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By increasing the level of a specific microRNA (miRNA) molecule, researchers have for the first time restored chemotherapy sensitivity in vitro to a…
A nanoparticle commonly used in food, cosmetics, sunscreen and other products can have subtle effects on the activity of genes expressing enzymes…
The survival and wellbeing of multicellular organisms depends on good cell-to-cell communication. Helping to carry out this critical information…
On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig released a torrent of oil in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, discharging…
Development of a dynamic model for microbial populations in healthy lakes could help scientists understand what’s wrong with sick lakes, prescribe…
In humans, cholera is among the world’s most deadly diseases, killing as many as 140,000 persons a year, according to World Health Organization…
Georgia Techresearchers are participating in a multicenter genetic study of prostate cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa to try to find new information…
The human microbiome, a diverse collection of microorganisms living inside us and on our skin, has attracted considerable attention for its role in a…
The Torres lab has been awarded a four year, $1.2 million grant by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to investigate a newly…
Studying blood serum compounds of different molecular weights has led scientists to a set of biomarkers that may enable development of a highly…
Within multicellular organisms, no cell is an island, entire of itself. On the contrary, cells are interconnected members of a tightly knit community…
There are more than 200 diseases called cancer and they all start when abnormal cells in a part of the body divide uncontrollably, growing with…
Anyone who’s ever noticed a water puddle drying in the sun has seen an environment that may have driven the type of chemical reactions that…
For the past 12 years, across two presidential administrations, Eva Lee has helped influence how the U.S. prepares for and responds to medical crises…
A faculty member with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is joining one of the world’s most elite societies for…
Congratulations to Dr. Greg Gibson for being awarded a T32 training grant from the National Institute of General Medical Science. Titled, "…
New sequencing machine in Vannberg lab speeds up the pace of research and analysis.
It took a global community of scientists more than 10…
It took a global community of scientists more than 10…
A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular…
Populations of predators and their prey usually follow predictable cycles. When the number of prey increases, perhaps as their food supply becomes…
From time to time, living cells will accidently make an extra copy of a gene during the normal replication process. Throughout the history of life,…
Student News
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the Wallace H.…
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
12/12/2019
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the College of…
12/12/2019
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
9/09/2019
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
9/09/2019
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
Congratulations to Joshua Lewis (Ph.D.), George Gruenhagen (M.S.), and Prerna Jain (M.S.) who were recognized as the 2019…
9/09/2019
Congratulations to Bioinformatics doctoral student, Alli Gombolay, who was selected for a 2019-20 ARCS Scholar Award…
In 2019, the Bioinformatics Graduate Program welcomed 31 new MS students (fall) and 8 new PhD (spring and fall) students.…
Bioinformatics doctoral student Alli Gombolay was selected for the 2019 O'Hara Fellowship. This fellowship is presented to…
Biao Zeng thesis defense: "Blood eQTL detection in structured populations and its application to interpretation of genetic…
12/12/2018
Shengyun Peng Thesis Defense: "Understanding virus-host interactions through single cell and whole genome analysis"
Thesis…
Thesis defense for Nicholas A. Kovacs:Data Mining the Structure of the Ribosome to Unravel the History of Proteins Committee…
12/12/2018
Sarthak Sharma hails from the small city of Meerut, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in India. After going to school there, he…
We cannot fully understand DNA, its properties, functions and threats without a bioinformatics approach to study it.…
On August 17, 2018, Juliana Soto-Giron presented the oral defense of her PhD thesis, entitled,"From Genomes to Metagenomes:…
8/08/2018
Congratulations to Yuanbo Wang (PhD) and Sarthak Sharma (MS) who were recognized as the 2018 Outstanding Students in…
8/08/2018
On May 7, 2018, Cai Huang defended his PhD thesis,"k-mer based data structures and heuristics for microbes and cancer."…
5/05/2018