Iowa State University

BCB Highlights...

• ISU-wide Faculty Forum on BCB, April 28, 8 a.m. to 1:30 at the Gateway Hotel

• Poster Session for BCB Program, 11 to 1 on Friday, April 27

   

• Find info on BCB 690 and BCB 593, Student Seminar & Workshop

 

• Undergraduate study in BCB

 

• Student publications.

The BCB Graduate Program

The BCB Graduate Program provides an interdisciplinary research environment where successful collaborations between life science researchers and computational scientists have developed over its ten year history.

Receive Stipend and Tuition Credits

Choose PhD study in ISU's BCB Graduate program and enter a vibrant learning community supported by world class resources. Entering students enjoy full tuition and health insurance credits, as well as a yearly stipend which can range up to $25,000 depending on the fellowship received. Apply by Jan. 15. FAQs to apply.

Outstanding BCB Faculty

Interdisciplinary research is possible at Iowa State in bioinformatics and computational biology because of the many collaborations among outstanding BCB faculty members.

News & Updates

Zaffarano Prize Recipient

Michael Zimmermann, a BCB graduate who is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Robert Jernigan, received an honorable mention certificate for his research efforts as a PhD student.

Other BCB students who have received a Zaffarano Prize research award include Alain Laederach, mentor: Amy Andreotti; Scott Emrich, mentor: Srinivas Aluru; and Jeff Sander, mentor: Drena Dobbs.

Congratulations to Fall 2011 BCB graduates:

Preeti Bais, mentors, Julie Dickerson and Basil Nikolau, who has joined Stemina in Madison, Wisconsin;

Nick Larson, mentors, Dan Nettleton and Jack Dekkers, who has joined Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN;

Deepak Reyon, mentors, Drena Dobbs and Edward Yu, who has joined the lab of Keith Joung at Harvard Univ. in Boston, MA;

Michael Zimmermann, mentors, Robert Jernigan and Edward Yu, who will work as a postdoctoral fellow in his major professor's lab.