Bioinformatics Minor at Milken Institute SPH
The Milken Institute School of Public
Health now offers a minor in
Bioinformatics! The program director
is the Computational Biology
Institute's very own Keith Crandall.
For more information, click here!
GW Genomics Core
The GW Genomics Core is now up
and running! For pricing, or to request
services, visit our website,
www.gwgenomics.org.
Projects
Register now for the 2019 BioHealth
Capital Region Forum! Click on the
image above for more information!
The Capital Area Advanced Research
and Education Network is an initiative
designed to build a high-performance
research and education infrastructure
serving the Washington, DC, and
Northern Virginia areas. CAAREN
will facilitate world-class research,
education and knowledge sharing in
the nation’s capital. Click the image
above to learn more!
The CBI works closely with the EBP,
which proposes to sequence all life
on earth! Click the image above to
find out more about the project.
GIGA is a collaborative network of
researchers seeking to tackle major
scintific challenges in the field of
genomics. To find out more, click on
the link above.
About the CBI
Announcements
Registration for RECOMB 2019 is Now Open!
RECOMB 2019 is the 23rd edition of a series of algorithmic computational biology conferences bridging the areas of computational, mathematical, statistical and biological sciences. The conference features keynote talks by preeminent scientists in life sciences, presentations of ground breaking research in computational biology, selected over the course of a highly-rigorous peer-review process, and poster sessions on the latest research progress. RECOMB 2019 will be held in The George Washington University on May, 5th through 8th of 2019, and be preceded by a series of satellite workshops on the 3rd-4th May. Click the link above to register!
Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
The Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Program is accepting applications through March 1, 2019. The Program supports postdocs to conduct research at universities, colleges, and U.S. government laboratories throughout the United States. To learn more and to apply, click on the link above.
Rare Disease Day at NIH 2019
Register now for Rare Disease Day at the National Institutes of Health, February 28th, 2019! Rare Disease Day takes place worldwide, typically on or near the last day of February each year, to raise awareness among policymakers and the public about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. Each year, NCATS and the NIH Clinical Center sponsor Rare Disease Day at NIH as part of this global observance. This year’s global theme is “bridging health and social care.” Click the link above to learn more and register!
Proposal Submissions Open for the CTSI-CN Healthcare Hackathon
Sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSICN), a partnership between Children’s National Medical Center and The George Washington University (GW), we are hosting a half-day hackathon on Friday, 29 March 2019. The purpose of the hackathon is to develop the requirements and prototype user interface for medical software applications. Click the link above to learn more.
6th International Conference on Algorithms for Computational Biology
AlCoB aims at promoting and displaying excellent research using string and graph algorithms and combinatorial optimization to deal with problems in biological sequence analysis, genome rearrangement, evolutionary trees, and structure prediction. The conference is on May 28-30, 2019, but deadlines are approaching for paper submission. Click the link above to learn more!
Check Out Our Postdoctoral Opportunities!
The CBI partners with a number of researchers and organizations to advertise postdoctoral and other opportunities. Check out a new postdoc opportunity in France at our Student Opportunities page!
Photos of the CBI
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The CBI spent some time with George at the game! -
The CBI team! -
Dr. Crandall attending a speech from new GW President Thomas LeBlanc. -
The CBI went out to celebrate Dr. David Stern's successful dissertation defense, and later conquered an escape room! -
The CBI won Escape the Room DC - The Dig! -
Dr. Keith Crandall, Director of the Computational Biology Institute, speaking at Loudoun County Small Business Week.
Featured Publications
Reconstruction of Ancestral Genomes in Presence of Gene Gain and Loss
Burrowing Crayfish Species Mapped
Genetic Analysis Suggests Dwarf Crayfish Share Ancestor
Reconstruction of Ancestral Genomes in Presence of Gene Gain and Loss
Since most dramatic genomic changes are caused by genome rearrangements as well as gene duplications and gain/loss events, it becomes crucial to understand their mechanisms and reconstruct ancestral genomes of the given genomes.
Burrowing Crayfish Species Mapped
In this study, researchers mapped the habitat and evolutionary lineage of burrowing crayfish by analyzing five genes in 19 species of Fallicambarus. The genus Fallicambarus consists entirely of primary burrowers-- crayfish that inhabit burrows for all of their lives. The burrows can have a negative impact when their habitat overlaps with human land-based activities such as farming. Because Fallicambarus is distinct from stream-based crayfish species, habitat shift may impact migration, speciation and conservation.
Genetic Analysis Suggests Dwarf Crayfish Share Ancestor
Though similar in appearance, researchers were unsure if Dwarf crayfish found in distinct locations along the Gulf Coast of United States and into Central México were members of a the same taxonomic genus. Analysis of samples collected at 59 locations support the hypothesis that the Gulf and Mexican Groups shared a common ancestor roughly 40 million years ago. It is likely that the Cambarellus genus became separate groups following changes in geographical barriers and climate, possibly related to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary.
Research News
Avdeyev and Alekseyev Published in Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Pavel Avdeyev, a graduate research assistant with the Computational Biology Institute and PhD student in the Department of Mathematics, and Dr
Gibson, Nguyen, Ahn and Crandall Published in Scientific Reports
Keylie Gibson and Bryan Nguyen (graduate research assistants with the Computational BIology Institute and
Alekseyev and Avdeyev Published in Algorithms for Computational Biology
Dr Max Alekseyev, a professor with the Computational Biology Institute (CBI) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and
Kolbe and Perez-Losada Published in Scientific Reports
Dr Allison Kolbe, a postdoctoral research with the Computational Biology Institute, and Dr Marcos Perez-Losada
James Bernot Published in PeerJ
James Bernot, a Graduate Research Assistant with the Computational BIology Insitute and PhD student in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, publishe
CBI and CTSI-CN
The CBI is a partner with CTSI-CN,
with CBI Director Keith Crandall also
heading the Informatics Core of the
partnership. To learn more, please
visit www.ctsi-cninformatics.org.
Corporate Partnerships
The Computational Biology Institute is proud to partner with:
Karna supports Federal agencies in the areas of science, research,
technology, lab, communications, and management consulting.
AMPEL BioSolutions interrogates, analyzes, synthesizes and
interprets the world's biomedical knowledge to provide novel
solutions for clinical research questions.
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