|
Resources &
Information
Center Administration
Pilot Project Program
Center News & Events
Research Cores
Facility Cores
Community Outreach & Education Program
(COEP)
Ethical,
Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI)
Members Only Web
NIEHS Grant #
P30 ES-012072
 National
Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Official Website
 Other
NIEHS Center Programs
|
M E M B E R S
& E X P E R T I S E
| Members & Expertise
| Services Provided |
Key Capabilities |
Contact Us |
For information on
specific services provided to Center Members, please see http://biocomp.health.unm.edu/NIEHS.shtml
-
Tudor Oprea, PhD – Core
Leader
Director
1
University
of New Mexico
Office of Research
MSC05 3370
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Dr. Oprea
is the FC3 Core leader of the Biocomputing Core at the University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center, and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr. Oprea
received his M.D. (General Medicine, 1990) and Ph.D. (Molecular
Physiology, 1992) from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in
Timisoara, Romania, and has four years of postdoctoral training at
Washington University, St. Louis MO (with Garland R. Marshall, 1992-1994),
and at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM (with Angel E.
Garcia, 1994-1996). He spent six years at AstraZeneca R&D Molndal, Sweden,
as Research Scientist (1996-2000) and Associate Director, Lead Informatics
(2000-2002), before taking his position at UNM. Dr. Oprea has extensive
experience in cheminformatics (computer-aided drug design, chemometrics,
virtual screening and lead discovery) and in bioinformatics (sequence
alignments, homology modeling, and protein modeling). His FC3 duties
include the coordination of the FC3 team, the implementation of the FC3
aims and the alignment of FC3 to the biocomputing needs of NIEHS members
and associates. He is currently conducting research related to G-protein
coupled receptors, adhesion molecules and cytochromes P450. Dr. Oprea was
the 2002 recipient of the Hansch Award from the QSAR and Modeling
Society, and serves on the
Editorial Board for Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling,
and for
QSAR and Combinatorial Science.
-
Jerome Abear, BS
Systems Analyst II
1 University of New Mexico
Office of Research
MSC05-3370
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
Phone: (505)272-8223
Fax: (505)272-8223
Mr. Abear is a Systems Analyst with over 10 years of experience in
computer network operations and maintenance for very large organizations.
Mr. Abear received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology
from New Mexico State University. Mr.
Abear is currently administrating NT networks and providing software
support for genomic and proteomic research.
He maintains a network of computer systems for the Biocomputing
Core Facility. He
coordinates staff training in network and software applications.
Mr. Abear is evaluating software applications for genomics
research and database design.
-
Zeyu Jiang, PhD
Research Scientist
1 University of New Mexico
Office of Research
MSC05-3370
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
Dr. Jiang is a
research scientist of the Biocomputing Core at the University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center. Dr. Jiang received his PhD in Molecular
Biology and Biochemistry from Indiana University. Dr. Jiang's current
research activities include applying statistical methods to analyze and
validate large scale gene expression data, classification of genes based
on graph theory, and designing of microarray experiments. He has also been
involved in modeling regulatory networks from transcriptional profiling
data and developing a client-server pipeline system for automated
annotation of genomic DNA sequences.
-
Stephen Mathias, PhD
Sr Research Scientist II
1 University of New Mexico
Office of Research
MSC05-3370
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
(505) 272-8111
-
Michael Wester, PhD
Systems Specialist
1 University of New Mexico
Office of Research
MSC05-3370
Albuquerque,
NM 87131
Phone: (505)272-0692
Fax: (505)272-8738
Dr. Wester is the Scientific Coordinator of the Biocomputing Core at the
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Wester received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University
of New Mexico and has extensive computational and analytical
experience. His
duties include coordinating the use of computational resources with
diverse groups inside and outside the Medical School, including people
interested in genomics, proteomics, structure-based drug design,
microscopy, etc. He
administers the Unix based systems, installing hardware and software as
well as networking the systems together and planning future purchases.
He interacts with users on a variety of levels from providing
them access to the Biocomputing facilities to educating them in the use
of complex software. He
also manages an assistant who takes care of the Microsoft based systems,
and has participated in the construction and teaching of a graduate
level course on Biocomputing. His
current research activities pertain to determining the 3D structure of
drug leads from their primary amino acid sequence via protein folding
algorithms. He has also
developed a computational model of multivalent antigen clustering on
cell surfaces. He will assist in Aims 1, 3, and 4.
|
Environmental Assessment & Exposures |
Biotechnology |
| Biocomputing & Bioinformatics |
Biostatistics |
|
