Guoqing Lu

Teaching Fields

• Courses taught: BIOI 3000 Applied Bioinformatics, BIOL 4030 Introduction to Bioinformatics, and BIOI 4860/8866 Bioinformatics Algorithms
  
  
• Courses teaching: BIOL4160-8166 Bioinformatics for Biologists, BIOL4560 Bioinformatics Internship, BIOL4760-8766 Genome Technology and Analysis, and BIOL4860-8866 Comparative Genomics

Research Interests

Bioinformatics and Genomics research topics are abundant, ranging from small-scale sequence analysis to system-level molecular interaction modeling. Our research spans theoretical and applied bioinformatics, primarily focusing on the development of computational methods and systems for genomic data analysis and mining. In addition, we apply bioinformatics tools to study biological and biomedical problems such as viral evolution, protein classification, and pathogen-host-drug molecular interactions.

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Services

Dr. Lu has been serving on multiple committees within the university and beyond, including Bioinformatics UPC, Biology GPC, Award Committee, and BIOT Program. He is on the Editorial Board of several journals and served as reviewers or panel lists for agencies such as NSF, NIH, NSF-China, UK MRC, Quebec FRQ, et al.

Biography

Dr. Lu is an Isaacson Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from Laval University with two master's degrees in Biology and Computer Science. Dr. Lu was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Bioinformatics, McGill University.

 Before joining UNO, Dr. Lu was the director of the Bioinformatics Research Core Facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Center for Biotechnology. Dr. Lu was early promoted to Associate Professor and Professor attributed to his research excellence.

 Dr. Lu won the first Excellence in Research Award in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Distinguished Research or Creative Activity Award at UNO. Dr. Lu received multi-million grants from various grant agencies including NIH, NSF, and USDA.

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