News

Here’s an open invitation to steal. It goes out to cancer fighters and tempts them with a new program that predicts cancer drug effectiveness via…
Genetic testing today is mainstream, marketing to consumers who want to know where in Europe they came from or what types of hereditary diseases they…
There is a genomic revolution happening across the planet, as researchers apply genome science and related technologies to advance the understanding…
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Melissa Kemp, associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at…
Heart problems were much more common in the genes of our ancient ancestors than in ours today, according to a new study by geneticists at…
[Note to researchers: mRNA-protein level disparities found in metastatic ovarian cancer in more than 60% of measurements across 4,436 genes; evidence…
Adding the equivalent of a miniature tornado to the interface between electrospray ionization (ESI) and a mass spectrometer (MS) has allowed…
A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules that target different receptor sites on key…
Genetic mitochondrial disease is present in about 1 out of every 5,000 babies, who face insurmountable odds from the moment they are born. That’s…
Exosomes, tiny vesicles smaller than red blood cells, were once thought of as molecular trash bins. And it’s true, these nanoparticles do carry off a…
What can microorganisms teach us about climate change?Plenty, because microbes respond, adapt, and evolve faster than other organisms. Scientists can…
Lisa D. Redding is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Graduate Academic Advising – Staff Award. Redding is the academic program coordinator for…
The story of warring bacterial armies started as a Georgia Tech research published in February. Now it's a nationally distributed podcast produced by…
Textbooks are the bane of students. Their cost has increased significantly over the past decade. In 2010, the average price of a textbook was $133.…
Researchers have successfully identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease (CD) capable of predicting…
Luis Miguel Rodriguez-Rojas graduated with a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. He came to Georgia Tech with an M.S. in…
When your doctor diagnoses a condition and recommends a course of treatment, she relies on her extensive training, guidelines from professional…
A new testing methodology based on metagenomics could accelerate the diagnosis of foodborne bacterial outbreaks, allowing public health officials to…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This item first appeared as a blog post in the Amplifier.Oceanic dead zones are natural laboratories for exploring biological…
Editor's Note: This item was originally published as a blog post in the Amplifier.A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…

Student News

The Bioinformatics interdisciplinary graduate program is pleased to report that our faculty selection committee has reviewed…
Each year, the Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program recognizes outstanding students at the PhD and MS levels. Each…
Computational analysis of gene expression in the teleost forebrain and the cellular basis of a social behavior
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Analysis and design of multi-modal clinical and genomic risk scores for disease prediction using machine learning  In…
Expanding the Bioinformatics Toolbox for Diversity and Taxonomic Studies of Microbial Eukaryotic Pathogens
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Breanna Shi secured funding, co-organized, and instructed a Math and Computer Science symposium on the topic of "…
A holistic approach to improving ovarian cancer detection and management In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the…
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…
Juan C. Castro
 
Defends his thesis:
Probing genomic, metabolic, and phenotypic evolution in microbes using…
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 from the Gibson lab for receiving one of three $1,000 Technologist Abstract Awards…
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) recently awarded Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program Ph.D. student Breanna…
12/12/2022
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics in the School of…
12/12/2022
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of 
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the…
12/12/2022
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 Defends her thesis:
Genetic, molecular, and environmental effects on survival outcomes and disparities…
11/11/2022
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
6/06/2022
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
6/06/2022
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
in the School of…
7/07/2022