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Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves over $1M in Grants, Including Patient Safety Research at Carnegie Mellon

CPCB and Bio Ph.D. students co-first author paper accepted in Bioinformatics

Monday, October 31, 2022

CPCB and Bio Ph.D. students co-first author paper accepted in Bioinformatics

Daniel Schaffer Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

Monday, October 24, 2022

Daniel Schaffer Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

Junior Studies Genetics and Sleep In Dream Research Project

Thursday, October 06, 2022

Junior Studies Genetics and Sleep In Dream Research Project

Pittsburgh Project Paves Way for Revolutionizing Treatment of Fatal Brain Diseases

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Pittsburgh Project Paves Way for Revolutionizing Treatment of Fatal Brain Diseases

CMU Ranked #3 in Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology in the latest US News & World Report Computer Science Undergraduate Education Rankings

Thursday, September 15, 2022

CMU Ranked #3 in Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology in the latest US News & World Report Computer Science Undergraduate Education Rankings

SCS Maintains Top Ranking for Computer Science From U.S. News and World Report

Monday, September 12, 2022

SCS Maintains Top Ranking for Computer Science From U.S. News and World Report

Data Visualization Tool Provides Richer Understanding of a Cell's Nucleus

Thursday, September 01, 2022

Data Visualization Tool Provides Richer Understanding of a Cell's Nucleus

Welcome, CBD!

Friday, August 26, 2022

Welcome, CBD!

$20 Million From NIH Provides Infrastructure, Leadership for Project to Map the Human Body at the Cellular Level

Thursday, August 25, 2022

$20 Million From NIH Provides Infrastructure, Leadership for Project to Map the Human Body at the Cellular Level

Russell Schwartz Elected Vice President of ISCB

Monday, August 01, 2022

Russell Schwartz Elected Vice President of ISCB

CBD Hosts Fourth Annual Pre-College Program

Friday, July 29, 2022

CBD Hosts Fourth Annual Pre-College Program

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department in June 2022

Thursday, May 19, 2022

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department in June 2022

Two CBD Undergrads Recognized for Excellent Research Work

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Two CBD Undergrads Recognized for Excellent Research Work

CB Teaching Professor and MSAS Associate Director receives Teaching Innovation award

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

CB Teaching Professor and MSAS Associate Director receives Teaching Innovation award

CB Associate Teaching Professor Receives Prestigious Teaching Award from School of Computer Science

Monday, April 11, 2022

CB Associate Teaching Professor Receives Prestigious Teaching Award from School of Computer Science

CompBio Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Thursday, April 07, 2022

CompBio Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

CPCB student Mostofa Uddin's work accepted by CVPR

Monday, March 21, 2022

CPCB student Mostofa Uddin's work accepted by CVPR

CB Senior, Maggie Zhang, Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

Thursday, February 24, 2022

CB Senior, Maggie Zhang, Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

CompBio Professor Elected to AIMBE's College of Fellows

Friday, February 18, 2022

CompBio Professor Elected to AIMBE's College of Fellows

Carl Kingsford Assumes co-Directorship of the Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Computational Biology Ph.D. Program

Monday, February 07, 2022

Carl Kingsford Assumes co-Directorship of the Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Computational Biology Ph.D. Program

Strong placement and salary results for Masters of Automated Science first graduating class

Monday, January 31, 2022

Strong placement and salary results for Masters of Automated Science first graduating class

Computational Biology Undergraduate Researcher Receives Honorable Mention from the Computer Research Association

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Computational Biology Undergraduate Researcher Receives Honorable Mention from the Computer Research Association

Jian Ma Receives Endowed Professorship

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Jian Ma Receives Endowed Professorship

Get your graduate applications in ASAP!

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Get your graduate applications in ASAP!

Masters Program Informational Webinar

Thursday, November 04, 2021

Masters Program Informational Webinar

CPCB Graduate Awarded Honorable Mention for SCS Dissertation Award

Wednesday, November 03, 2021

CPCB Graduate Awarded Honorable Mention for SCS Dissertation Award

CMU CompBio Researchers Take Leading Roles in NIH SenNet Program

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

CMU CompBio Researchers Take Leading Roles in NIH SenNet Program

Machine Learning Offers High-Definition Glimpse of How Genomes Organize in Single Cells

Monday, October 11, 2021

Machine Learning Offers High-Definition Glimpse of How Genomes Organize in Single Cells

Research Shows Promising Results for Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Friday, October 08, 2021

Research Shows Promising Results for Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Xulab Publishes Two Papers in Top Computer Vision Conference

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Xulab Publishes Two Papers in Top Computer Vision Conference

Join Us For a Virtual CPCB Recruitment Event!

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Join Us For a Virtual CPCB Recruitment Event!

Welcome, CBD!

Friday, August 27, 2021

Welcome, CBD!

