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2021 ph.d/MSBS Bioinformatics Students AttenD Lab Coat Ceremony

The Bioinformatics program accepted six students into the Ph.D./MSBS program for the Fall of 2021. They received their white lab coats on Friday, October 8th, 2021. They are pictured below.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Pictured at the ceremony: (left to right)听听Jennifer Nguyen, Ali Imami, Gabriella Vento, Elizabeth Shedroff, Kathryn Helminiak, and Leah Stevenson.

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Kathryn Helminiak, Elizabeth Shedroff, and Leah Stevenson (left to right) celebrate their graduation from the undergraduate portion of the Biology BS 鈥� Bioinformatics MS pipeline program, in May 2021. The three, who were all recipients of Choose Ohio First scholarships, are now continuing their graduate studies.

Students attend Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference听in Wisconsin

Twelve students from the Bioinformatics Program, along with Dr. Bob Blumenthal, Distinguished University Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and director of the Program in Bioinformatics, recently attended the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference in Madison, Wis.

Six of the following students gave poster presentations at the meeting (advisor's name in parentheses):

- Ammar Eljack (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Potential genetic biomarkers for dilated cardiomyopathy
- Deepti Gurung (Dr. Bob Blumenthal): Evolution of Recombination: RecBCD and AddAB in Bacteria听
- Prabhjot Kaur (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Identifying Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Disease听
- Oluwatobi Lasisi (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Identifying Biomarkers in Sjogren's Syndrome
- Scott Miruzzi (Dr. Rob Smith): Integration of Nuclear Receptor Coregulator Binding Array and RNA-Seq Datasets to Identify Novel Pathways Associated with Bilirubin's Activity as an Endogenous Hormone
- Rajan Paudel (Dr. Alexei Fedorov): Evolution of Nucleotide Composition of the Mid-Range Inhomogeneous (MRI) Sequences in the Human Genome听
Pictured at the conference, from left: Rajan Paudel, Ahmad Alimadadi, Dr. Bob Blumenthal, Prabhjot Kaur, Scott Miruzzi, Joyeeta Dutta, Alex McCartney, Kaitlin Zigulis, Deepti Gurung, Kathryn Helminiak, and Bhuwan Rai.听

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May: Twelve students from the Bioinformatics Program, along with Dr. Bob Blumenthal, Distinguished University Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and director of the Program in Bioinformatics, attended the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO) in Madison, Wis.

Six of the following students gave poster presentations at the meeting (advisor's name in parentheses):

Ammar Eljack (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Potential genetic biomarkers for dilated cardiomyopathy

Deepti Gurung (Dr. Bob Blumenthal): Evolution of Recombination: RecBCD and AddAB in Bacteria听

Prabhjot Kaur (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Identifying Biomarkers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Disease听

Oluwatobi Lasisi (Dr. Sadik Khuder): Identifying Biomarkers in Sjogren's Syndrome

Scott Miruzzi (Dr. Rob Smith): Integration of Nuclear Receptor Coregulator Binding Array and RNA-Seq Datasets to Identify Novel Pathways Associated with Bilirubin's Activity as an Endogenous Hormone

Rajan Paudel (Dr. Alexei Fedorov): Evolution of Nucleotide Composition of the Mid-Range Inhomogeneous (MRI) Sequences in the Human Genome听

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Pictured at the conference, from left: Deepti Gurung, Prabhjot Kaur, Rajan Paudel

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Pictured at the conference, from left: Khaled Alganem, Ammar Eljack, and Oluwatobi Lasisi.

2018

June:听 Alumna听Caroline Lambert听wrote an article about听melioidosis听published by The Blade. The article can be read听.听

July: Students听Caroline Lambert听and听Jenna McGowan听presented research at the International Society for Computational Biology in Chicago July 6th - 10th.

Caroline Lambert Poster

Caroline Lambert and her presentation, "Identification and description of the Burkholderia听psuedomallei听proteins that bind host complement-regulatory proteins via听in silico听and听in vitro听analysis."听

McGowan Poster

Jenna McGowan and her presentation, "Using Bioinformatics to Decipher New Immune Functions of an Old Protein."

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2017

May:听听Tomi Atolagbe, a Bioinformatics MSBS student,听was selected as the outstanding student in the category of听Master of Science in听Biomedical Sciences Basic Science Track for 2017.听Tomi will receive her award at the Class of 2017 Graduation Awards Ceremony on May听25, 2017, in The Radisson Grand Ballroom on the 蘑菇视频 HSC.听

May: Bioinformatics students attended the听2017 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference听(GLBIO), in Chicago, IL, May 15-17, 2017.

May:听MSBS student听Tomi Atolagbe听won 3rd place听in the GLBIO 2017 poster competition. 听She received a book and听an award. Congratulations Tomi!听

glbio Students pictured at the conference

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Rachael Wasikowski听with her poster听

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听2016

March:听The听2016 Graduate Research Forum听was held on March 17 and 18, 2016. Students Nicole Carr and Diego Morales presented (advisors are in parentheses):

Nicole Carr听(Dr. Sadik Khuder):听"Data Pooling to Identify Differentially Expressed Genes听in Lunc Cancer of Nonsmokers"听Oral presentation听
听Diego Morales听(Dr. James Willey):听"GWAS Analysis of SNP Association with COPD in Smokers" Poster presentation

May: The听2016听Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO)听was held in Toronto, Canada, May 16-19. Both students and faculty members attended this conference and gave poster and oral presentations.听

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glbiobobstudents Bioinformatics students having dinner with the program director, Dr. Bob Blumenthal.

jenrachaelposter Pipeline students听Jennifer Holmes听and听Rachael Wasikowski听are pictured with their poster that they co-presented.

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Students at听 2015 GLBIO held at Purdue University May 18-20

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MSBS student听Heather Brown听was awarded 2nd Place in the听Graduate Research Poster Forum held March 19-20, 2015.

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