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Listing of news from the Institute of Bioinformatics at University of Georgia

Dr. Jessica Kissinger Named Distinguished Research Professor

Dr. Jessica Kissinger, Director of IOB and Professor in the Department of Genetics, has been named a Distinguished Research Professor.

Dr. Kissinger’s work in the field of eukaryotic pathogen research has transformed how pathogen research is conducted internationally.

For more information on Dr. Kissinger’s research, please visit the UGA 38th Annual Research Awards website, found here.

IOB Faculty Named Associate Editor

Dr. Alexander Bucksch has been named Associate Editor for Plant Methods.

Plant Methods is an open access, peer-reviewed journal for the plant research community that encompasses all aspects of technological innovation in the plant sciences.

Bioinformatics Student Receives Grant

Zheng Ruan, PhD student in Bioinformatics, has been awarded a 2017 Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant from the University of Georgia Graduate School. This grant provides an award to assist Mr. Ruan in his research activities.

The Graduate School established this program as part of its strategic initiative to support innovation and interdisciplinarity in the research being conducted by doctoral students.

Congratulations Ruan!!!

3-Minute Thesis Competition Winners

The Institute of Bioinformatics held a 3-Minute Thesis competition at our recent retreat.

First place was given to Yi Yan, while Elizabeth Trippe came in as a close second.

The competition was fierce and fun!

Congratulations!!

IOB Faculty and Alumnus Publish Paper

Dr. Natarajan Kannan, IOB faculty member, and Dr. Daniel McSkimming, IOB alumnus, have published a paper in BMC Bioinformatics.

“Classifying kinase conformations using a machine learning approach” was published in BMC Bioinformatics in February of this year. The paper can be found here.

Bioinformatics Student name as Training Grant Fellow

Bioinformatics PhD student Brigitte Hofmeister has been named a Training Fellow on the UGA Genetics Training Grant. Brigitte is one of 8 recipients, and this is her second year as a Training Fellow.

Congratulations!!

2017 IOB Fall Symposium LOGO Design Competition | Deadline April 7th, 2017

IOB Fall Symposium: Parsing the Microbiome

Enter the IOB Fall Symposium LOGO Design Competition. Applicants MUST be an IOB graduate student OR a design team hosted by a IOB graduate student.

Designs teams are encouraged!   

AWARD $250

The log should relate to the main symposium topic and will be used for symposium related items including, but not limited to posters, t-shirts, announcements, event website, and other event materials.

Final submission will be judged by the IOB Symposium Committee.

Please send your submission to Sandra Getz at: iobadmin@uga.edu

Deadline is April 7th, 2017

 

 

 

Dr. Travis Glenn Publishes Paper

Associate Director and Adjunct Faculty member Dr. Travis Glenn has published a paper in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

Finger, J.W., M.T. Hamilton, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2017. Dietary selenomethionine administration in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): hepatic and renal Se accumulation and its effects on growth and body condition. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology doi 10.1007/s00244-017-0370-4.

Dr. Travis Glenn Publishes Papers

Dr. Travis Glenn, adjunct professor and Associate Director of IOB, has recently published two papers.

Gilbert, G.S., J. O. Ballesteros, C. A. Barrios-Rodriguez, E. F. Bonadies, M. L. Cedeño-Sánchez, N. J. Fossatti-Caballero, M. M. Trejos-Rodríguez, J. M. Pérez-Suñiga, K. S. Holub-Young, L. A.W. Henn, J. B. Thompson, C. G. García-López, A. C. Romo, D. C. Johnston, P. P. Barrick, F. A. Jordan, S. Hershcovich, N. Russo, J. D. Sánchez, J. P. Fábrega, R. Lumpkin, H. A. McWilliams, K. N. Chester, A. C. Burgos, E. B. Wong, J. H. Diab, S. A Renteria, J. T. Harrower, D. A. Hooton, T. C. Glenn, B. C. Faircloth, S. P. Hubbell. 2016. Use of sonic tomography to detect and quantify wood decay in living trees. Applications in Plant Sciences 4(12):1600060.  doi: 10.3732/apps.1600060

Finger, J.W., M.T. Hamilton, B.S. Metts, T.C. Glenn, and T.D. Tuberville. 2016. Chronic ingestion of coal fly-ash contaminated prey and its effects on health and immune parameters in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71(3): 347-358. doi:10.1007/s00244-016-0301-9

Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium 2017

The Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium 2017 will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2017,  Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical & Health Sciences, Athens, GA 30602, University of Georgia.

The Georgia Scientific Computing Symposium (GSCS) is a forum for professors, postdocs, graduate students and other researchers in Georgia to meet in an informal setting, to exchange ideas, and to highlight local scientific computing research. The symposium has been held every year since 2009 and is open to the entire research community. The format of the day-long symposium is a set of invited presentations, poster sessions and a poster blitz, and plenty of time to network with other attendees.

More information at: http://euler.math.uga.edu/cms/GSCS-2017