Paul Lu, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest papers

PROSESS: a protein structure evaluation suite and server.
Nucleic acids research · 2010
GeNMR: a web server for rapid NMR-based protein structure determination.
Nucleic acids research · 2009
Predicting homologous signaling pathways using machine learning.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2009 · senior author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Mechanisms, Models, and Policies for Fast Data Sharing
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$90,000
Virtualization and scalable systems software laboratory
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$24,500
Scalable and efficient software systems on virtual machine platforms
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$95,000

All 10 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

PROSESS: a protein structure evaluation suite and server.

Berjanskii M, Liang Y, Zhou J, Tang P, Stothard P, Zhou Y, Cruz J, MacDonell C, Lin G, Lu P, Wishart DS

Nucleic acids research201099 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq375 PMID: 20460469

02

GeNMR: a web server for rapid NMR-based protein structure determination.

Berjanskii M, Tang P, Liang J, Cruz JA, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Bassett E, MacDonell C, Lu P, Lin G, Wishart DS

Nucleic acids research200955 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp280 PMID: 19406927

03

Predicting homologous signaling pathways using machine learning.

Bostan B, Greiner R, Szafron D, Lu P

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)200913 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp532 PMID: 19736253

04

Improving subcellular localization prediction using text classification and the gene ontology.

Fyshe A, Liu Y, Szafron D, Greiner R, Lu P

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)200844 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn463 PMID: 18728042

05

Checkers Is Solved

Jonathan Schaeffer, NEIL R. BURCH, Yngvi Björnsson, Akihiro Kishimoto, Martin Müller, Robert W. Lake, Paul Lu, Steve Sutphen

Science2007442 citations

DOI: 10.1126/science.1144079 PMID: 17641166

06

The Path-A metabolic pathway prediction web server.

Pireddu L, Szafron D, Lu P, Greiner R

Nucleic acids research200630 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl228 PMID: 16845105

07

BASys: a web server for automated bacterial genome annotation.

Van Domselaar GH, Stothard P, Shrivastava S, Cruz JA, Guo A, Dong X, Lu P, Szafron D, Greiner R, Wishart DS

Nucleic acids research2005323 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki593 PMID: 15980511

08

PA-GOSUB: a searchable database of model organism protein sequences with their predicted Gene Ontology molecular function and subcellular localization.

Lu P, Szafron D, Greiner R, Wishart DS, Fyshe A, Pearcy B, Poulin B, Eisner R, Ngo D, Lamb N

Nucleic acids research2005First author

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki120 PMID: 15608166

Mechanisms, Models, and Policies for Fast Data Sharing

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$90,000

Virtualization and scalable systems software laboratory

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$24,500

Scalable and efficient software systems on virtual machine platforms

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$95,000

Software systems lab upgrade: workstation and file server

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$24,000

Parallel and distributed computing: algorithms, systems sofware, and applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$113,500

Workstations and server: software systems research laboratory upgrade

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$24,500

Parallel research lab: shared-memory multiprocessor

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Schaeffer, Jonathan

$24,600

Parallel and distributed computing with high-speed networks: algorithms and systems software

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

$64,000

Laboratory for Advanced Computer and Network Systems: End-to-End Performance and Availability

Principal investigatorCFI2000John R. Evans Leaders Fund: On-going New Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Lu, Paul

Keywords: systems software, networks, databases, multimedia, data mining, information retrieval, parallel and distributed computing, end-to-end performance, availability

$131,236

Gigabit network with programmable controller

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Schaeffer, Jonathan

$24,961

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Computing Science
Biological Sciences
Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Russell Greiner

Computing Science

5 shared papers, latest 2009

Russ Greiner

Computing Science

4 shared papers, latest 2009

David Wishart

Biological Sciences

3 shared papers, latest 2010

Guohui Lin

Computing Science

2 shared papers, latest 2010

Paul Stothard

Ag, Food & Nutri Sci Dept

2 shared papers, latest 2010

Patrick Tang

Department of Chemistry

2 shared papers, latest 2010

Alona Fyshe

Computing Science

2 shared papers, latest 2008

Martin Müller

Computing Science

1 shared papers, latest 2007

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lu, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "PROSESS: a protein structure evaluation suite and server." (2010), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]