Algorithm Uses Mass Spectrometry Data To Predict Identity of Molecules

Friday, June 18, 2021

Algorithm Uses Mass Spectrometry Data To Predict Identity of Molecules

CMU Team Develops Machine Learning Platform That Mines Nature for New Drugs

Thursday, June 03, 2021

CMU Team Develops Machine Learning Platform That Mines Nature for New Drugs

Huangqingbo Sun Publishes First Paper in Bioinformatics

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Huangqingbo Sun Publishes First Paper in Bioinformatics

Fang, Pfenning Receive NSF Career Awards

Friday, May 21, 2021

Fang, Pfenning Receive NSF Career Awards

Members of CBD Have Six Papers Accepted for ISMB 2021

Monday, May 03, 2021

Members of CBD Have Six Papers Accepted for ISMB 2021

Pfenning Lab for Neurogenomics Awarded NSF Career Award

Monday, April 19, 2021

Pfenning Lab for Neurogenomics Awarded NSF Career Award

Bar-Joseph Joins Three Lakes Consortium for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Monday, April 05, 2021

Bar-Joseph Joins Three Lakes Consortium for Pulmonary Fibrosis

CBD Accepting Applications for Lane Fellowships

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

CBD Accepting Applications for Lane Fellowships

BaDoi Phan Awarded NIH NIDA Grant

Monday, February 08, 2021

BaDoi Phan Awarded NIH NIDA Grant

SCS Celebrates Simon, Alumni Research Professorships

Wednesday, February 03, 2021

SCS Celebrates Simon, Alumni Research Professorships

SCS Cancer Research Fellowships Awarded to Yutong Qiu and Trevor Frisby

Thursday, January 28, 2021

SCS Cancer Research Fellowships Awarded to Yutong Qiu and Trevor Frisby

Ask the Director - Open Q & A

Thursday, December 03, 2020

Ask the Director - Open Q & A

New Technique Isolates Brain Cells Associated with Parkinson's Disease

Thursday, November 19, 2020

New Technique Isolates Brain Cells Associated with Parkinson's Disease

Wei Wu’s opinion on large-scale clinical study published in Journal Of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Monday, November 09, 2020

Wei Wu’s opinion on large-scale clinical study published in Journal Of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Carnegie Mellon Heads New Center for Studying Structure of Cell Nucleus

Friday, October 16, 2020

Carnegie Mellon Heads New Center for Studying Structure of Cell Nucleus

AMD Providing Computing Resources to Support CBD’s COVID-19 Research

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

AMD Providing Computing Resources to Support CBD’s COVID-19 Research

HuBMAP Inaugural Data Release Puts Detailed Anatomical Data about Seven Human Organs at the Service of Scientists, Public

Tuesday, September 01, 2020

HuBMAP Inaugural Data Release Puts Detailed Anatomical Data about Seven Human Organs at the Service of Scientists, Public

Free Sars-Cov-2 Course Available

Friday, July 24, 2020

Free Sars-Cov-2 Course Available

Exciting Recent Developments in CBD

Friday, June 26, 2020

Exciting Recent Developments in CBD

Two Carnegie Mellon AI Projects Addressing COVID-19 Win Funding

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Two Carnegie Mellon AI Projects Addressing COVID-19 Win Funding

Schwartz Named Head of CMU's Computational Biology Department

Friday, June 19, 2020

Schwartz Named Head of CMU's Computational Biology Department

Jian Ma Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Thursday, April 09, 2020

Jian Ma Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

Min Xu Receives First NSF Grant

Monday, March 23, 2020

Min Xu Receives First NSF Grant

CBD First-Year Undergraduate Publishes Research into Eukaryotic Cellular Calcium Storage

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

CBD First-Year Undergraduate Publishes Research into Eukaryotic Cellular Calcium Storage

Exploring a Genome’s 3D Organization Through a Social Network Lens

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Exploring a Genome’s 3D Organization Through a Social Network Lens

Researchers Build a Better Lung Model

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Researchers Build a Better Lung Model

Active Learning in Drug Discovery from BioRad.io

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Active Learning in Drug Discovery from BioRad.io

Deep Learning Helps Tease Out Gene Interactions

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Deep Learning Helps Tease Out Gene Interactions

Murphy Named 2020 IEEE Fellow

Monday, December 09, 2019

Murphy Named 2020 IEEE Fellow

Noah Lee, CB senior, elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Noah Lee, CB senior, elected to Phi Beta Kappa

CMU Algorithm Rapidly Finds Anomalies in Gene Expression Data

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

CMU Algorithm Rapidly Finds Anomalies in Gene Expression Data

CPCB Student among Rising Stars 2019

Monday, November 11, 2019

CPCB Student among Rising Stars 2019

CBD Researchers Lead Accepted Papers for RECOMB/ISCB Regulatory Systems Genomics 2019

