis, Next generation sequencing, Illumina, SOLiD, CHiP-sequencing, RNA sequencing, miRNA sequencing analysis, Molecular Dynamics, Protein and Nucleic acid simulations, computational methods, Bioinformatics tools, Biological Databases, Search techniques, Protein comparative modelling, Mutation analysis
Experience
10 years
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Master of Science in Biotechnology
Ph.D in computational Biology
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