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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Computational Biology Department Sponsored Recent STEM Junction Symposium

STEM Junction Symposium held on November 15th at Fox Chapel High School
Friday, December 08, 2017

Bar-Joseph Appointed to Endowed Chair

Professor Ziv Bar-Joseph was appointed FORE Systems Professor of Computational Biology and Machine Learning
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Natalie Sauerwald awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Scholarship in Life Sciences

Natalie Sauerwald is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Carl Kingsford's Lab
The Computational Biology Department Undergraduate Program Welcomes Two New Students
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The Computational Biology Department Undergraduate Program Welcomes Two New Students

Two more students admitted to the Computational Biology Undergrad Program
CMU Software Assembles RNA Transcripts More Accurately
Monday, November 13, 2017

CMU Software Assembles RNA Transcripts More Accurately

Development of a more accurate computational method for reconstructing the full-length nucleotide sequences of the RNA products in cells, called transcripts, that transform information from a gene into proteins or other gene products.
Computational Biology Department To Sponsor Area High School Symposium
Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Computational Biology Department To Sponsor Area High School Symposium

The STEM Junction Symposium at Fox Chapel Area High School on November 15 will be sponsored by the Computational Biology Department
Computational Biology Guarantees Research Experience for Undergrads
Monday, October 30, 2017

Computational Biology Guarantees Research Experience for Undergrads

All students in the Computational Biology undergraduate degree program will be able to pursue a semester-long research experience should they wish to.
Carnegie Mellon Ranked First in publications in highly-selective Computational Biology conferences
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Carnegie Mellon Ranked First in publications in highly-selective Computational Biology conferences

Carnegie Mellon is the front-runner in computational biology.
Schwartz elected to ISCB Board of Directors, passes torch to new Director of Computational Biology Ph.D Program
Monday, August 28, 2017

Schwartz elected to ISCB Board of Directors, passes torch to new Director of Computational Biology Ph.D Program

Dr. Russell Schwartz elected to the Board of Directors for ISCB.
MSCB Student Shefali Umrania Awarded ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship
Thursday, August 03, 2017

MSCB Student Shefali Umrania Awarded ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship

Shefali Umrania awarded fellowship.
First author paper for Xiongtao Ruan published in ISMB Proceedings
Friday, July 21, 2017

First author paper for Xiongtao Ruan published in ISMB Proceedings

Xiongtao Ruan had first author paper published in ISMB Proceedings issue of Bioinformatics
Computational Biology Department Adds Two New Lane Fellows
Monday, June 19, 2017

Computational Biology Department Adds Two New Lane Fellows

Jose Lugo-Martinez and Irene Kaplow join Computational Biology Department
Graduating Computational Biology Researchers Take Next Steps
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Graduating Computational Biology Researchers Take Next Steps

Next steps for graduating seniors Spring 2017
New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department
Friday, May 05, 2017

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department

Hosein Mohimani, Ph.D. joins Computational Biology Department as Assistant Professor
Computational Biology Department Admits First Student to New Undergraduate Program
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Computational Biology Department Admits First Student to New Undergraduate Program

Chaya Wurman is accepted as the first student in the Undergraduate Program in Computational Biology Department.
Computational Biology Department’s Presence Strong at RECOMB-Seq
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Computational Biology Department’s Presence Strong at RECOMB-Seq

Accepted papers for RECOMB-Seq
Another impressive performance by CBD in ISMB and RECOMB acceptances
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Another impressive performance by CBD in ISMB and RECOMB acceptances

Proceedings papers acceptance results
Thesis Defense: Theodore Roman
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Thesis Defense: Theodore Roman

Understanding Tumor Composition and Evolution Through Geometric Models
Natalie Sauerwald and She Zhang Publish Work on Chromosomal Dynamics using the GNM
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Natalie Sauerwald and She Zhang Publish Work on Chromosomal Dynamics using the GNM

First structure based study of chromosomal dynamics
Dr. Phillip Compeau Appointed Assistant Department Head for Education
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Dr. Phillip Compeau Appointed Assistant Department Head for Education

Dr. Compeau will oversee the undergraduate program as well as the master's program.
Hear Andreas Pfenning This Morning on CBS KD-PG
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Hear Andreas Pfenning This Morning on CBS KD-PG

Radio interview with Andreas Pfenning
Computational Method Makes Gene Expression Analyses More Accurate
Monday, March 06, 2017

Computational Method Makes Gene Expression Analyses More Accurate

Detects Technical Biases That Otherwise Confound Test Results
Computational Biologist Part of All-Star Alzheimer’s Collaboration
Friday, February 17, 2017

Computational Biologist Part of All-Star Alzheimer’s Collaboration

Two-Year Project Aims To Translate Genetic Findings Into Therapies
New CBD Office Visit Episode: Phillip Compeau
Friday, February 10, 2017

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Phillip Compeau

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Phillip Compeau
Pfenning’s lab awarded CIRCUITS Grant
Friday, January 06, 2017

Pfenning’s lab awarded CIRCUITS Grant

Andreas Pfenning's lab among 9 to collaborate on 2 year grant.
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