Friday, November 08, 2019

CBD Researchers Lead Accepted Papers for RECOMB/ISCB Regulatory Systems Genomics 2019

Neural Network Fills In Data Gaps for Spatial Analysis of Chromosomes

Friday, November 08, 2019

Neural Network Fills In Data Gaps for Spatial Analysis of Chromosomes

Computational “Match Game” Identifies Potential Antibiotics

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Computational “Match Game” Identifies Potential Antibiotics

HuBMAP Consortium Charts out Goals for Navigable 3D Map in Article in Nature Magazine

Thursday, October 10, 2019

HuBMAP Consortium Charts out Goals for Navigable 3D Map in Article in Nature Magazine

Mohimani Goes Big To Find New Antibiotics

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Mohimani Goes Big To Find New Antibiotics

Computational Biology Department Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Computational Biology Department Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Fiyinfoluwa Gbosibo and co-authors win best student paper at ACM-BCB 2019

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Fiyinfoluwa Gbosibo and co-authors win best student paper at ACM-BCB 2019

The Computational Biology Department Welcomes the new CPCB, MSAS and MSCB students!

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The Computational Biology Department Welcomes the new CPCB, MSAS and MSCB students!

Hamim Zafar wins F1000 Poster Award at ISMB/ECCB 2019 Basel, Switzerland

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Hamim Zafar wins F1000 Poster Award at ISMB/ECCB 2019 Basel, Switzerland

Computational Biology Hosts its First Precollege Program

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Computational Biology Hosts its First Precollege Program

Computational Biology Department opens search for new Department Head

Friday, July 19, 2019

Computational Biology Department opens search for new Department Head

Bacteria Change Behavior To Tackle Tiny Obstacle Course

Monday, May 20, 2019

Bacteria Change Behavior To Tackle Tiny Obstacle Course

Computational Biology undergrad research featured at Meeting of the Minds 2019

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Computational Biology undergrad research featured at Meeting of the Minds 2019

Kathryn Roeder elected to National Academy of Sciences

Friday, May 03, 2019

Kathryn Roeder elected to National Academy of Sciences

Robert Murphy Profiled in the Scientist

Thursday, May 02, 2019

Robert Murphy Profiled in the Scientist

CB Undergrad Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

CB Undergrad Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

Second-Year Computational Biology Ph.D. Student Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Friday, April 12, 2019

Second-Year Computational Biology Ph.D. Student Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

The CMU Computational Biology Department is Turning 10!

Monday, April 08, 2019

The CMU Computational Biology Department is Turning 10!

CMU CBD is Turning 10!

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

CMU CBD is Turning 10!

New Method Identifies Which Asthma Patients Respond to Systemic Corticosteroids

Thursday, February 21, 2019

New Method Identifies Which Asthma Patients Respond to Systemic Corticosteroids

Dr. Mohimani Among Those to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Dr. Mohimani Among Those to Receive Sloan Research Fellowships

Dr. Murphy to Give Talk on Automated Science at AAAS meeting

Monday, February 11, 2019

Dr. Murphy to Give Talk on Automated Science at AAAS meeting

Paper on Influenza Virion Assembly Grabs Cover of PLoS Computational Biology

Monday, February 04, 2019

Paper on Influenza Virion Assembly Grabs Cover of PLoS Computational Biology

First CMU Computational Biology Undergrad Earns Degree

Friday, January 18, 2019

First CMU Computational Biology Undergrad Earns Degree

Parrot Genome Analysis Reveals Insights Into Longevity, Cognition

Thursday, December 06, 2018

Parrot Genome Analysis Reveals Insights Into Longevity, Cognition

Neural Nets Supplant Marker Genes in Analyzing Single Cell RNA Sequencing

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Neural Nets Supplant Marker Genes in Analyzing Single Cell RNA Sequencing

Landmark Pre-College Program in Computational Biology Launching Summer 2019

Monday, November 05, 2018

Landmark Pre-College Program in Computational Biology Launching Summer 2019

Faculty Profile: Comp Bio’s Compeau Rethinks Traditional Teaching

Friday, October 05, 2018

Faculty Profile: Comp Bio’s Compeau Rethinks Traditional Teaching

Carnegie Mellon Will Help Build 3D Cellular Map of Human Body

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Carnegie Mellon Will Help Build 3D Cellular Map of Human Body

CBD seeks diverse postdoctoral fellows for potential faculty positions

Monday, September 24, 2018

CBD seeks diverse postdoctoral fellows for potential faculty positions

Wendy Yang, CB Senior, Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Wendy Yang, CB Senior, Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

CPCB’s Biggest Incoming Class Starts Their First Day of Classes

Monday, August 27, 2018

CPCB’s Biggest Incoming Class Starts Their First Day of Classes

Computational Method Puts Finer Point on Multispecies Genomic Comparisons

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Computational Method Puts Finer Point on Multispecies Genomic Comparisons

