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UGA partners with Emory, GA Tech and CDC on malaria systems biology research center

Posted on Nov 20, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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IOB Director Jessica Kissinger and IOB and Mathematics assistant professor Juan Gutierriez are part of a malaria research center that was awarded up to $19.4 million by a recent NIH contract. The malaria host-pathogen interaction center, MaHPIC, will study the systems biology of non-human primate,...

Liang Liu awarded NSF Grant

Posted on Aug 27, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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Congratulations to Dr. Liang Liu for receiving an NSF Grant for his project entitled "Collaborative Research: Developing a Probabilistic Model for Gene Family Evolution."...

IOB Faculty Member (Dr. Natarajan Kannan) makes the front page in the July 30, 2012 issue of Columns

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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Professor will use NSF Award to trace origin of a protein family. To read more about the NSF award, click HERE for details. Dr. Natarajan Kannan is a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Franklin College of Arts...

IOB Welcomes Dr. Juan Gutierrez

Posted on Jul 3, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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IOB is thrilled to announce that Dr. Juan Gutierrez will join IOB and the Department of Mathematics on August 10, 2012 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Gutierrez's research explores mathematical and computational models that connect genes to ecology. He also specializes in data management of very...

Celine Hong – 2012 James L. Carmon Scholarship Award Recipient

Posted on Apr 23, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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Celine Hong, PhD candidate in the Institute of Bioinformatics, uses innovative ideas and cutting-edge computational methods to address biological problems related to cancer. One of the main topics in Hong’s research is to find a way to enhance cancer diagnosis by identifying biomarkers that can...

2012 Spring Symposium Poster Awards

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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The poster award winners went to Eric Talevich of Dr. Natarajan Kannan's lab and Yan Li of Dr. Andeas Handel's lab. Congratulations to all!...

The Ying Xu Outstanding Student Paper Award

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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The winner of the Ying Xu Outstanding Student Paper Award went to Yupeng Wang of Dr. Andrew Paterson's lab. Congratulations Yupeng!...

Natarajan Kannan wins the NSF Career Award

Posted on Mar 13, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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Congratulations to Dr. Natarajan Kannan for winning the NSF Career Award for his project entitled "Unraveling the Design Principles of Protein Kinases using an Evolutionary Systems Approach."...

17th Summer Institue in Statistical Genetics in Seattle, Washington

Posted on Mar 12, 2012 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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The 17th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington on July 9 - 27, 2012. See http://researchweb8.wpengine.com/iob/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2012/03/2012SISGBrochure.pdf for detailed information....

Congratulations to Drs. Anuj Srivastava and Yupeng Wang

Posted on Dec 14, 2011 in News by ovprweb 0 Comments

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Congratulations to Drs. Anuj Srivastava and Yupeng Wang in successfully defending their PhD dissertation. Dr. Srivastava will be joining the Jackson Laboratory as a Senior Research Scientist. Dr. Wang will continue his current work at the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory as a postdoctoral research fellow....

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