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SURA Honors Georgia Tech Professor as Distinguished Scientist
Jeffrey Skolnick, Ph.D., Mary and Maisie Gibson Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology at Georgia Tech…
Georgia Tech Professor Chairs AAAS Panel on Pandemic Emergency Response
When a pandemic spreads, health officials must quickly formulate a strategy to limit infections and deaths. That requires sifting through massive…
Joshua Weitz part of newly funded NSF project to study Dimensions of Biodiversity
The National Science Foundation has awarded a 5 year grant of approximately $2.0 million to fund a collaborative group of scientists: Mark Young (PI…
McGrath Selected as an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging
Patrick McGrath, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Biology, has been chosen as an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging to study…
New Evidence that Cancer Cells Change While Moving throughout Body
For the majority of cancer patients, it’s not the primary tumor that is deadly, but the spread or “metastasis” of cancer cells from the primary tumor…
Strains of Cholera from Haiti have Limited Capacity for Horizontal Gene Transfer
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae annually causes millions of cases of the often fatal disease cholera, typically in regions where access to clean…
Research Shows Influence of Temporal Niches in Maintaining Biodiversity
By studying rapidly evolving bacteria as they diversify and compete under varying environmental conditions, researchers have shown that temporal…
Eric Gaucher Receives Young Professor Award from DuPont
Eric Gaucher, associate professor in Georgia Tech's School of Biology, was named as one of 14 young faculty from seven nations to receive an early…
Scientists Turn Back the Clock on Adult Stem Cells Aging
Researchers have shown they can reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells, which are responsible for helping old or damaged tissues…
Khalid Alhumimidi, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of  
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 
in the School of…
Biologists Invoke the Past in Modern Bacteria
Targeting Radiation Resistance: Why Some Tumors Are So Stubborn
Radiation therapy has been — and will be — a cornerstone of cancer treatment for good reason: It works. Mostly. Currently, more than half of cancer…
Sini Nagpal, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences…
Scientists Have a Pretty Good Idea How Life on Earth Began 4 Billion Years Ago
Bioinformatics Professor Joshua Weitz, "Modeling Post-death Transmission of Ebola: Challenges for Inference and Opportunities for Control."
Kiera Berger, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences…
Kizee Etienne, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of Biological Sciences…
Bioinformatics Professor, May D. Wang, presents Distinguished Lecture at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Georgia Tech Gathers Experts to Improve Ebola Modeling and Response
The Georgia Institute of Technology hosted a two-day workshop, "Modeling the Spread and Control of Ebola in West Africa," with more than 180…
Bioinformatics Professor Nicholas Hud,Video: "How did Life on Earth Begin?"

Student News

Bioinformatics Doctoral Student, Ujani Hazra, wins SMBE Award
Congratulations to Ujani, a 2nd-year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Joseph Lachance. She was selected for a Graduate Student…
5/05/2023
Congratulations to Paramita Chatterjee
Congratulations to Paramita Chatterjee from the Gibson lab for receiving one of three $1,000 Technologist Abstract Awards…
Breanna Shi Awarded Advanced Graduate Ambassadorship
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) recently awarded Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program Ph.D. student Breanna…
12/12/2022
Arina Nikitina, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
12/12/2022
Zainab Arshad, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of 
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the…
12/12/2022
Penghao Xu, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
11/11/2022
Kara Keun Lee, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
Kara Keun Lee Defends her thesis:
Genetic, molecular, and environmental effects on survival outcomes and disparities…
11/11/2022
Kizee Etienne, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
6/06/2022
Alli Gombolay, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
6/06/2022
Tomáš Brůna, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
7/07/2022
Sini Nagpal, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
4/04/2022
Kiera Berger, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of 
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the…
Khalid Alhumimidi, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of  
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 
in…
12/12/2021
Hyeonsoo “Harris” Jeong, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 
in the…
11/11/2021
Devika Singh, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 
in the…
11/11/2021
Shashwat D. Nagar, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics 
in the…
8/08/2021
Anuj Gupta, Bioinformatics Thesis Defense
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
11/11/2021
Congratulations Outstanding Bioinformatics Students!
Congratulations to Tomáš Brůna (PhD), Penghao Xu (PhD), and Sreenath Srikrishnan (MS), who were recognized as the 2022…
9/09/2022
¿De dónde vienen los colombianos?
Lavanya Rishishwar, a Doctoral student in Bioinformatics, was featured in "Los 2 Orillas" for his work in Colombia during Summer 2014…
Funding Available, DARPA Biological Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks proposals that investigate leading edge approaches to enable revolutionary…