Lane Fellow Mingfu Shao Accepts Faculty Position

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Lane Fellow Mingfu Shao Accepts Faculty Position

CBD excels again in accepted ISMB papers

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

CBD excels again in accepted ISMB papers

Young CMU students succeed in prestigious conference papers

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Young CMU students succeed in prestigious conference papers

Kingsford Group has 2 ISMB 2018 Papers Accepted

Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Kingsford Group has 2 ISMB 2018 Papers Accepted

Computational Biology Career Directory Launched

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Computational Biology Career Directory Launched

Kingsford & Lee publish paper with new method for HLA typing

Thursday, March 01, 2018

Kingsford & Lee publish paper with new method for HLA typing

Andreas Pfenning Receives Sloan Research Fellowship

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Andreas Pfenning Receives Sloan Research Fellowship

Lane Fellow DeBlasio Publishes Book

Monday, February 05, 2018

Lane Fellow DeBlasio Publishes Book

Latest update of MUMmer written by CBD Project Scientist

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Latest update of MUMmer written by CBD Project Scientist

New Carnegie Mellon Dynamic Statistical Model Follows Gene Expressions Over Time

Monday, January 29, 2018

New Carnegie Mellon Dynamic Statistical Model Follows Gene Expressions Over Time

CPCB PhD Student Recognized for Research Progress

Thursday, January 25, 2018

CPCB PhD Student Recognized for Research Progress

Computational Method Speeds Hunt for New Antibiotics

Monday, January 22, 2018

Computational Method Speeds Hunt for New Antibiotics

First Year PhD student has first-authored paper accepted

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

First Year PhD student has first-authored paper accepted

The Computational Biology Department Sponsored Recent STEM Junction Symposium

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Computational Biology Department Sponsored Recent STEM Junction Symposium

Bar-Joseph Appointed to Endowed Chair

Friday, December 08, 2017

Bar-Joseph Appointed to Endowed Chair

Natalie Sauerwald awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Scholarship in Life Sciences

Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Natalie Sauerwald awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Scholarship in Life Sciences

The Computational Biology Department Undergraduate Program Welcomes Two New Students

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The Computational Biology Department Undergraduate Program Welcomes Two New Students

CMU Software Assembles RNA Transcripts More Accurately

Monday, November 13, 2017

CMU Software Assembles RNA Transcripts More Accurately

Computational Biology Department To Sponsor Area High School Symposium

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Computational Biology Department To Sponsor Area High School Symposium

Computational Biology Guarantees Research Experience for Undergrads

Monday, October 30, 2017

Computational Biology Guarantees Research Experience for Undergrads

Carnegie Mellon Ranked First in publications in highly-selective Computational Biology conferences

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Carnegie Mellon Ranked First in publications in highly-selective Computational Biology conferences

Schwartz elected to ISCB Board of Directors, passes torch to new Director of Computational Biology Ph.D Program

Monday, August 28, 2017

Schwartz elected to ISCB Board of Directors, passes torch to new Director of Computational Biology Ph.D Program

MSCB Student Shefali Umrania Awarded ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship

Thursday, August 03, 2017

MSCB Student Shefali Umrania Awarded ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship

First author paper for Xiongtao Ruan published in ISMB Proceedings

Friday, July 21, 2017

First author paper for Xiongtao Ruan published in ISMB Proceedings

Computational Biology Department Adds Two New Lane Fellows

Monday, June 19, 2017

Computational Biology Department Adds Two New Lane Fellows

Graduating Computational Biology Researchers Take Next Steps

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Graduating Computational Biology Researchers Take Next Steps

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department

Friday, May 05, 2017

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department

Computational Biology Department Admits First Student to New Undergraduate Program

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Computational Biology Department Admits First Student to New Undergraduate Program

Computational Biology Department’s Presence Strong at RECOMB-Seq

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Computational Biology Department’s Presence Strong at RECOMB-Seq

Another impressive performance by CBD in ISMB and RECOMB acceptances

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Another impressive performance by CBD in ISMB and RECOMB acceptances

Thesis Defense: Theodore Roman

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Thesis Defense: Theodore Roman

Natalie Sauerwald and She Zhang Publish Work on Chromosomal Dynamics using the GNM

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Natalie Sauerwald and She Zhang Publish Work on Chromosomal Dynamics using the GNM

Dr. Phillip Compeau Appointed Assistant Department Head for Education

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Dr. Phillip Compeau Appointed Assistant Department Head for Education

Hear Andreas Pfenning This Morning on CBS KD-PG

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Hear Andreas Pfenning This Morning on CBS KD-PG

