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Friday, July 25, 2025

Cuba Samaniego Awarded Hypothesis Fund Grant

Christian Cuba Samaniego, an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department, has been awarded a Hypothesis Fund grant to support early stage research exploring why cellular reprogramming remains inefficient — and the role timing may play in rewriting a cell's identity.
Thursday, July 17, 2025

New AI New AI Tool Could Help Fight Rare Diseases

Researchers have developed a new deep learning method, KGWAS, that improves the detection of genetic variants and associated traits for rare diseases, potentially enabling the discovery of new drugs or treatments.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Breakthrough Gene Delivery System Targets Brain Cells with Laser Precision

Researchers from Andreas Pfenning's lab in the Ray & Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department including current and graduates of the Computational Biology PhD Program and Bill Stauffer's lab at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a revolutionary gene therapy system that can precisely target specific brain cell types
Congratulations Class of 2025!
Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Congratulations Class of 2025!

Graduates from the class of 2025 will be honored this weekend in various ceremonies across campus.
Interdisciplinary Innovation
Monday, April 14, 2025

Interdisciplinary Innovation

Daphne Han wants to use her scientific expertise to make biomedical research more accessible to the public, championing science communication to help people understand important information about medicine and healthcare.
Annual Retreat held March 14, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Annual Retreat held March 14, 2025

The Ray & Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department held their annual Department-wide retreat on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Ma, Murphy Named ISCB Fellows
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Ma, Murphy Named ISCB Fellows

Robert F. Murphy and Jian Ma will be honored, along with 17 other new fellows, at the 2025 Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference this summer in Liverpool, England.
Bar-Joseph To Join GenBio AI
Monday, March 03, 2025

Bar-Joseph To Join GenBio AI

Ziv Bar-Joseph, faculty in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, will join biotech startup GenBio AI as the company's co-founder and chief scientific officer.
MSCB Student Chosen for Inaugural Cohort of Rales Fellows Program
Thursday, January 16, 2025

MSCB Student Chosen for Inaugural Cohort of Rales Fellows Program

Nathan Odonkor chosen as part of the inaugural cohort of the Carnegie Mellon University Rales Fellows Program.
Ma Joins Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Scientific Advisory Board
Monday, January 13, 2025

Ma Joins Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Scientific Advisory Board

Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology, has joined the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub Chicago.
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