March 7, 2023
A Night of Ice and Inspiration: DCMB Industry Day
Four DCMB alumni shared their experience building their career.
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February 28, 2023
DATA call for posters from students and postdocs
Show off your research to potential recruiters!
February 21, 2023
The Center for Data-Driven Drug Development and Treatment Assessment (DATA) announces its first call for proposals
We are inviting proposals for projects that will apply novel computational methods, data science solutions, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to solve problems within the focus research areas of the Center, including drug design, drug repositioning, drug treatment assessment, patient phenotyping, and quantitative
February 10, 2023
Celebrating UN Day of International Women and Girls in Science!
February 10, 2023
U-M Bioinformatics excels at CASP15!
Once again, a University of Michigan (U-M) team of bioinformaticians takes the lead at the prestigious international CASP competition for modeling protein structure from amino acid sequence.
February 9, 2023
Nominations are now open for the annual $5000 Gilbert S. Omenn Prize
Nominations are now open for the $5000 Gilbert S. Omenn Prize, awarded yearly by the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health for best article published in the previous year on a topic related to evolution in the context of medicine and public health.
February 6, 2023
Dr. Woolliscroft explains how DCMB was created.
Why is there a Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the U-M?
February 1, 2023
“Imagining the future” with long-read
Kin Fai Au who joined DCMB on February 1, 2023, is cited in Nature Methods.
January 30, 2023
“From data to discovery” - Introducing Dr. Kin Fai Au and his lab members
The Department of Computational Biomedicine and Bioinformatics welcomes Dr. Kin Fai Au as Professor, starting February 1, 2023.
January 24, 2023
CCMB affiliate faculty Jenna Wiens, Ph.D., to receive Sarah Goddard Power Award
Congratulations to Jenna Wiens, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB) Affiliate Faculty on being awarded one of the four University of Michigan’s Academic Women’s Caucus 2023 Sarah Goddard Power Awards.
January 24, 2023
An automated open-source program improves performance in creating high-fidelity stable folds for de novo protein design
DCMB researchers, including first author Robin Pearce, a Ph.D. candidate working under the mentorship of Gil S. Omenn, MD, Ph.D. developed FoldDesign, a new program that can create new and stable protein structures.
January 18, 2023
DCMB in the Media: Massive international study uncovers genes involved in heart disease
Scientists, including DCMB alum, link dozens of new genome sites to coronary artery disease risk and pioneer a powerful method for illuminating the biological roots of common disease.
January 10, 2023
Faculty in the News: Daniel Forger, Ph.D.
Daniel Forger leads DoD-funded project to understand mental fatigue
January 6, 2023
Welcome to Dr. Minji Kim, DCMB new Assistant Professor!
December 7, 2022
DCMB at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS)
DCMB is committed to diversity and equity, and actively sought out minority scientists at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists ( ABRCMS ), Nov. 9-12, in Anaheim, CA.
November 22, 2022
Data Science in Health Disparities Research Symposium, Friday, March 11, 2022
Access to therapeutics based on advanced technology and data science is not equally available and this situation raises deep ethical concerns for scientists. Professor Maureen Sartor and the DCMB’s DEI committee organized this symposium to increase awareness of such systemic health disparities.
November 15, 2022
Arvind Rao, Ph.D., selected as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA)
Congratulations to Arvind Rao, Ph.D., on being selected as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association ( FAMIA ), class of 2023!