7th Annual BCB Symposium

“Applications of Machine Learning in Biology”

Register HERE for the symposium on April 16^th, 2021 via Zoom

Confirmed speakers:

Vishnu Ramasubramanian - Final Oral Exam

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - University Closed

Ian Braun - Final Oral Exam

Major Professor - Carolyn Lawrence Dill

Co-Major Professor - Iddo Friedberg

Home Department - Agronomy

Title of Defense:  Representing, comparing, and querying phenotype descriptions in plants using computational methods

Abstract:

University Break - November 30, 2020 - January 25, 2021

Graduate College Commencement

Thanksgiving Day

Iowa State University Bioinformatics Open Day

Open Day Registration

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that combines data science, computation, and biology. It involves the processing and analyzing of large-scale genomic and other biological datasets to develop biological insights. Those include personal healthcare, personal genomics, precision agriculture, drug and vaccine design, understanding the genetic basis of diseases, and molecular evolution are just a few of the broad topics that engage bioinformatics scientists.

Rebekah Starks - Final Oral Exam

Major Professor:  Geetu Tuteja

Co-Major Professor: Karin Dorman

Home Department:  GDCB

Title:  Genome-wide discovery of gene regulatory networks in the midgestation mouse placenta

Shane Dooley - Final Oral Exam

Major Professor:  Adina Howe

Co-Major Professor:  Walter Moss

Home Department:  Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Title:  CRISPR-Cas: Functional Specialization and Evolutionary Outcomes

Ashish Jain - Final Oral Exam

Major Professor:  Geetu Tuteja

Understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating the early placental development using Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) datasets

Classes start

Seminar on COVID-19: Strategies to overcome the pandemic

We are nearing the end of this epic spring semester.  Genet 690/MCB 698 (Student Seminar) will conclude our class by giving a seminar on Covid-19 and discussing strategies to overcome the pandemic.  The speaker will be Prof David Verhoeven, co-instructor of Genet 690/MCB 698.  He is one of the leading researchers at ISU finding solutions to combat Covid-19. 

Final Exams - May 4-7, 2020

6th Annual BCB Symposium Announcement: Single-cell -omics: Advances and Future Directions

The BCB-GSO is excited to announce the 6th Annual BCB Symposium titled "Single-cell -omics: Advances and Future Directions" will be held on May 1st, 2020 at Reiman Gardens in the Garden Room. We have four excellent speakers planned for this year's event: