Anthony Bonner, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

A probabilistic framework to improve microrna target prediction by incorporating proteomics data.
Journal of bioinformatics and computational biology · 2009
Learned random-walk kernels and empirical-map kernels for protein sequence classification.
Journal of computational biology : a journal of computational molecular cell biology · 2009

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Computational Methods for Detecting Multi-gene Relationships in Gene Expression Data
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$85,000
Data mining for bioinformatics
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$141,750
Data mining, bioinformatics, and logic programming
NSERC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$28,350

All 11 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

A probabilistic framework to improve microrna target prediction by incorporating proteomics data.

Li J, Min R, Bonner A, Zhang Z

Journal of bioinformatics and computational biology200920 citations

DOI: 10.1142/s021972000900445x PMID: 20014473

02

Learned random-walk kernels and empirical-map kernels for protein sequence classification.

Min R, Bonner A, Li J, Zhang Z

Journal of computational biology : a journal of computational molecular cell biology20093 citations

DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2008.0031 PMID: 19254184

Computational Methods for Detecting Multi-gene Relationships in Gene Expression Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$85,000

Data mining for bioinformatics

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$141,750

Data mining, bioinformatics, and logic programming

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$28,350

Databases Languages for advanced applications and graph algorithms for genome mapping

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$113,400

Software server for database laboratory

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$19,647

Replacement of obsolete workstations

Co-investigatorNSERC1996Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fich, Faith

$114,860

Queries, updates and genome databases

Principal investigatorNSERC1995Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$99,220

Database laboratory upgrade

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Mendelzon, Alberto

$34,222

CS lab

Co-investigatorNSERC1994Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Jackson, Kenneth

$672,500

Database laboratory upgrade

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bonner, Anthony

$66,152

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

Zhaolei Zhang

Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

2 shared papers, latest 2009

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bonner, 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 "A probabilistic framework to improve microrna target prediction by incorporating proteomics data." (2009), 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]