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Upcoming Events

Apr
03 to 06
2023
Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2023
The Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2023 will be a significant opportunity to advance the sharing of knowledge and solutions to critical challenges at the ocean-climate nexus.
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News

Steve Diggle

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.
Professor John McDonald

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 the Integrated Cancer Research Center, has been chosen as a ‘Today’s Innovator’ by the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)
Lynn Durham

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 the Integrated Cancer Research Center, has been chosen as a ‘Today’s Innovator’ by the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE)
College of Sciences 2022 Summer REU Retreat, Amicalola Falls, GA.

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.
School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Brian Hammer (2nd from left), teaching assistant Ahn Pham (3rd from left) and nine 2022 Aquatic Chemical Ecology (ACE) REU students on a trawl along the Georgia coast.

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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Spotlight on Research Centers

  • 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.