The Research Group in Bioinformatics and Medical Statistics (BEM), associated to the Biosciences Department of the University of Vic, is a consolidated group recognized by the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya, ref. 2017SGR-199).
It is an interdisciplinary group that includes life sciences, statistics and bioinformatics in a Systems Biology framework, with special emphasis on the study of the genetic basis of complex diseases.
The main research topics of the group are:
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- Statistical Genetics, omics data analysis and Medical Statistics
Statistical methods for the analysis of high-dimensional molecular information. Statistical methods in bioinformatics. Genomics, epigenomics and metagenomics.
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- Computational Structural Biology
Development of computer-based methodology to study structure-functionrelationships for membrane proteins. Rational design of specific and selective ligands for cellular receptors involved in human disease.
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- ComputationalBiochemistry and Biophysics
Computational Biochemistry and Biophysics
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- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
Analysis of visual attention deployment through eye-tracking. Computational modelling of fundamental cognitive processes (attention, working memory and decision making) at the local cortical level. Characterisation of the spatio-temporal patterns of whole brain activity and their role in health and well-being.
- Computational approaches in entomology
- Experimental Molecular Physiology and pathophysiology