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Jonathan Pekar, Erick Armingol, and Yue Qin awarded 2023 Siebel Scholarships
October 4, 2022Congrats to BISB PhD students Jonathan Pekar, Erick Armingol, and Yue Qin on being named 2023 Siebel Scholars!
UC San Diego Joins NIH 'Bridge to Artificial Intelligence Program'
September 20, 2022Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have been selected to lead components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program.
Two faculty in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program have leading roles in this project. Trey Ideker, PhD, professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, will serve as principal investigator for one of the Data Generation Projects. Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, professor and associate dean for informatics and technology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, will serve as a principal investigator for the Bridge Center.
“This is the first time NIH has invested in biomedical AI at this scale, and we are thrilled to be a part of it,” said Ideker. “UC San Diego has proven itself to be a pioneer in clinical and research AI technology, but this funding will help cement our place in the AI revolution.”
UCSD's Bioinformatics Undergradute Program ranked #1 in US News & World Report
September 12, 2022UCSD's Bioinformatics Undergraduate Program is ranked #1 in US News & World Report's category Best Undergraduate Biocomputing/Bioinformatics/Biotechnology Programs.
Yue Qin awarded Friends of the International Center Endowed Fellowship
August 12, 2022Congratulations to Yue Qin, a Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, on being awarded a Friends of the International Center Endowed Fellowship! This is awarded to a student who promotes international friendship, understanding, and cooperation.
Origins of COVID-19 pandemic
July 28, 2022In a pair of related studies published in Science, researchers at University of California San Diego, with colleagues on four continents, show that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 was at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, and resulted from at least two instances of the SARS-CoV-2 virus jumping from live animal hosts to humans working or shopping there.
The first paper's lead author is Jonathan Pekar, a Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, and the main PI is BISB Prof. Joel Wertheim. Coauthors also include BISB Ph.D. student Jennifer Havens, BISB Prof. Niema Moshiri, and Moshiri Lab undergraduate student Katherine Izhikevich. The second paper was also coauthored by Jonathan Pekar and Prof. Joel Wertheim.
Yue Qin, Trey Ideker, Gene Yeo publish MuSIC (Multi-Scale Integrated Cell) in Nature
May 13, 2022
Image credit: Charlotte (Curtis) Marquez
By combining microscopy, biochemistry techniques and artificial intelligence, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators have taken what they think may turn out to be a significant leap forward in the understanding of human cells. The technique, known as Multi-Scale Integrated Cell (MuSIC), has been published in Nature.
“The combination of these technologies is unique and powerful because it’s the first time measurements at vastly different scales have been brought together,” said study first author Yue Qin, a Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate student. The authors also include Bioinformatics and Systems Biology faculty Trey Ideker and Gene Yeo, and 25 other collaborators.
UCSD press release: We Might Not Know Half of What’s in Our Cells, New AI Technique Reveals
See also: GEN, SciTech Daily, ScienceDaily, The Medical News, Neuroscience News, Science Blog, Laboratory Equipment, La Jolla Light, Times of San Diego, and Patch.
Nancy Yuan awarded TRDRP fellowship
March 25, 2022Nancy Yuan, a Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, has been awarded a TRDRP (Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program) predoctoral research fellowship.
Elizabeth Winzeler elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 28, 2021Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Winzeler in the BISB program on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine!
Andrea Castro awarded Siebel Scholarship Award
October 13, 2021Andrea Castro, a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program, has been named a 2021 Siebel Scholar.
Anh Pham awarded 2021-2022 Sigma Delta Epsilon Tau Chapter Fellowship
October 13, 2021Anh Pham, a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program, was awarded the 2021-2022 Sigma Delta Epsilon Tau Chapter Fellowship.