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IOB Graduate Student Publishes in G3

Posted on Jun 7, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Bioinformatics doctoral student Lexiang Ji is first co-author of a paper recently published in G3 - Genes Genomes Genetics. The paper is a result of collaboration with Dr. Zack Lewis, Assistant Professor in Microbiology at UGA. Ji's paper, "Histone H1 limits DNA methylation in Neurospora crassa"...

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DARPA Contract Awarded

Posted on May 30, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Dr. Juan Gutierrez and Dr. Jessica Kissinger are two of 40 established investigators involved in the THoR's HAMMER project, which was recently funded through a $6.4 million contract. The Defense Advances Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are supporting the project which...

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REU Students work with IOB Faculty

Posted on May 28, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Dr. Jonathan Arnold, who oversees the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program through the Department of Genetics, has placed several REU participants with IOB faculty. The National Science Foundation program promotes active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by...

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Recent Graduate Accepts Position

Posted on May 19, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Recent PhD graduate Joydeep Mitra has accepted a Postdoc position at Memorial Sloan Ketterling Cancer Center in New York City, NY. Dr. Mitra will be working on a cancer genomics project aimed at personalized therapies. He will be joining the lab of Dr. Elli Papaemmanuil and...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant

Posted on May 11, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Faculty of the Institute of Bioinformatics have received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a better reference genome annotation and metabolic map for the protist pathogen Cryptosporidium. IOB Graduate student Yiran Li will be working on the comparative genomics aspects of...

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Winner of the Ying Xu Outstanding Paper Award

Posted on May 9, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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Yi H. Yan is the winner of the Ying Xu Outstanding Paper Award. Papers published during the 2015 calendar year were submitted to consideration. Mr. Yan's paper, "Mathematical model of susceptibility, resistance, and resilience in the within-host dynamics between a Plasmodium parasite and the immune system"...

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IOB Promotions and Tenure

Posted on Apr 19, 2016 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments
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IOB is excited to announce that three faculty members have received promotions. Dr. Shaying Zhao has been promoted to Professor. Dr. Liang Liu has been promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure. Dr. Juan Gutierrez has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations!!!...

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