Computational Method Makes Gene Expression Analyses More Accurate

Monday, March 06, 2017

Computational Method Makes Gene Expression Analyses More Accurate

Computational Biologist Part of All-Star Alzheimer’s Collaboration

Friday, February 17, 2017

Computational Biologist Part of All-Star Alzheimer’s Collaboration

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Phillip Compeau

Friday, February 10, 2017

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Phillip Compeau

Pfenning’s lab awarded CIRCUITS Grant

Friday, January 06, 2017

Pfenning’s lab awarded CIRCUITS Grant

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Wei Wu

Thursday, December 22, 2016

New CBD Office Visit Episode: Wei Wu

CBD searching for diverse faculty in Computational and Systems Biology

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

CBD searching for diverse faculty in Computational and Systems Biology

Hear us discuss our new BSCB program!

Friday, October 14, 2016

Hear us discuss our new BSCB program!

CMU School of Computer Science Offers Computational Biology Major

Monday, October 03, 2016

CMU School of Computer Science Offers Computational Biology Major

New Episode in ‘CBD Office Visit’ Series

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

New Episode in ‘CBD Office Visit’ Series

Lane Fellow Elected as Student Representative to ISCB Board of Directors

Monday, September 12, 2016

Lane Fellow Elected as Student Representative to ISCB Board of Directors

CBD Releases First Video of Office Visit YouTube Series: Dr. Andreas Pfenning

Friday, August 05, 2016

CBD Releases First Video of Office Visit YouTube Series: Dr. Andreas Pfenning

CBD Associate Professor Jian Ma Creates Research Tool that Identifies Interactions Involved in Genetic Changes

Thursday, July 21, 2016

CBD Associate Professor Jian Ma Creates Research Tool that Identifies Interactions Involved in Genetic Changes

CBD Welcomes Min Xu, Assistant Research Professor

Friday, July 15, 2016

CBD Welcomes Min Xu, Assistant Research Professor

ISAC Presents Distinguished Service Award to CBD Department Head Robert F. Murphy at CYTO 2016

Wednesday, July 06, 2016

ISAC Presents Distinguished Service Award to CBD Department Head Robert F. Murphy at CYTO 2016

Murphy receives grant from new international collaboration program

Friday, June 17, 2016

Murphy receives grant from new international collaboration program

CBD Celebrates First CMU-Qatar Computational Biology Graduate

Monday, May 02, 2016

CBD Celebrates First CMU-Qatar Computational Biology Graduate

Congratulations to “Rookie of the Year” CBD Business Manager, Melissa Tetrick!

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Congratulations to “Rookie of the Year” CBD Business Manager, Melissa Tetrick!

Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance Funds Clinical Genomics Project led by CBD Professors Kingsford and Langmead

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance Funds Clinical Genomics Project led by CBD Professors Kingsford and Langmead

Exciting Upcoming Computational Biology Lectures in March/early April at CMU

Friday, March 18, 2016

Exciting Upcoming Computational Biology Lectures in March/early April at CMU

Scientists' Robotically Driven System Could Reduce Cost of Discovering Drug and Target Interactions

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Scientists' Robotically Driven System Could Reduce Cost of Discovering Drug and Target Interactions

Search Technique Helps Researchers Find DNA Sequences in Minutes Rather Than Days

Monday, February 08, 2016

Search Technique Helps Researchers Find DNA Sequences in Minutes Rather Than Days

Leads Accepted Papers at RECOMB 2016

Monday, February 08, 2016

Leads Accepted Papers at RECOMB 2016

Acoustic Tweezers Provide Much Needed Pluck for 3-D Bioprinting

Monday, January 25, 2016

Acoustic Tweezers Provide Much Needed Pluck for 3-D Bioprinting

Gregory Johnson Successfully Defends Thesis

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Gregory Johnson Successfully Defends Thesis

Big Data Researchers Receive Grant To Build Better Models for Predicting Cancer Outcomes

Monday, November 30, 2015

Big Data Researchers Receive Grant To Build Better Models for Predicting Cancer Outcomes

Study of dynamics of T cell signaling published in Science Signaling

Sunday, November 01, 2015

Study of dynamics of T cell signaling published in Science Signaling

CBD Opens Applications for Lane Fellowships

Sunday, November 01, 2015

CBD Opens Applications for Lane Fellowships

CBD Recruiting Tenure-Track Faculty

Thursday, October 01, 2015

CBD Recruiting Tenure-Track Faculty

Duggal and Filippova Ready for the Next Step

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Duggal and Filippova Ready for the Next Step

Solomon awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences Computational Biology

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Solomon awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences Computational Biology

Zonmir named James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow

Friday, September 04, 2015

Zonmir named James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow

Murphy and Faeder organize NIMBioS Working Group for Spatial Cell Simulation

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Murphy and Faeder organize NIMBioS Working Group for Spatial Cell Simulation

