Insights into Cataracts

CBCB Affiliated Faculty, Salil Lachke work with colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and 23andMe Inc., has found 54 locations on the human genome that are associated with the risk of age-related cataracts, the leading cause of blindness...

Transforming CO2 and Sugars into Biofuel

CBCB Affiliated Faculty, Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis is developing a system to produce bioenergy from a mix of microbes that can convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals.

Dissertation Scholars Shine

Kelly Mulholland is among 10 doctoral students awarded dissertation prizes for 2020 and 2021. Mulholland received the Interdisciplinary Research Prize for her work developing tools and techniques to identify bacteria, viruses and fungi found in a chicken’s respiratory...

Protecting Shark Populations

CBCB Visiting Scholar, Jennifer Wyffles led a major project to artificially inseminate sharks. She did the sperm microscopy work associated with the study at UD’s BioImaging Core.

NIH Grant Focuses on Eye Disorders

CBCB Affiliated Faculty, Salil Lachke’s lab has been awarded a $1.6 million NIH grant based on the breakthrough discovery a new gene.

UD Online Graduate Programs Among Top in Nation

CBCB’s Applied Bioinformatics (certificate) is part of the three University of Delaware online graduate programs ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its 2021 U.S. News Best Online Programs.