Author: Caroline Coburn Lyman
Evan Maxwell’s Research mentioned in Nature
Evan Maxwell’s recent comb jellies paper in BMC Genomics was mentioned in a Nature news piece, which was also re-printed in Scientific American.
Carl Zimmer reports on BU Bioinfo Alum Evan Snitkin in Wired Magazine
Check out Carl Zimmer’s report in Wired Magazine about Evan Snitkin’s (PhD ’09) work using genome sequencing to help solve the infectious outbreak mystery at the NIH Clinical Center.
BU Bioinformatics Alumni Featured on Genome Technology’s 2012 List of Top Young Investigators
Congratulations to Tim Reddy (PhD ’08) and Evan Snitkin (PhD ’09) who have been named to the 2012 list of Genome Technology’s Top Young Investigators. The magazine’s annual list includes 23 up-and-coming investigators in the genomics field. Prof. Reddy is currently at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, and Dr. Snitkin is a Postdoc Fellow at the National Human Genome […]
Student Seminar: Jonathan Dreyfuss
Speaker: Jonathan Dreyfuss Adviser: James Galagan Title: Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and validation of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa ABTRACT Studies of the model organism Neurospora crassa have laid the foundation for genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology over the past century. Despite this rich history, no one has systematically integrated the detailed knowledge of its metabolism […]
ENG News Features Segrè Research
Segrè, “expert in the use of mathematical models to drive biological discovery”, Featured by ENG Bioinformatics Professor Daniel Segre’s research is featured in an article titled “New Research Could Help Trace the Source of Bioterror Agents”, by Mark Dwortzan, on the Boston University College of Engineering’s website.
Student Seminar: Wen-Han Yu
Speaker: Wen-Han Yu Adviser: James Galagan Title: Exploring temporal dynamics of transcriptional regulatory networks in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by using synthetic genetic clock ABTRACT M. tuberculosis is known as a primary pathogen in the mammalian respiratory system and kills two million people every year. One-third of the world’s population harbors latent M. tuberculosis causing chronic, asymptomatic […]
Student Seminar: Brian Granger
Speaker: Brian Granger Advisers: John Finnerty and Daniel Segrè Title: Construction of Transcriptomic Databases and Analyses, and Virtual Metabolic Interactions of Microbes. ABTRACT My research has two separate aspects which I would eventually like to bring together. The first aspect of my research is to understand cnidarian organisms, such as coral and sea anemones, and […]
Student Presentation: Sara Garamszegi
Sara Garamszegi received a travel fellowship from the the Swiss Foundation for Excellence and Talent in Biomedical Research to present her poster at the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB’12). The conference was held at the Congress Center in Basel, Switzerland. Transcriptional correlates of disease outcome and immune response of non-human primates to hemorrhagic fever […]
Student Presentation: Tanggis Bohnuud
Tanggis Bohnuud presented a poster at the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB’12). The conference, held at the Congress Center in Basel, Switzerland, was the key European computational biology event in 2012 uniting scientists working in a broad range of disciplines, including bioinformatics, computational biology, biology, medicine, and systems biology. View ›
Annual Program Retreat
The 3rd annual Bioinformatics Program Retreat was held on September 7-8 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts.