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July 28, 2015–Dr. Liang Sun’s recent successful dissertation defense marked an important milestone, both for him and for the Bioinformatics Graduate program.

Dr. Sun is the first student to graduate from the Bioinformatics & Systems Biology PhD Program, which was launched in Fall 2012.

His dissertation, performed under the supervision of Dr. Carl Schmidt, Professor of Animal and Food Sciences, was focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying heat stress.

11:25 a.m., June 17, 2015–When cataracts encroach on the eyes, the only effective remedy is to surgically replace the eyes’ lenses with synthetic substitutes.

But what if scientists found a way to delay or prevent cataracts from forming in the first place?

Researchers at the University of Delaware may have found such an opportunity by identifying the prime suspects in the formation of cataracts – deficiency of two genes that encode regulatory proteins.

2:04 p.m., June 9, 2015–Big data is being used for applications ranging from analyzing the popularity of beer to mapping the world’s ecosystems. While having more information can lead to more accurate analysis of a problem, the more isn’t always the merrier when it comes to data. What happens when the needle can’t be found because the haystack is so big?

Pharmaceutical companies, for example, face the daunting task of narrowing millions of potential molecules down to a small pool of the most promising candidates for wet-lab testing.

1:10 p.m., May 8, 2015–Highlights from years of inquiry, testing, discovery, thinking and rethinking were on the easels and projected on screens in meeting rooms throughout Clayton Hall during the fifth annual University of Delaware Graduate Resear

4:04 p.m., March 27, 2015–Using farm-fresh ice cream, a raw oyster bar and portable cellphone chargers as bait, scores of University of Delaware researchers and staff converged on the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 25, to share their work with Delaware’s Congressional delegation, UD alumni, Capitol Hill staffers and specialists from federal agencies and other research groups.

March 9, 2015–CBCB is extremely delighted to welcome Ms. Katie Lakofsky as our new Assistant Director for Graduate Education and Outreach.

Many of you already know Katie well, as she previously served as the CBCB Education and Outreach Coordinator during the formative period when the bioinformatics Master’s and PhD programs were being established. She served as the Associate Director of DBI during the past two years, leading programs and initiatives in collaboration with the life science industries and education communities in Delaware.

1:30 p.m., July 8, 2014–Three University of Delaware professors — Pamela Green, Blake Meyers and Cathy Wu — are among the world’s top scientists, according to the recently launched Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list. 

According to Thomson Reuters, Highly Cited Researchers is a compilation of influential names in science that spotlights some of the “standout researchers of the last decade.”

1:17 p.m., May 27, 2014–The Bioinformatics Student Association (BiSA), a registered student organization at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive assistance from the National Center for Women and Information Technology Academic Alliance (NCWIT) Student Seed Fund to support its outreach initiatives. 

8:40 a.m., Feb. 17, 2014–The Association for Mathematics of Language (SIGMOL) honored the University of Delaware’s Vijay K. Shanker with the inaugural S.Y. Kuroda Prize on Jan. 7 for his work in natural language processing.

1:24 p.m., Jan. 6, 2014–Leadership appointments have been announced for the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). This statewide program is building Delaware’s biomedical research capability by developing research in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular health and the neurosciences, providing key research resources and enhancing the biomedical science and technology knowledge of the state’s workforce.