University of Delaware Participates in the Second Skate Genome Annotation Workshop in Maine
October 20, 2010–The Skate Genome Project is sponsored by IDeA (Institutional Development Award) Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program from National Center for Research Resources at NIH, which funded North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium to enhance cyber-enabled research and workforce development in the North East states. The second workshop took place in Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Oct. 12-15. Faculty members from CBCB co-organized and participated as instructors.
CBCB welcomes Education and Outreach Coordinator Katie Lakofsky
August 27, 2010–Cathy Wu and her colleagues at the Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB) are extremely pleased to welcome our new staff member Katie Lakofsky who will serve as our Educational and Outreach Coordinator.
Delaware researchers recognized at NIH conference
June 28, 2010–Seven Delaware students, young investigators and professionals received national recognition for biomedical research at the third biennial National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), held in Bethesda, Md., June 16-18.
University hosts hands-on skate genome bioinformatics workshop
June 1, 2010–The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB) at the University of Delaware hosted the first Skate Genome Annotation Workshop at Clayton Hall from May 24-28.
CBCB to host 1st Skate Genome Annotation Workshop
UD launches Professional Science Master’s programs in biotechnology, bioinformatics to meet workforce needs
April 13, 2010–The University of Delaware is launching an innovative, new graduate degree — the Professional Science Master’s (PSM) — in the fields of biotechnology and bioinformatics to help meet the future workforce needs of a growing bioscience industry.
Delaware Health Sciences Alliance awards two pilot projects
April 1, 2010–Two pilot projects funded by the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA) under its second competition focus on identifying cutting-edge cancer therapies, and creating the bioinformatics framework that will facilitate translational research among the alliance members.
UD awarded funds for cyberinfrastructure development
November 23, 2009–The University of Delaware is part of a multi-state team that has been awarded a total of more than $14 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve networking capabilities among the Northeast Regional IDeA and EPSCoR states — Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Research leaders from these five states first came together in 2006 to launch the North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium (NECC).
NIH ARRA to Fund Protein Complex Ontology
Dr. Cathy Wu featured in Research Office publication
September 17, 2009–The University of Delaware Research magazine’s inaugural issue highlighting major accomplishments of the past year features Dr. Wu in its Health section. Also prominent in Health news is the $17.4M NIH grant supporting biomedical research across the state.
Cathy Wu delivers inaugural Jefferson Chair lecture at UD
University Welcomes Wu as New Jefferson Chair
March 3, 2009–Renowned bioinformatics researcher Cathy Wu is a pioneer in her field, which uses computational sciences to catalog and better understand biological sciences. But, Wu says, for her, a piece has long been missing, limiting what she can do.