The same, but different – UD’s Singh wins award to study how cells make decisions
10:39 a.m., June 13, 2013–No matter how identical they are biologically,
twins are fundamentally different and unique. In the same way, two cells
that originate from a single parent cell may have the same shape and size,
yet differ in the level of proteins they carry.
Proteins are complex molecules that play a critical role in developing
the structure, function, and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs.
Young visionary – UD biologist receives prestigious ARI Young Investigator Grant
8:37 a.m., April 2, 2013–Salil Lachke, University of Delaware assistant professor of biological sciences and a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, is one of just eight researchers from around the world selected as an Alcon Research Institute 2013 Young Investigator Grant recipient.
Taufer named David L. and Beverly J.C. Mills Career Development Chair
Dec. 6, 2012–Michela Taufer, associate professor at the University of Delaware, has been named the David L. and Beverly J.C. Mills Chair of Computer and Information Sciences.
The position is funded through a generous gift from David L. Mills, professor emeritus, and Beverly J.C. Mills, a UD alumna. It is meant to reward exceptional young female faculty talent in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computer and Information Sciences.
University of Delaware plant and soil sciences chair named AAAS Fellow
Dec. 3, 2012–Blake C. Meyers, chair of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Designation as a fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers.
Big data -Industry, academic partners meet to discuss analytics and implications of big data
1:02 p.m., Nov. 8, 2012–Every minute of every day, data grows exponentially. Web and social media activities, cell phone and GPS signals, business transaction records, digital documents and more generate massive amounts of data. In fact, this infographic by Josh James, founder and CEO of the business intelligence company Domo, shows Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content, Google receives over two million search queries and consumers spend $272,070 on web shopping each minute.
Antoniewicz receives Mangone Young Scholars Award
Oct. 22, 2012–The University of Delaware’s Francis Alison Society has selected Maciek R. Antoniewicz, DuPont Young Professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering, to receive its 2012 Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholar award.
Named in honor of a distinguished University professor, the award is given annually to promising and accomplished young faculty. Recipients are chosen by fellow faculty members who have received the Francis Alison Award, the University’s highest faculty honor.
CIS professor co-authors first book on mining biomedical text
Sept. 27, 2012–University of Delaware professor Hagit Shatkay has co-authored a new book, detailing systematic ways to automate biological text analysis.
Entitled “Mining the Biomedical Literature,” the book offers readers a concise introduction on how to mine biological text effectively in order to find relevant information. The book also describes general techniques for retrieving and extracting information and analyzing text.
Paper describes new method to understand sources of noise in gene-expression
Sept. 25, 2012–Abhyudai Singh, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, describes a new method to understand sources of “noise” in gene-expression that create variability in protein levels in a paper published in Molecular Systems Biology, a publication of Nature, on Aug. 28.
This noise is expressed as variability in the levels of proteins/mRNAs in a cell.
Three UD Bioinformatics Students Attend High Performance Computing Workshop
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Aug 2, 2012–Three Bioinformatics students were selected to participate in the High Performance Computing Summer Institute at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech.
UD, Fraunhofer researchers share their work in Dover
July 5, 2012–Three research teams from the University of Delaware (UD) and the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) shared highlights of their work with Delaware legislators and their staff members in Legislative Hall on June 19.
Two of the highlighted projects are being funded through a six-year partnership agreement that includes UD, CMB and the state of Delaware.
UD’s Lachke selected Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
June 14, 2012–Salil Lachke, a University of Delaware biologist whose research is yielding new discoveries about the world’s leading causes of blindness, has been named a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Lachke is one of 22 scholars selected across the United States, and the first University of Delaware professor to receive the award, which recognizes the nation’s most innovative young researchers in medicine or the biomedical sciences.
NSF grant supports work in systems biology of cells in engineered environments
June 7, 2012–With the responsibility of great research comes the requirement of educators to also transcend traditional boundaries by integrating multi-disciplinary knowledge into their work. To do this, they must build a team of experts in other fields to integrate programs that will broaden the capabilities of future leaders.