Regina Lectures on Fat Points

These notes are a record of lectures given in the Workshop on Connections Between Algebra and Geometry at the University of Regina, May 29--June 1, 2012. The lectures were meant as an introduction to current research problems related to fat points for an audience that was not expected to have much background in commutative algebra or algebraic geometry (although sections 8 and 9 of these notes demand somewhat more background than earlier sections).Comment: 32 pages, 3 figure

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data.

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data A. Idà a , L. Viglianob Dipartimento di Biologia, Laboratorio di Biologia delle alghe a, Dipartimento di Matematica b Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata In recent years, microalgae have garnered interest for producing valuable molecules with high commercial importance, such as carotenoids, polysaccharides, fatty acids, steroids and algal toxins. They represent an exceptionally diverse group adapted to various ecological habitats such as subaerial, freshwater, marine and hyper-saline with a range of temperature and pH condition. The ability of microalgae to survive or proliferate over a wide range of environmental conditions is, to a large extent, reflected in the tremendous biodiversity. With over 50 000 species already identified and with many more yet to be identified. With this huge biodiversity the research put some effort in order to increase the knowledge in algae system, for their capacity to fine-tune the metabolism efficiently in response to the changes in environmental conditions. Along with this effort there is an imperative need to integrate large scale data sets from high throughput experimental techniques using computational methods and database resources in order to provide comprehensive information about the molecular data. Only few databases are present so far, but no single database provides the necessary information on the characterized algal strains To achieve this goal, we developed a custom-design database, Microalgae Database (MIDA) that may become an important tool in assisting scientists. The data are being collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high throughput experiment technology and computational analyses. In particular, a great relevance was given on lipids although MIDA embeds different bio-product information and it has a dedicated section for genetic information

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data.

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data A. Idà a , L. Viglianob Dipartimento di Biologia, Laboratorio di Biologia delle alghe a, Dipartimento di Matematica b Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata In recent years, microalgae have garnered interest for producing valuable molecules with high commercial importance, such as carotenoids, polysaccharides, fatty acids, steroids and algal toxins. They represent an exceptionally diverse group adapted to various ecological habitats such as subaerial, freshwater, marine and hyper-saline with a range of temperature and pH condition. The ability of microalgae to survive or proliferate over a wide range of environmental conditions is, to a large extent, reflected in the tremendous biodiversity. With over 50 000 species already identified and with many more yet to be identified. With this huge biodiversity the research put some effort in order to increase the knowledge in algae system, for their capacity to fine-tune the metabolism efficiently in response to the changes in environmental conditions. Along with this effort there is an imperative need to integrate large scale data sets from high throughput experimental techniques using computational methods and database resources in order to provide comprehensive information about the molecular data. Only few databases are present so far, but no single database provides the necessary information on the characterized algal strains To achieve this goal, we developed a custom-design database, Microalgae Database (MIDA) that may become an important tool in assisting scientists. The data are being collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high throughput experiment technology and computational analyses. In particular, a great relevance was given on lipids although MIDA embeds different bio-product information and it has a dedicated section for genetic information

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data.

There is significant interest worldwide on ‘algal products’, with news about investments and research programmes, emerging on an almost daily basis. In recent years, microalgae have garnered interest for producing valuable molecules with high commercial importance in the food industry and aquaculture as a natural source of high-value products such as carotenoids, polysaccharides, fatty acids, steroids and algal toxins, ranging from therapeutic proteins to biofuels. The ability of microalgae to survive or proliferate over a wide range of environmental conditions is, to a large extent, reflected in the tremendous biodiversity. The research put some effort to increase the knowledge in algal systems, for their capacity to fine tuning metabolism efficiently in response to changes in environmental conditions. Along with this effort there is an imperative need to integrate large scale data sets from high throughput experimental techniques using computational methods and database resources to provide comprehensive information about the molecular data. Only few databases are present so far, however, no single database exists that provides the necessary information on algal's metabolite already characterised. To accelerate the development of algal product production, we have developed a custom-design database, Microalgae Database (MIDA). That could become an important tool in assisting scientists. The data are being collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high throughput experiment technology and computational analyses. The customized search engine and the data structure of this database will enable to extract exhaustive informations, joining different kinds of data, and develop various statistics

A comprehensive database of Algal biological data.

There is significant interest worldwide on ‘algal products’, with news about investments and research programmes, emerging on an almost daily basis. In recent years, microalgae have garnered interest for producing valuable molecules with high commercial importance in the food industry and aquaculture as a natural source of high-value products such as carotenoids, polysaccharides, fatty acids, steroids and algal toxins, ranging from therapeutic proteins to biofuels. The ability of microalgae to survive or proliferate over a wide range of environmental conditions is, to a large extent, reflected in the tremendous biodiversity. The research put some effort to increase the knowledge in algal systems, for their capacity to fine tuning metabolism efficiently in response to changes in environmental conditions. Along with this effort there is an imperative need to integrate large scale data sets from high throughput experimental techniques using computational methods and database resources to provide comprehensive information about the molecular data. Only few databases are present so far, however, no single database exists that provides the necessary information on algal's metabolite already characterised. To accelerate the development of algal product production, we have developed a custom-design database, Microalgae Database (MIDA). That could become an important tool in assisting scientists. The data are being collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high throughput experiment technology and computational analyses. The customized search engine and the data structure of this database will enable to extract exhaustive informations, joining different kinds of data, and develop various statistics