Want to know where you've come from - or maybe where you're going?
In a unique intersection of advanced technology and leading edge scientific research, the National Geographic Society and IBM launched a research initiative to trace the migratory history of the human species on April 13, 2005.
On April 25, 2006, Dr. Ajay Royyuru, Senior Manager, Computational Biology Center, IBM Research, will talk about his work in The Genographic Project - A Landmark Study of the Human Journey, in his keynote address to the LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Conference and Expo 2006, in Toronto, ON.
IBM Canada is a Platinum Sponsor of the event.
The Genographic Project is the brainchild of Dr. Spencer Wells, a pioneer in using DNA samples to map human migratory patterns. Working with Dr. Wells are researchers from IBM's Computational Biology Center – led by Dr. Royyuru – and a global team of prominent research scientists from 10 research centers around the world. Together, they are seeking answers to long-standing questions regarding man’s epic migration patterns.
His presentation will provide an overview of the project and the IBM technology behind it.
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The Genographic Project, a five-year research partnership, is using sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA contributed by hundreds of thousands of people, including indigenous peoples and members of the general public, to map how the Earth was populated.
The resulting public database will house one of the largest collections of human population genetic information ever assembled and will serve as an unprecedented resource for geneticists, historians and anthropologists.
Members of the general public are participating the Genographic Project by purchasing a kit and allowing their own results to be included in the database. Individuals can follow the progress of their own migratory history as well as the global research by logging on to nationalgeographic.com.
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Royyuru heads the Computational Biology Center at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, where he leads 35 researchers in a wide range of projects that include bioinformatics, structural biology, life sciences research on the Blue Gene supercomputer, functional genomics, systems biology, and medical informatics.
LinuxWorld & NetworkWorld Conference & Expo 2006 will be held at the
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front Street West, Toronto ON.
