Luobin Yang

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	Bioinformatics Scientist
	Idaho State University
	Office: 244, Gale Life Science

	Phone: (208) 282-5841
	Email: yangluob@isu.edu

Current Projects

1. High Performance Biocomputing Cluster
I manage a high performance biocomputing cluster, which has 24 dual processor Apple XServe G5 nodes. A lot of biocomputing tools are hosted in the cluster with a unified web interface. I develop new bioinformatics applications to facilitate researchers who need bioinformatics support. I also parallelize existing tools to make them cluster-aware using MPI.

2. Bamboo phylogeny database
I am setting up a server for Dr. Scot Kelchner's phylogeny of bamboos project. I design and develop a bamboo phylogenetics system using J2EE technologies and PostgreSQL as the backend.

3. Finch sequence management system
I admin and maintain the Finch sequence data management system for Molecular Core Facility (MRCF) at ISU.

Current Research Projects

I am currently interested in developing methods for high-throughput estimation of selective pressures acting on individual human genes. I am also interested in developing algorithms and methods to accelerate bioinformatics and computational biology applications and using High Performance Computing techniques.

Relevant Presentations and Publicatioins:

Luobin Yang (2005) Bioinformatics workflows using Taverna. Practical Bioinformatics Workshop. June 21-22, 2005. Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

Luobin Yang (2004) ISU Bioinformatics computing using an Apple cluster. Idaho High Performance Computing workshop, Oct 22, 2004. Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

Michael A. Thomas, Mitch D. Day, Luobin Yang: Computational Options for Bioinformatics Research in Evolutionary Biology. International Conference on Computational Science (2) 2005: 68-75

Luobin Yang, Steve C. Chiu, and Michael A. Thomas: Parallelization of PAUP Bootstrapping. PDPTA'08 Las Vegas, NV.

Tina Gresham, Brandon Briggs, Michael Swenson, Mitch D. Day, Luobin Yang, Michael A. Thomas, Peter P. Sheridan, David Sims, Paul Richardson, Dave Kerk, David E. Cummings and Timothy S. Magnuson. Manuscript in preparation. Genome Sequencing and Annotation of the Acidophilic Metal-reducing Bacterium Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Professional Certifications
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect	Sun Certified Java Developer
Sun Certified Java Programmer	Cisco Certified Network Associate

Some Links related to Bioinformatics:

Gene Ontology

H-Invitational Database