Michael E. Sparks, Ph.D.
Contact:
Education:
- Ph.D., Iowa State University (2007)
- B.S., University of Kentucky (2002)
Academic Software:
- Exclusive developer:
- MetWAMer:
Translation initiation site prediction in eukaryotes. (Discussed in
Sparks, M.E. and Brendel, V. (2008)
MetWAMer: eukaryotic translation initiation site prediction.
BMC Bioinformatics. 9:381.
[Online article]
[Print PDF])
- IMMpractical:
Markov chain models for coding fragment recognition. (Discussed in
Sparks, M.E., Brendel, V. and Dorman, K.S. (2007)
Markov model variants for appraisal of coding potential in plant
DNA. Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics. 4463:394-405.
[Abstract]
[Print PDF])
- PASIF:
Gene structure prediction in eukaryotes. (Discussed in Chapter 5 of
Sparks, M.E. (2007)
Computational annotation of eukaryotic gene structures:
algorithms development and software systems.
Ph.D. Thesis, Iowa State University.
[Abstract])
- gthXML-tools:
Utilities for post-processing gthXML data. (Discussed in Sec. 7.6 of
Gremme, G., Brendel, V., Sparks, M.E., and Kurtz, S.
(2005) Engineering a software tool for gene structure prediction
in higher organisms. Information and Software Technology.
47:965-978.
[Article])
- BSSM4GSQ:
Training of splice site models. (Discussed in
Sparks, M.E. and Brendel, V. (2005) Incorporation of
splice site probability models for non-canonical introns improves
gene structure prediction in plants. Bioinformatics.
21:iii20-iii30.
[Abstract]
- Miscellaneous, unpublished code
- Contributing developer: