The Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic biology (SSB) at WU is led by Prof. Vitor Martins dos Santos and has a long experience in the elucidation (from a Systems Biology perspective) of the mechanisms underlying basic cellular processes and to translate this knowledge into applications of biotechnological, medical and environmental interest. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr Peter Schaap is an associate professor and head of the computational systems biology group (SSB-CSB). The group is leading in semantic systems biology applications. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jasper J. Koehorst (Ph.D. student), holds a B.Sc. in Molecular Life Sciences and a M.Sc. in Bioinformatics. He is about to obtain his Ph.D. for his research on systems biology with special emphasis on comparative genomics and functional analysis. In his research he combines Semantic Web technologies and FAIR data management strategies to identify functional properties that can lead to new bioprospecting strategies. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
During the SAE-Aqua project, CSB will work on:
- The genome assembly of the Tiger Shrimp
- Structural and functional annotation
- Development of an infrastructure for FAIR genome analysis
- FAIR genome analysis