Singh’s Nature paper highlights how random variations and reprogramming lead to cancer drug resistance
INFERRING INTERACTIONS Singh's Nature paper highlights how random variations and reprogramming lead to cancer drug resistance Abhi Singh, CBCB Affiliated Faculty is developing a variety of novel computational and mathematical methods for studying and characterizing...
New online graduate certificate in applied bioinformatics launched
BIOSCIENCES BIG DATA New online graduate certificate in applied bioinformatics launched The completion of the human genome sequence early in the 21st century marked the beginning of a big data explosion in life sciences research. The resulting interdisciplinary field...
Chandrasekaran honored for excellence in high performance computing
Sunita Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Delaware, has won a 2016 IEEE-CS TCHPC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in High Performance Computing. Original Article...
Wu named Highly Cited Researcher
UD's Cathy Wu has been named a Highly Cited Researcher. Highly Cited Researcher UD’s Cathy Wu ranked among top one percent in Web of Knowledge January 10, 2017 The University of Delaware’s Cathy Wu has been named a 2016 Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. The...
CBCB Welcomes Dr. Karen Hoober – Assistant Director for Graduate Education and Outreach
January 1, 2017– The Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology is extremely delighted to welcome Dr. Karen Hoober as our new Assistant Director for Graduate Education and Outreach. As the Assistant Director, Dr. Hoober will serve as a primary resource for...
CISTERS goes national
The CISTERS organization at the University of Delaware has become an ACM-W student chapter. CISTERS goes national UD group for women in technology becomes official ACM-W student chapter September 19, 2016 CISTERS, a group that brings together women in...
Researchers receive funding to facilitate translation of biomedical data
UD researchers Cathy Wu and Vijay Shanker are working to best use big data for precision medicine. Big data for better medicine Researchers receive funding to facilitate translation of biomedical data August 29, 2016 Big data has become a big deal. Advanced computing...
UD’s Taufer named distinguished scientist by Association for Computing Machinery
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Research provides insights into genetic basis of obesity
Chicken Fat
Research provides insights into genetic basis of obesity
Oct. 28, 2015–Just as poultry is steadily gaining in popularity on dinner plates, the chicken is growing in attractiveness as a biomedical model for studying health issues ranging from headaches and ovarian cancer to cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy.
It turns out that the chicken may also help researchers better understand diabetes and obesity.