Computational Biology News

Kalyani Kottilil Secures NIH F31 Grant

A 4th year student in the Shah lab, Kottilil has secured a 2 year NIH F31 grant to support her PhD studies. The purpose of the grant is to support promising predoctoral students in developing into productive, independent research scientists by providing mentored research training during their dissertation research.

Gersbach, CBB Faculty Member, on Most Highly Cited List

The Web of Science recently released its ranking of the world’s most highly-cited scientists. Charles Gersbach, PhD, the John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, was included in this prestigious list, recognizing authors whose influential papers are frequently referenced by other researchers in their work.

Carlson Takes on New Leadership Role

David Carlson, PhD, has assumed the role of director of graduate studies for the PhD Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

Dissertation Defense: Mengyi (Miko) Liu

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics student, Mengyi (Miko) Liu, will deliver her dissertation defense on Characterizing Brain Tumor Microenvironments using Novel Methods for Spatial Transcriptomics and Multi-omics Data, on October 31, 2024.

Dissertation Defense: Susan Liu

Title: Development of Computational Methods for the Analysis of CRISPR Experiments 

Date: Wednesday, September 11 

Time: 3:00-5:00pm 

Location: Nanaline, room 147 

Zoom: https://zoom.us | Meeting ID: 245 405 4826| Passcode: defense

Dissertation Defense: Kevin Moyung

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics student, Kevin Moyung, will deliver his dissertation defense on Unraveling the Chromatin-Mediated Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation, on August 19, 2024.