Polar Quest – Will Antarctic worms warm to changing climate?
Dec. 19, 2011–Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will survive as ocean temperatures increase.
Singh wins award for research on gene-protein networks inside living cells
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Dec.
Bioinformatics UD-led team awarded $4.8 million in NSF, NIH funding for bioinformatics research
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Dec. 12, 2011–Major advances in the fields of molecular biology and genomic technology have generated a wealth of new biological information from the scientific community.
Computer science and engineering students gain valuable networking experience
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Dec.
UD wins $2.2 million grant for bioenergy research
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Nov. 8, 2011–Biofuels are fuels made from renewable resources, such as agricultural and forest products and byproducts. Unlike their non-renewable fossil fuel counterparts, such as oil, their increased usage has the potential to reduce pollution and U.S. dependence on foreign resources.
CBCB Welcomes Research Assistant Professor Manabu Torii
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November 4, 2011–The Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB) is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Manabu Torii as a new Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Torii will contribute to the development of text mining systems as part of the CBCB bioinformatics infrastructure for knowledge discovery.
CBCB Hosts Third Skate Genome Annotation Workshop
June 14, 2011–The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB) at the University of Delaware hosted the Third Skate Genome Annotation Workshop at Clayton Hall from May 23-26.
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology holds research symposium
June 6, 2011–More than 100 people turned out for the inaugural Research Symposium on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology at the University of Delaware on Friday, May 27.
CBCB Affiliate Faculty Member’s Team Selected as Finalists for Illumina’s Data Excellence Award
June 3, 2011–In an effort to challenge the life sciences community to create more informative and accessible ways to look at the wealth of genomic and other life science data, Illumina launched the iDEA (Illumina Data Excellence Award) Challenge.
CBCB to host Research Symposium on Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
Phipps named HR Liaison of the Quarter
March 29, 2011—-Susan Phipps, administrative assistant in the University of Delaware Department of Computer and Information Sciences, has been named HR Liaison of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2011.
Liaison of the quarter recognition is given to exemplary members of the University’s Human Resources team.
Researchers to study positive genetic contributions of viruses
March 17, 2011–The positive genetic contributions of viruses to life on Earth will be explored by researchers at the University of Delaware and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute through a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative.