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November 30, 2017
Parker Lab research highlighted as part of annual report from American Diabetes Association
Over the past year, research from the Parker Lab and their collaborators [1-3] has contributed significantly to understanding diabetes. This research was highlighted as part of the
November 28, 2017
November 28th, 2017 is #GivingBlueday!
You can show your support by donating to the
November 21, 2017
Seven U-M scientists, engineers named 2017 AAAS fellows
CCMB faculty members H.V. Jagadish and Jianzhi Zhang were among the seven U-M scientists named to 2017 AAAS fellows . Congratulations to all!
November 13, 2017
Congratulations to Bioinformatics Ph.D. students, Christopher Castro and Alex Kalinin!
Both Christopher Castro and Alex Kalinin, Ph.D. candidates, have each recently been awarded a Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant .
October 31, 2017
Two new publications focused on coding variants illuminate genes involved in blood lipid levels
DCMB faculty member, Cristen Willer, is a senior author of two recent publications in Nature Genetics.
October 25, 2017
Congratulations to Scott Ronquist, Ph.D. candidate!
The Bioinformatics Program congratulates Scott Ronquist on his recent first-author publication, Algorithm for cellular reprogramming in Proceedings of the National
October 17, 2017
Bioinformatics student, Ricardo D'Oliveira Albanus, wins Best Poster award in MIDAS Symposium
Let's congratulate Ricardo D'Oliveira Albanus (Steve Parker lab) for winning the "Most likely transformative scientific impact" award at the October 11 MIDAS Symposium .
October 16, 2017
Bioinformatics graduate student, Jedidiah Carlson, quoted in The Atlantic
A study of diverse people from Africa shows that the genetic story of our skin is more complicated than previously thought.
October 13, 2017
Congratulations to Alex Kalinin, Bioinformatics Ph.D. student!
The Bioinformatics Program congratulates Alex Kalinin on his acceptance into the prestigious Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum (SURF) .
October 3, 2017
DCMB Student Awards Announced at 2017 Annual Department Retreat
Congratulations Peter Orchard & Shweta Ramdas!
August 29, 2017
Congratulations to Prof. Olivier Jolliet and Vy Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate!
Prof. Olivier Jolliet and Bioinformatics Ph.D. candidate, Vy Nguyen, have recently been awarded a grant from the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering for their proposal, “Biomarker Based Occupational Exposome”.
August 10, 2017
New publication “The 4D Nucleome” by Thomas Reid & Indika Rajapakse published in July 2017 Methods.
The 4D Nucleome (4DN) refers to the dynamical relationships among nuclear structures, the transcriptional landscapes, and cellular phenotypes.
August 9, 2017
Michigan Medicine hospitals ranked No. 6 in nation by U.S. News & World Report
Ranked No. 1 in Michigan and No. 6 in the country, Michigan Medicine's adult hospitals were recognized among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 2017-18.
August 3, 2017
Santiago Shnell, D.Phil., appointed interim chair of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Schnell will assume leadership of the department while a national search is conducted for a permanent chair.
June 22, 2017
"A Car to Detect Heart Attacks"
BBC program Click hears from Kayvan Najarian, Ph.D. about moving towards technology that can monitor the health of someone driving a car to predict if they are going to have a heart attack.
June 21, 2017
Congratulations to Negar, a recipient of the 2017-2018 MICDE Fellowship!
Negar Farzenah, Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics Program, pursues research in the lab of Prof. Kayvan Najarian . She was recently awarded a 2017-2018 Michigan
June 21, 2017
Congratulations to Laura Seaman who was awarded Best Contributed Speaker at NetSci 2017!
Laura Seaman, Ph.D. candidate in Bioinformatics, recently received the Best Contributed Speaker Award at NetSci 2017 for her presentation “The 4D Nucleome of Cancer”.