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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,…
Jeffrey Skolnick, Ph.D., Mary and Maisie Gibson Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology at Georgia Tech…
When a pandemic spreads, health officials must quickly formulate a strategy to limit infections and deaths. That requires sifting through massive…
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…
Patrick McGrath, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Biology, has been chosen as an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging to study…
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…
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae annually causes millions of cases of the often fatal disease cholera, typically in regions where access to clean…
By studying rapidly evolving bacteria as they diversify and compete under varying environmental conditions, researchers have shown that temporal…
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…
Researchers have shown they can reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells, which are responsible for helping old or damaged tissues…
Student News
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
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Mark Borodovsky
(Schools of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science…
Juan Gallo, a visiting doctoral student from Colombia, was selected as one of the 10 winners of MIT Technological Reviews…
5/05/2015
Bioinformatics PhD Student Shiyuyun (Gena) Tang was selected for a $1500 travel award at the Georgia Tech Career, Research,…
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are often dysregulated in ovarian cancer. These short non-coding RNA sequences regulate gene expression…
2/02/2015
Gene-fusions are a prevalent class of genetic variants that are often employed as cancer biomarkers and therapeutic targets…
Bioinformatics doctoral student Shiyuyun"Gena" Tang won Best Poster Award at the 2014 ACM Conference on Bioinformatics,…
In July 2014, Bioinformatics faculty member, Dr. Gregory Gibson, was awarded a National Research Service Awards…
8/08/2014
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes 45% of on-duty firefighter fatalities, a high fraction even when compared to the risk of…
U.S. and Chinese researchers have designed a multiple-compartment gel capsule that could simultaneously deliver drugs of different types.