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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…
Bioinformatics Advisee Named Rhodes Scholar
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…
Research Horizons Recognizes Bioinformatics Faculty Members
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…
NCBI prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline
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…
Georgia Tech Facilitates Bioinformatics Push in Colombia
How to Build Life in a Pre-Darwinian World
What Came Before the Chicken or the Egg
Aelan Cell Technologies Names King Jordan, Ph.D. to Its Scientific Advisory Board

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
Hyeonsoo (Harris) Jeong wins O'Hara Fellowship
Congratulations to Bioinformatics doctoral student Harris Jeong, who was selected for this year's O'Hara fellowship.
Bioinformatics Advisee Named Rhodes Scholar
Calvin Runnels, advisee of Bioinformatics professor Loren Williams, studies the origins of life.