Computational Biology / Bioinformatics/Expert Profile

Sridhar Acharya

U.S.
On Vacation
returns 12/01/2009
Expertise

Sequence and Structural Analysis, Molecular Dynamics, Protein and Nucleic acid simulations, computational methods, Bioinformatics tools, Biological Databases, Search techniques, Protein comparative modelling, Mutation analysis

Experience in the area

five years

Education/Credentials

Master of Science in Biotechnology
Ph.D in computational Biology

What do you like about this subject?

The immense potential of computational biology to address the questions in molecular biology ranging from single gene level to system's biology

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

Wish to acquire sufficient knowledge and expertise and get actively involved in research in computational system's biology

Average Ratings

  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Number of Questions (in Past 24 Hours) 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour Period) 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 87
  • Volunteer Since 2005-09-23
  • Prestige Points 312

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Ayelet01/19/0910101010 
sue05/22/0710101010 
Fernando05/21/0710101010Thank you Dr. Acharya! You've given me .....
ayushi rastogi07/26/0610101010it was damn helpfull, thanks
rick07/13/0610101010great! thanks for the assistance. -jason

Recent Answers from Sridhar Acharya

2009-01-15 Dominate Gene:

There is no dependence of dominance on father or mother. Dominance is dependent on the gene itself regardless of whether it is paternal or maternal. Considering 'darker' genes as more dominant, the child

2009-01-09 Statistics Minor:

I am not highly knowledgeable about the field. But with my experience of working in computational biology, Statistics is a very important component of Bioinformatics. Statistics in Bachelor's degree can

2007-10-02 genetic:

tRNA stands for transfer RNA. It is one of the three type of RNA present in the living cells [rRNA, mRNA and tRNA]. The name "Transfer" comes from its funtion to transfer the amino-acids to the the polypeptide

2007-05-18 vectors:

I can only give a basic non-extensive reply for this query. rDNA technology has advanced a lot that we can expression of foreign gene, using a combination of steps and using different vectors. The

2007-03-05 promoters:

Promoter is a small strech of DNA sequence, located just before the Gene or some times forming also a part of the Gene. It is the place on the DNA, where the RNA polymerase enzyme initially binds and

 

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