报告题目：HelitronScanner: A general Helitron detection tool
报 告 人：Du Chunguang 博士（美国蒙特克莱尔州立大学）
报告时间：2012年6月14日下午2:00
报告地点：农生环组团A座435室
联 系 人：徐建红（88982406）
报告人简介：
杜春光博士，美国德克萨斯农工大学博士 美国蒙特克莱尔州立大学生物学与分子生物学系副教授，生物信息中心主任。美国罗格斯大学、河南农业科学院兼职教授，中国林科院海外特邀专家。国际植物基因组学杂志副主编。相关论文发表在PNAS、Genome Research、 BMC Genomics等国际期刊上。
报告摘要：
As a new class of transposable elements, Helitrons feature remarkably the ability to capture gene sequences, which makes them of considerable potential evolutionary importance. Unlike other DNA transposable elements, Helitrons possess low conservation in terms of sequence or structure features. Known Helitrons were mainly reported to exist in plant genomes. So far there is no effective way to detect Helitrons in all species with general patterns. Here we propose a Local Combinational Variable (LCV) approach for developing the HelitronScanner program, aiming to scan whole genomes of all species available and find Helitrons within them.
