Graphical models for characterizing global RNA methylation

Funding Agency: NIH/NIGMS

Title: Graphical models for characterizing global RNA methylation

Status: Active

Period: 9/2014-8/2017

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Grant Detail: The goal of this project is to develop, for the first time, computational graphical models to enable

  • accurate and reproducible detection of global mRNA methylations
  • context-specific differential RNA methylations in normal and disease state

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