Darya Filippova Successfully Defends Thesis

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Darya Filippova Successfully Defends Thesis

Three new faculty members to join Computational Biology Department

Monday, July 13, 2015

Three new faculty members to join Computational Biology Department

CBD Offering New and Updated Courses for 2015-2016

Monday, May 18, 2015

CBD Offering New and Updated Courses for 2015-2016

CMU President Subra Suresh, Collaborators Create Device That Extracts Rare Tumor Cells Using Sound

Monday, April 06, 2015

CMU President Subra Suresh, Collaborators Create Device That Extracts Rare Tumor Cells Using Sound

Devin Sullivan and Aparna Kumar Defend Thesis

Friday, February 06, 2015

Devin Sullivan and Aparna Kumar Defend Thesis

Salim Chowdhury Successfully Defends Thesis

Thursday, February 05, 2015

Salim Chowdhury Successfully Defends Thesis

Bar-Joseph Feature on the ACM Website

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Bar-Joseph Feature on the ACM Website

Department Name Changed

Thursday, January 01, 2015

Department Name Changed

Murphy Group Publishes Paper in the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Monday, December 08, 2014

Murphy Group Publishes Paper in the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Geet Duggal Defends Thesis

Friday, December 05, 2014

Geet Duggal Defends Thesis

Geet Duggal Successfully Defends Thesis

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Geet Duggal Successfully Defends Thesis

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards Data Science Grant to Carnegie Mellon Researcher

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards Data Science Grant to Carnegie Mellon Researcher

Joshua Kangas, Ph.D. Launches Company

Monday, September 15, 2014

Joshua Kangas, Ph.D. Launches Company

MSBIC Student Jing Li Selected as 2014 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

MSBIC Student Jing Li Selected as 2014 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow

Carnegie Mellon’s Roeder Finds Genetic Risk for Autism Stems Mostly From Common Genes

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Carnegie Mellon’s Roeder Finds Genetic Risk for Autism Stems Mostly From Common Genes

Computational Method Dramatically Speeds Up Estimates Of Gene Expression, CMU, UMD Researchers Report

Monday, April 21, 2014

Computational Method Dramatically Speeds Up Estimates Of Gene Expression, CMU, UMD Researchers Report

18th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Biology held in Pittsburgh

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

18th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Biology held in Pittsburgh

Computer Analyzes Massive Clinical Databases To Properly Categorize Asthma Patients

Monday, March 17, 2014

Computer Analyzes Massive Clinical Databases To Properly Categorize Asthma Patients

iGEM Team wins Best Poster Award

Sunday, October 20, 2013

iGEM Team wins Best Poster Award

Taraz Buck Defends Thesis

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Taraz Buck Defends Thesis

Armaghan Naik Defends Thesis

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Armaghan Naik Defends Thesis

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Artificial Cells To Study Effects of Molecular Crowding on Gene Expression

Monday, July 15, 2013

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Artificial Cells To Study Effects of Molecular Crowding on Gene Expression

Lane Center Faculty and Ph.D. Student join team to help identify genes activated by ethylene

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Lane Center Faculty and Ph.D. Student join team to help identify genes activated by ethylene

Roeder recipient of 12th Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Roeder recipient of 12th Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences

Bar-Joseph Chosen as one of 2013 James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholars

Monday, June 10, 2013

Bar-Joseph Chosen as one of 2013 James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholars

Monday, June 10, 2013

Bar-Joseph Chosen as one of 2013 James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholars

Two Lane Fellows Accept Faculty Positions

Monday, May 20, 2013

Two Lane Fellows Accept Faculty Positions

Lane Center hosted “Automated Personal Genome Analysis for Clinical Advisors: Challenges and Solutions”

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Lane Center hosted “Automated Personal Genome Analysis for Clinical Advisors: Challenges and Solutions”

Seyoung Kim named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Seyoung Kim named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow

Joshua Kangas Successfully Defends Thesis

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Joshua Kangas Successfully Defends Thesis

Paper authored by Lane Center Students and Faculty Named 2013 Author's Choice Award Winner

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Paper authored by Lane Center Students and Faculty Named 2013 Author's Choice Award Winner

Robert Murphy lead's collaborative initiative

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Robert Murphy lead's collaborative initiative

Team from Carnegie Mellon selected to advance to the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition World Championship

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Team from Carnegie Mellon selected to advance to the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition World Championship

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Team from Carnegie Mellon selected to advance to the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition World Championship

Ming-Chi Tsai was chosen for Best Student Paper

Monday, October 15, 2012

Ming-Chi Tsai was chosen for Best Student Paper

Lane Center Welcomes New Faces

Monday, August 20, 2012

Lane Center Welcomes New Faces

Suvrajit Maji Successfully Defends Thesis

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Suvrajit Maji Successfully Defends Thesis

Two Lane Faculty Receive NSF Career Awards

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Two Lane Faculty Receive NSF Career Awards

Cheemeng Tan Chosen for Prestigious International Fellowship

Friday, June 15, 2012

Cheemeng Tan Chosen for Prestigious International Fellowship

Lane Center to Lead Two Year Research Project

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Lane Center to Lead Two Year Research Project

Guy Zinman Defended Thesis

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Guy Zinman Defended Thesis

Thickman selected as 2012-2013 Wimmer Faculty Fellows

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thickman selected as 2012-2013 Wimmer Faculty Fellows

Aabid Shariff Defends Thesis

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Aabid Shariff Defends Thesis

Bar-Joseph and Zinman published in Nature

Monday, February 20, 2012

Bar-Joseph and Zinman published in Nature

Bar-Joseph Awarded ISCB Overton Prize

Friday, January 20, 2012

Bar-Joseph Awarded ISCB Overton Prize

Lane Center Faculty Team With Ion Torrent to Develop Open Source Software to Interpret Personal Genomic Information

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Lane Center Faculty Team With Ion Torrent to Develop Open Source Software to Interpret Personal Genomic Information

Two Lane Fellows Receive Tenure Track Faculty Positions

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Two Lane Fellows Receive Tenure Track Faculty Positions

Seyoung Kim receives 2011 Okawa Foundation Research Grant

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Seyoung Kim receives 2011 Okawa Foundation Research Grant

Xing Group's Paper Chosen as Best Paper at ISMB 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Xing Group's Paper Chosen as Best Paper at ISMB 2011

Lane Fellow Awarded Otto Hahn Medal

Monday, June 20, 2011

Lane Fellow Awarded Otto Hahn Medal

Cohen Elected as President of International Machine Learning Society

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Cohen Elected as President of International Machine Learning Society

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Cohen Elected as President of International Machine Learning Society

MMBioS Center Featured in Video by Biophysical Society

Sunday, February 20, 2011

MMBioS Center Featured in Video by Biophysical Society

Bob Murphy's work chosen to be highlighted in Nature

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Bob Murphy's work chosen to be highlighted in Nature

Bar-Joseph solves problem in distributed computing

Friday, January 14, 2011

Bar-Joseph solves problem in distributed computing

Bar-Joseph Work Featured in Nucleic Acids Research

Monday, January 10, 2011

Bar-Joseph Work Featured in Nucleic Acids Research

Yang Receives Grant From NSF

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Yang Receives Grant From NSF

Bar-Joseph Receives NSF Award

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Bar-Joseph Receives NSF Award

Song Awarded Best Paper at ICML

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Song Awarded Best Paper at ICML

Ramanathan Defends Thesis Successfully

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Ramanathan Defends Thesis Successfully

New Course Offered Fall 2010

Saturday, May 01, 2010

New Course Offered Fall 2010

Dahl Receives NSF Career Award

Friday, April 02, 2010

Dahl Receives NSF Career Award

Rohde Receives NIH Grant

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Rohde Receives NIH Grant

Leduc Discovers New Protein Function

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Leduc Discovers New Protein Function

CPCB Program Names New Directors

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

CPCB Program Names New Directors

Dr. Karen Thickman Joins Computational Biology Department

Monday, December 21, 2009

Dr. Karen Thickman Joins Computational Biology Department

Eric Xing Receives USAF Young Investigator Award

Monday, October 26, 2009

Eric Xing Receives USAF Young Investigator Award

Computational Biology Becomes Department In Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Computational Biology Becomes Department In Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science

CPCB Program has First Graduate

Thursday, August 27, 2009

CPCB Program has First Graduate

Carnegie Mellon Leads $10 Million NSF Initiative To Develop Modeling Tools for Disease and Complex Systems

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Carnegie Mellon Leads $10 Million NSF Initiative To Develop Modeling Tools for Disease and Complex Systems

Group Led by Christopher Langmead won Best Contribution Award at 3Dsig meeting

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Group Led by Christopher Langmead won Best Contribution Award at 3Dsig meeting

Lane Faculty & Students Among Finalists in Grand Elsevier Challenge

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Lane Faculty & Students Among Finalists in Grand Elsevier Challenge

Team Discovers Technique to Improve Automated High-Throughput Screening Techniques

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Team Discovers Technique to Improve Automated High-Throughput Screening Techniques

Bar-Joseph Leads Team Identifying Human Cell Division Genes

Monday, January 07, 2008

Bar-Joseph Leads Team Identifying Human Cell Division Genes

Opening of Lane Center

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Wei Wu Partnering with Clinical Stage Biotech Company

Andreas Pfenning Publishes Article in Nature

Recent Comp Bio Grad Helps Expand Tool To Analyze Evolutionary Biology Traits

Pittsburgh's AI-Powered Renaissance

Carnegie Mellon University Launches Center for AI-Driven Biomedical Research

New Faculty: Irene Kaplow

Welcome Back!

