Dr. Robert Schmitz Receives Appointment
The Georgia Board of Regents recently approved the appointment of Dr. Robert Schmitz as a GRA – Lars Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator.
Congratulations!!
2017 IOB Fall Symposium | REGISTER NOW!
Registration in NOW OPEN for the 2017 UGA Institute of Bioinformatics Fall Symposium: Parsing the Microbiome.
For more information please visit the IOB Fall Symposium page listed in the menu above.
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NSF REU Sites Beginning Next Week
8 REU sites begin at UGA next week, including topics in Genomics and Computational Biology, Nanotechnology, and Chromatin Complex.
iWall Installed in Science Library
A new iWall system has been installed in the Science Library, located in Boyd Graduate Studies.
The iWall is an interactive hardware/software system that allows for innovative and collaborative educational experiences. The iWall is a joint venture, and is available for collaboratorium classes and interdisciplinary projects.
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!!