Andy Brass

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| name = Andy Brass

| birth_name = Andrew M. Brass

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| fields = Bioinformatics

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| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh

| thesis_title = Molecular dynamics simulations of fluorite structure crystals

| thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376996

| thesis_year = 1987

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}}Andrew M. Brass is a Professor of Bioinformatics at the University of Manchester in the Department of Computer Science and Faculty of Life Sciences.{{Google Scholar id}}{{AcademicSearch|739415}}{{DBLP|name=Andy Brass}}{{Scopus}}{{ACMPortal}}

Education

Brass was educated at the University of Edinburgh, receiving his PhD on Solid-state physics in 1987.{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Andrew|last=Brass |title=Molecular dynamics simulations of fluorite structure crystals |publisher=University of Edinburgh |date=1987 |url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376996|author-link=Andy Brass}}

Research

Following his PhD, Brass worked at McMaster University{{Cite journal | last1 = Jensen | first1 = H. | last2 = Brass | first2 = A. | author-link2 = Andy Brass| last3 = Berlinsky | first3 = A. | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.1676 | title = Lattice deformations and plastic flow through bottlenecks in a two-dimensional model for flux pinning in type-II superconductors | journal = Physical Review Letters | volume = 60 | issue = 16 | pages = 1676–1679 | year = 1988 | pmid = 10038108| bibcode = 1988PhRvL..60.1676J }}{{Cite journal | last1 = Jensen | first1 = H. | last2 = Brass | first2 = A. | author-link2 = Andy Brass| last3 = Brechet | first3 = Y. | last4 = Berlinsky | first4 = A. | title = Current-voltage characteristics in a two-dimensional model for flux flow in type-II superconductors | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevB.38.9235 | journal = Physical Review B | volume = 38 | issue = 13 | pages = 9235–9237 | year = 1988 | pmid = 9945721| bibcode = 1988PhRvB..38.9235J }} in Canada on a NATO fellowship to study aspects of high-temperature superconductivity and strongly coupled electron systems. In 1990 he moved to the University of Manchester{{Cite journal

| last1 = Scott | first1 = J. E.

| last2 = Cummings | first2 = C.

| last3 = Brass | first3 = A.

| author-link3 = Andy Brass

| last4 = Chen | first4 = Y.

| title = Secondary and tertiary structures of hyaluronan in aqueous solution, investigated by rotary shadowing-electron microscopy and computer simulation. Hyaluronan is a very efficient network-forming polymer

| journal = The Biochemical Journal

| volume = 274

| issue = Pt 3

| pages = 699–705

| year = 1991

| pmid = 2012600

| pmc = 1149968 | doi=10.1042/bj2740699

}}{{Cite journal

| last1 = Tuckwell | first1 = D. S.

| last2 = Brass | first2 = A.

| author-link2 = Andy Brass

| last3 = Humphries | first3 = M. J.

| title = Homology modelling of integrin EF-hands. Evidence for widespread use of a conserved cation-binding site

| journal = The Biochemical Journal

| volume = 285

| issue = Pt 1

| pages = 325–331

| year = 1992

| pmid = 1322124

| pmc = 1132784

| doi=10.1042/bj2850325

}} to become a founding member of the bioinformatics group, where he has a wide range of projects in protein function prediction, gene expression analysis, intelligent integration,{{Cite journal | last1 = Lord | first1 = P. W. | last2 = Stevens | first2 = R. D. | author-link2 = Robert David Stevens| last3 = Brass | first3 = A. | author-link3 = Andy Brass| last4 = Goble | first4 = C. A. | author-link4 = Carole Goble| title = Investigating semantic similarity measures across the Gene Ontology: The relationship between sequence and annotation | doi = 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg153 | journal = Bioinformatics | volume = 19 | issue = 10 | pages = 1275–1283 | year = 2003 | pmid = 12835272| doi-access = free | citeseerx = 10.1.1.561.1240 }} automated curation,{{Cite journal | last1 = Taylor | first1 = C. F. | last2 = Paton | first2 = N. W. | author-link2 = Norman Paton| last3 = Garwood | first3 = K. L. | last4 = Kirby | first4 = P. D. | last5 = Stead | first5 = D. A. | last6 = Yin | first6 = Z. | last7 = Deutsch | first7 = E. W. | last8 = Selway | first8 = L. | last9 = Walker | first9 = J. | last10 = Riba-Garcia | doi = 10.1038/nbt0303-247 | first10 = I. | last11 = Mohammed | first11 = S. | last12 = Deery | first12 = M. J. | last13 = Howard | first13 = J. A. | last14 = Dunkley | first14 = T. | last15 = Aebersold | first15 = R. | last16 = Kell | first16 = D. B. | last17 = Lilley | first17 = K. S. | last18 = Roepstorff | first18 = P. | last19 = Yates Jr | first19 = J. R. | last20 = Brass | first20 = A. | last21 = Brown | first21 = A. J. P. | last22 = Cash | first22 = P. | last23 = Gaskell | first23 = S. J. | last24 = Hubbard | first24 = S. J. | last25 = Oliver | first25 = S. G. | title = A systematic approach to modeling, capturing, and disseminating proteomics experimental data | journal = Nature Biotechnology | volume = 21 | issue = 3 | pages = 247–254 | year = 2003 | pmid = 12610571| s2cid = 6760924 }} and bioinformatics education.{{Cite journal | last1 = Goble | first1 = C. A. | author-link1 = Carole Goble| last2 = Stevens | first2 = R.| author-link2 = Robert David Stevens | last3 = Ng | first3 = G. | last4 = Bechhofer | first4 = S. | last5 = Paton | first5 = N. W. | author-link5 = Norman Paton| last6 = Baker | first6 = P. G. | last7 = Peim | first7 = M. | last8 = Brass | first8 = A. | author-link8 = Andy Brass| doi = 10.1147/sj.402.0532 | title = Transparent access to multiple bioinformatics information sources | journal = IBM Systems Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 2 | pages = 532–551 | year = 2001| url = http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~stevensr/papers/goble01.pdf }}

References

Category:British bioinformaticians

Category:Academics of the University of Manchester

Category:People associated with the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester

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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh