Tag: Institute of Bioinformatics
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2025 Research Awards
Distinguished Research Professors The title of Distinguished Research Professor recognizes senior faculty members who are…
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IoB’s Tao breaks convention in studying habitat fragmentation
New research from Assistant Research Scientist Yun Tao has offered insights on habitat fragmentation and…
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Gonzalez takes grand prize in 2023 3MT competition
The doctoral student in the Institute of Bioinformatics spoke on “Humans vs. Viruses.”
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Creating databases to help cure diseases worldwide
Jessica Kissinger is using her expertise in biology and big data to help other scientists.
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University of Georgia professor elected a 2022 IEEE Fellow
Ying Xu is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in…
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Kannan receives $2M NIH MIRA award
Kannan will use the award to map relationships connecting sequence and function in gene families.
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Kissinger elected ASTMH Fellow
Kissinger’s research focuses on parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution.
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Building a new model of cancer origins
UGA researcher Ying Xu and co-author Yi Zhou published a new model looking at cancer…
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Virtual symposium about collective behavior to be held March 20
The University of Georgia Institute of Bioinformatics will present a new State of the Art…
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Research shows that individual cells have ‘clocks’
Further research could address conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s.
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University establishes Institute for Cybersecurity and Privacy
The University of Georgia will advance research with implications for economic vitality and national security…
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Building on big data, UPenn and UGA awarded $23.4 million pathogen genomics database contract
A genome database team led by University of Pennsylvania and University of Georgia scientists has…
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UGA faculty, student partner to sequence bird and crocodilian genomes
Using new computational methods developed by the University of Georgia’s Liang Liu, Travis Glenn and…
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Study identifies continuous production of hyaluronic acids as key trigger to cancer initiation, grow
Chronic inflammation that induces low oxygen levels, or hypoxia, is a widely accepted cause of…
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UGA discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases
Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic…
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UGA partners with Emory, Georgia Tech and CDC Foundation on malaria research center
The University of Georgia, an internationally recognized leader in tropical and emerging global diseases and…
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Four UGA faculty members named Administrative Fellows
Four University of Georgia faculty members-Karen Cornell, Marsha Davis, Jeffrey Dean and Susan Thomas-will gain…
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UGA researcher receives NSF CAREER Award to study evolution of cellular signaling
When people don’t communicate effectively, relationships suffer and entire organizations can fail. When cells don’t…
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Study suggests new approach to explain cancer growth: low oxygen levels
Low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in…
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Researchers develop early detection test for gastric cancer
Early detection of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test,…
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UGA researchers develop non-invasive early diagnostic test for gastric cancer
Early detection of cancer may eventually become as easy as taking a home pregnancy test,…
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UGA, Georgia Tech researchers receive first Inter-Institutional Collaborative Grant
Ying Xu, director of the University of Georgia’s Institute of Bioinformatics, an authority on microbial…
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