Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology

Guoqing Lu

Department of Biology University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182, USA

Biography

 Dr. Lu is a Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics. He obtained his PhD Degree in Biology from Laval University, Canada, with two Masters’ degrees respectively in Biology and Computer Science. Dr. Lu was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Bioinformatics, McGill University, Canada. Before joining Omaha, Dr. Lu was the director of the Bioinformatics Research Core Facility in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Center for Biotechnology

Research Interest

 Dr. Lu’s group is interested in a broad spectrum of bioinformatics problems, ranging from sequence analysis, genome comparisons, to system-level biological interactions. His research spans both theoretical and applied bioinformatics, with a focus on comparative genomics and evolutionary informatics. Dr. Lu’s lab has a number of ongoing research projects, which include the pathogen-host-drug interaction networks at the systems biology level and the invasive species – native community interactions and feedback at the ecosystem level. His lab developed and is currently maintaining several bioinformatics systems, including Phylomarker