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Now more than ever before, the power to turn huge volumes of data into information about our world has put the answers to some of life’s most challenging questions within our grasp. The George Washington University’s Computational Biology Institute (CBI) brings together leading faculty in biology, medicine and computing to harness this information, opening new doors of discovery that have the potential to benefit millions. CBI is also maximizing the university’s unique relationships in the nation’s capital to form research partnerships and spotlight cutting-‐edge topics that enhance human and environmental health. By blending its own skills with the expertise of engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, clinicians and others, the CBI is contributing to knowledge and resources that are used by researchers on a global scale, influencing how the world uses science and technology to solve its most pressing problems. With these truly incomparable resources and expertise, the CBI performs cutting-edge research and helps raise awareness of scientific advancements that improve our health, environment and overall quality of life.
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Featured Publications

546 Therapeutic beta-lactam dosages and broad-spectrum antibiotics are associated with short-term reductions in microbial richness and beta-diversity
December 4, 2023
People with cystic fibrosis have morbid pulmonary exacerbations. Antibiotics are common, yet the beta-lactam doses administered are less than half the time.

Host taxonomy determines the composition, structure, and diversity of the earthworm cast microbiome under homogenous feeding conditions
December 4, 2023
Host evolutionary history is a key factor shaping the earthworm cast microbiome, although its effect can be shadowed by the earthworm’s diet.

Induction of mastitis by cow-to-mouse fecal and milk microbiota transplantation causes microbiome dysbiosis and genomic functional perturbation in mice
December 4, 2023
To understand the host-tropism phenomena of bovine-tropic mastitis microbiomes, we developed a cow-to-mouse mastitis model.

Differential expression of single-cell RNA-seq data using Tweedie models
December 4, 2023
To model the technological variability in cross-platform scRNA-seq data, here we propose to use Tweedie generalized linear models.