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Steve Diggle Named Director of the Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection at Georgia Tech
The College of Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Diggle as the director of the Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI). Diggle is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the principal investigator for the Diggle Lab.
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McDonald To Be Honored by Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)
John McDonald, emeritus professor in the School of Biological Sciences and founding director of Georgia Tech's Integrated Cancer Research Center, has been chosen as a ‘Today’s Innovator’ in cancer research by the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)
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NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program Returns for 2023
Georgia Tech’s College of Sciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) offers summer programs for 2023.
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What's on the Horizon for 2023?
Members of the Tech community share their plans for the new year.
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Cat Locomotion Could Unlock Better Human Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Cats always land on their feet, but what makes them so agile? Their unique sense of balance has more in common with humans than it may appear. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying cat locomotion to better understand how the spinal cord works to help humans with partial spinal cord damage walk and maintain balance.
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AF2Complex ‘Computational Microscope’ Predicts Protein Interactions, Potential Paths to New Antibiotics
In a new paper published in eLife, School of Biological Sciences and School of Computer Science researchers show how AF2Complex, a deep learning tool designed to predict the physical interactions of proteins, is lending new insights into protein synthesis and transport — and paving the way to computationally expedite biology research as a whole.
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Breanna Shi Awarded Advanced Graduate Ambassadorship
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) recently awarded Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program Ph.D. student Breanna Shi the Advanced Graduate Ambassadorship from their Women and Mathematics program. As part of this award, Shi will organize a workshop to address equity by using her math background to help other underrepresented graduate students across Georgia Tech’s College of Sciences learn and apply math and computational methods in their research.
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Georgia Tech Welcomes Fall 2022 Commencement Speakers
This semester's ceremonies celebrate 1,500 bachelor’s students, 3,760 master’s students, and 360 doctoral students. Three distinguished speakers — all of them familiar with the Georgia Tech experience — will address graduates as they embark on their post-graduate lives and careers.
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BBISS Appoints Nine New Faculty Fellows
Nine new Faculty Fellows were appointed to the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), including Jenny McGuire, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences with a joint appointment in the School of Biological Sciences.
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Upcoming Events
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Feb 2
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Guanghao Qi
Understanding the genetics of complex traits through statistical integration of genetic and genomic data
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Feb 2
The School of Biological Sciences Seminar presents Dr. Robbie Richards
How to use biostatistics in teaching undergarduate biology students
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Jan 13 to May 5
Fossil Fridays
Become a fossil hunter and help discover how vertebrate communities have changed through time.
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Feb 6
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Tatsuya Tsukahara
Transcriptional adaptation couples past experience and future sensory responses
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Feb 7
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Jorge Zanudo
Mathematical modeling and genomics of cancer networks: applications to drug resistance and transcriptional reprogramming
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Feb 9-10
2023 Exploration and Origins Colloquium (Abstracts due 1/19)
The ExplOrigins early career group invites you to join the 2023 Exploration and Origins Colloquium
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Feb 9
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Glen D’Souza
How intercellular interactions emerge at the microscale and determine the functionality of microbial communities
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Feb 14
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Erick Motta
Honeybees as models to investigate how environmental stressors shape gut microbial communities
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Feb 16
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2023 Seminar Series presents Dr. Benjamin Van Doren
Animal movement in a changing world
Spark: College of Sciences at Georgia Tech
Our Experts in the News
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Cats land on their feet, which could help humans walk better
La Presse (France), Jan 23, 2023
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A look at Zoo Atlanta’s breakthrough research findings in 2022
Saporta Report , Jan 20, 2023
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FSU climate scientists receive Department of Energy funding to study greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands
Florida State University News, Jan 19, 2023
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Survey Finds Americans Still Don’t Know They’re Eligible for Updated COVID-19 Booster Shot
U.S News & World Report, Jan 19, 2023
Spotlight on Research Centers
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CMDI
Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection
The Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI) is an interdisciplinary collaboration at Georgia Tech seeking to understand the ecology, interactions and evolution of microbes. We are focused on the understanding microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions that are relevant to human health, ecosystem dynamics and sustainability. -
CSSB
Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Recognized by most experts in the field as the future of biology, Systems Biology seeks to understand how complex living systems interact with each other so that we can diagnose and treat disorders such as cancer. -
ACE
Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center
At Georgia Tech we have organized a diverse group of ecologists, chemists, sensory biologists, engineers, and quantitative modelers, to focus on chemical cues that many organisms use for to make basic survival decisions. -
CBID
Center for Biologically Inspired Design
CBID is an interdisciplinary center for research and development of design solutions that occur in biological processes. -
CIG
Center for Integrative Genomics
The Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech is a virtual affiliation of researchers interested in the application of genome-wide research strategies to diverse biological themes. -
ICRC
Integrated Cancer Research Center
The mission of the ICRC is to facilitate integration of the diversity of technological, computational, scientific and medical expertise at Georgia Tech and partner institutions in a coordinated effort to develop improved cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. -
NanoMAD
Center for NanoMAD
Our mission is to develop new technologies for detecting, monitoring and controlling self-assembled macromolecular complexes at various levels, including their pathogenic consequences, biological roles and evolutionary origins.
