Our Focus
Modern-day biology is a data-driven field, thanks largely to the advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies.
The Bioinformatics Lab at De La Salle University brings together faculty members and students interested in deploying the arsenal of computer science and computer engineering to solve problems in computational biology.
We work on algorithms and software for high-throughput sequencing data analysis, bioinformatics for diseases and epidemics, computer architecture for bioinformatics algorithms, and similar topics that bridge computer science and biology.
See some of our projects, publications, and software.
Our Collaborators
Given the interdisciplinary nature of our research, we collaborate with several research groups, including:
- Practical Genomics Lab, Center for Natural Sciences and Environmental Research, De La Salle University (CENSER, DLSU)
- Systems and Computational Biology Unit, CENSER, DLSU
- Translational Medicine Unit, CENSER, DLSU
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
- National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila (NIH, UP Manila)
- Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
Our Funders
Our present and past projects have been funded by:
- Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD)
- Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD)
- East Asia Science and Innovation Area Joint Research Program (e-Asia JRP)
- De La Salle University Research Grants and Management Office (DLSU RGMO)
Join Us
We are always looking for energetic, driven, and curious students to join us.
News & Events
Nov 6, 2024
Jenny presents our work on the application of structure-aware protein language models to phage-host interaction prediction at the Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society National Conference in Sydney.
Nov 4, 2024
Mark begins his short-term research engagement at A*STAR, Singapore, under the Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award.
Oct 26, 2024
Kyle and Anish’s work on psuedo DNA-protein alignment for rapid differential gene expression analysis, presented at GIW/ISCB-Asia 2022 is (finally!) published in BMC Bioinformatics.
Oct 1, 2024
Arya Kaul, Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School, talks to the lab about his work on rapid detection of deletion-born fusion genes across all sequenced bacteria.
Oct 1, 2024
Jiaan presents our work on metagenomic profiling of hospital wastewater at the 24th Annual Symposium of the Philippine Network of Microbial Culture Collections.
