Listing of news from the Institute of Bioinformatics at University of Georgia
IOB doctoral student Damián Santiago-Sosa of Dr. Adrianne Hoarfrost’s lab has been selected to receive an ARCS Foundation Scholarship Award. For more information, visit University of Georgia Office of Research ARCS Foundation Schollarship Award.
You can watch Damián’s application video above. Congratulations Damián!
Sohyun Bang of Dr. Bob Schmitz’s lab successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Advancing understanding of cis-regulation through machine learning and single-cell genomics” on Monday, June 10, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Bang!
Ashley Scruse of Dr. Jonathan Arnolds’s lab successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Counting Subnetworks Under Gene Duplication in Genetic Regulatory Networks” on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Scruse!
Rui Xiao of Dr. Jessica Kissinger’s lab successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Characterizing Cryptosporidium parvum genetic complexity: A multi-layered approach to studying its genome, transcriptome, and epigenome” on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Xiao!
Kivanc Corut of Dr. Jason Wallace’s lab successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Investigation of Complex Traits in Crops Using Improved Informatics Tools.” on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Corut!
John Ludwig of Dr. Jan Mrázek’s lab successfully defended his dissertation titled, “OrthoRefine: Imporoving Identificaiton of Orthologous Genes.” on Monday, March 18, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Ludwig!
Tanin Rajamand Selected to Blue Key Honor Society
First year PhD Student Tanin Rajamand was chosen for membership into the University of Georgia Chapter of Blue Key Honor Society. Blue Key is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies at the University. It recognizes students of outstanding character and ability who have achieved distinction for leadership, scholarship, and service.
Kun-Lin Ho of Dr. Shaying Zhao’s lab successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Discovering Canine Cancer-Associated Somatic Mutations in WES, WGS, and RNA-SEQ” on Monday, November 13, 2023. Congratulations Dr. Ho!
Mandy Sullivan of Dr. Travis Glenn’s lab successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Mining Mixtures: Approaches to Enrich and Detect Pathogen Sequences in Complex Samples to Improve Public Health.” on Friday, November 3, 2023. Congratulations Dr. Sullivan!
Hanxia Li of Dr. Jason Wallace’s lab successfully defended his dissertation titled, “”Understanding plant-microbe interactions for improving agriculture.” on Tuesday, October, 2023. Congratulations Dr. Li!
