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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
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
Will A. Overholt spent the first 11 years of his life in Kenya, one of the malaria hotspots of the world, rife with…
On March 14, 2018, Will Overholt successfully defended his PhD Thesis: "The response of marine benthic microbial populations…
Transposable Element Polymorphism and Human Genome Regulation Defense Date: Monday, November 6th, 2017 Thesis Advisor: Dr.…
Congratulations to Shashwat Nagar (MS) and Will Overholt (PhD), who were recognized as the 2017 Outstanding Students in…
Congratulations to Shashwat Nagar (MS) and Will Overholt (PhD), who were recognized as the 2017 Outstanding Students in…
Luis Miguel Rodriguez-Rojas graduated with a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics with a minor in Biomedical Engineering. He came to…
Monday, November 7th, 2016
Thesis Advisor:
Dr. King Jordan, School of Biological Sciences
Committee Members:
Dr. John…
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Thesis Advisor Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Committee…
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Fredrik Vannberg (School of Biology) Committee Members: Dr. King Jordan (School…
7/07/2016