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Andrew George Duncan

University of Toronto
Verified email at mail.utoronto.ca
Cited by 1191

The Dockstore: enabling modular, community-focused sharing of Docker-based genomics tools and workflows

BD O'Connor, D Yuen, V Chung, AG Duncan… - …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As genomic datasets continue to grow, the feasibility of downloading data to a local
organization and running analysis on a traditional compute environment is becoming …

A flexible repertoire of transcription factor binding sites and a diversity threshold determines enhancer activity in embryonic stem cells

G Singh, S Mullany, SD Moorthy, R Zhang… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Transcriptional enhancers are critical for development and phenotype evolution and are
often mutated in disease contexts; however, even in well-studied cell types, the sequence …

Comparative analysis of cyanobacteria inhabiting rocks with different light transmittance in the Mojave Desert: a Mars terrestrial analogue

HD Smith, M Baqué, AG Duncan, CR Lloyd… - International Journal of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
The Mojave Desert has been long considered a suitable terrestrial analogue to Mars in
many geological and astrobiological aspects. The Silver Lake region in the Mojave Desert …

Using attributed grammars to test designs and implementations

AG Duncan, JS Hutchison - … of the 5th international conference on …, 1981 - dl.acm.org
We present a method for generating test cases that can be used throughout the entire life
cycle of a program. This method uses attributed translation grammars to generate both …

Improving the performance of supervised deep learning for regulatory genomics using phylogenetic augmentation

AG Duncan, JA Mitchell, AM Moses - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Supervised deep learning is used to model the complex relationship between
genomic sequence and regulatory function. Understanding how these models make …

Teachers' views on dynamically linked multiple representations, pedagogical practices and students' understanding of mathematics using TI-Nspire in Scottish …

AG Duncan - ZDM, 2010 - Springer
Do teachers find that the use of dynamically linked multiple representations enhances their
students' relational understanding of the mathematics involved in their lessons and what …

Real-time detection of microbial contamination

HY Kim, CR Estes, AG Duncan… - IEEE Engineering in …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the utility of this molecular engineering-based capture and detection
technology for use in homeland defense. This capture technology can be placed on a" chip" …

Thermodynamics of liquid mixtures of argon and krypton

RH Davies, AG Duncan, G Saville… - Transactions of the …, 1967 - pubs.rsc.org
The total vapour pressure of liquid mixtures of argon and krypton has been measured over
the whole range of composition at 115.77° K (the triple-point of krypton) and at 103.94° K …

A correlation for the prediction of interaction energy parameters for mixtures of small molecules

MJ Hiza, AG Duncan - AIChE Journal, 1970 - Wiley Online Library
Low temperature, phase‐equilibria data for binary systems containing hydrogen, helium,
and neon were used to develop a correlation relating deviations from the geometric mean …

A Sox2 enhancer cluster regulates region-specific neural fates from mouse embryonic stem cells

IC Tobias, SD Moorthy, VM Shchuka… - G3: Genes …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Sex-determining region Y box 2 (Sox2) is a critical transcription factor for embryogenesis
and neural stem and progenitor cell (NSPC) maintenance. While distal enhancers control …