Computational Biology News

After outreach from the parent of a child with a rare neurodegenerative disease, Pranam Chatterjee, PhD, is closing in on the causes, and the findings may also have implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Read more

CBB Student Ben Neubert is a finalist at the Duke's Startup Showcase 2025 on April 10, 2025, at the Fuqua School of Business. Duke I&E's premier event celebrates student entrepreneurship. Ben's project is titled Toilemetry. Toilemetry is an NIH-funded medical technology venture developing a smart toilet that automates urine output tracking in hospitals, providing real-time, accurate data to improve patient outcomes and streamline workflows.  

An artificial intelligence model developed by Duke Health researchers accurately predicted when adolescents were at high risk for future serious mental health issues before symptoms became severe.

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.

Bruce Donald, PhD, the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, plays a significant role in the narrative of AI development at Duke University. Donald has been involved in AI research since the late 1970s and has witnessed the evolution of the field.

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.

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

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.

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

A 2nd year PhD student in the Dave lab, Owusu is the recipient of the 2024-2025 School of Medicine Dean’s International Scholarship