CMU Researchers Outline Promises, Challenges of Understanding AI for Biological Discovery

Machine Learning Method Reveals Chromosome Locations in Individual Cell Nucleus

Bridges and Zhang Receive Curci Foundation Research Grants

Carl Kingsford Elected 2024 ISCB Fellow

Collaboration on AI-powered Patient Safety Research Flags Drug Side Effects

Similar Genetic Elements Underlie Vocal Learning in Mammals

Logan and Pfenning Labs Publish in Nature Communications

Mohimani Lab Publishes Paper in Nature Biotechnology

Ray and Stephanie Lane invest $25M in CMU CompBio Department

New Faculty: Yun William Yu

New Faculty: Dan DeBlasio

New Faculty: Martin Jinye Zhang

Min Xu Receives NSF CAREER Award

Russell Schwartz Reflects on Challenges in Bioinformatics Education

Monica Dayao Receives Best Oral Presentation TransMed 2023 Award

AI Method Uses Transformer Models To Study Human Cells

AI, Automation Aid Science Exploration

Russell Schwartz Elected 2023 ISCB Fellow

Congratulations to our 2023 Graduates

Chan Zuckerburg Initiative Grant Awarded to Jian Ma and Collaborator

Machine Learning Method Developed by CMU Researchers Illuminates Fundamental Aspects of Evolution

Xuecong Fu Honored with Berry Graduate Research Award

Daniel Schaffer Awarded NSF Fellowship

Xu Lab Publishes in PNAS

Carnegie Mellon to Host Automated Science Workshop

Ally Ricarte Receives Outstanding Staff Award

Accenture Invests in Ocean Genomics

Jian Ma Elected 2022 AAAS Fellow

Machine Learning Method Improves Cell Identity Understanding

Loss of Epigenetic Information Promotes Aging; Restoring It Can Reverse the Process

Yang Zhang Receives Grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves over $1M in Grants, Including Patient Safety Research at Carnegie Mellon

CPCB and Bio Ph.D. students co-first author paper accepted in Bioinformatics

Daniel Schaffer Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

Junior Studies Genetics and Sleep In Dream Research Project

Pittsburgh Project Paves Way for Revolutionizing Treatment of Fatal Brain Diseases

CMU Ranked #3 in Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology in the latest US News & World Report Computer Science Undergraduate Education Rankings

SCS Maintains Top Ranking for Computer Science From U.S. News and World Report

Data Visualization Tool Provides Richer Understanding of a Cell's Nucleus

Welcome, CBD!

$20 Million From NIH Provides Infrastructure, Leadership for Project to Map the Human Body at the Cellular Level

Russell Schwartz Elected Vice President of ISCB

CBD Hosts Fourth Annual Pre-College Program

New Faculty Member Joining the Computational Biology Department in June 2022

Two CBD Undergrads Recognized for Excellent Research Work

CB Teaching Professor and MSAS Associate Director receives Teaching Innovation award

CB Associate Teaching Professor Receives Prestigious Teaching Award from School of Computer Science

CompBio Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

CPCB student Mostofa Uddin's work accepted by CVPR

CB Senior, Maggie Zhang, Selected for Early Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa Society

CompBio Professor Elected to AIMBE's College of Fellows

Carl Kingsford Assumes co-Directorship of the Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Computational Biology Ph.D. Program

Strong placement and salary results for Masters of Automated Science first graduating class

Computational Biology Undergraduate Researcher Receives Honorable Mention from the Computer Research Association

Jian Ma Receives Endowed Professorship

Get your graduate applications in ASAP!

Masters Program Informational Webinar

CPCB Graduate Awarded Honorable Mention for SCS Dissertation Award

CMU CompBio Researchers Take Leading Roles in NIH SenNet Program

Machine Learning Offers High-Definition Glimpse of How Genomes Organize in Single Cells

Research Shows Promising Results for Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Xulab Publishes Two Papers in Top Computer Vision Conference

Join Us For a Virtual CPCB Recruitment Event!

Welcome, CBD!

Algorithm Uses Mass Spectrometry Data To Predict Identity of Molecules

CMU Team Develops Machine Learning Platform That Mines Nature for New Drugs

Huangqingbo Sun Publishes First Paper in Bioinformatics

Fang, Pfenning Receive NSF Career Awards

Members of CBD Have Six Papers Accepted for ISMB 2021

Pfenning Lab for Neurogenomics Awarded NSF Career Award

Bar-Joseph Joins Three Lakes Consortium for Pulmonary Fibrosis

CBD Accepting Applications for Lane Fellowships