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Renowned evolutionary biologist Prof. Dan Hartl of Harvard University to deliver iGEM Distinguished Seminar on 04/07
Prof. Dan Hartl presents “Cognate Mutants in Orthologous Proteins: The Eliza Doolittle Experiment,” exploring how amino acid changes affect protein stability and evolution.
Ph.D. Student Rohan Alibutud for receiving CST's Graduate Student Outstanding TA/RA Award
Congratulations! Rohan Alibutud for receiving the College of Science and Technology's “Graduate Student Outstanding TA/RA Awardees!"
Prof. Beatriz Mello presents “Challenges in Dating Biological Sequence Divergences” at Wednesday@Noon Seminar on 01/29
January 29th at 12pm in the IGEM seminar room (SERC 604), Professor Beatriz Mello discuss “Challenges in Dating Biological Sequence Divergences
Prof. Sergei Pond Named Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at Temple University
Temple University welcomes Prof. Sergei Pond as the new Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, poised to boost interdisciplinary research and innovation efforts.
Prof. Sudhir Kumar Honored with BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumnus Award
Prof. Sudhir Kumar wins distinguished Alumnus Award from BITS Pilan
Professor Kumar Hits 300K Citations
Professor Sudhir Kumar Reaches Milestone: 300,000 Citations on Google Scholar Learn More
Ph.D. Student Lisa Schmelkin Successfully Defends Thesis on Epistasis
Effects of recombination on multi-drug resistance evolution in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Dr. Kien Tran, from Dr. Boni Lab presents “Effects of recombination on multi-drug resistance evolution in Plasmodium falciparum malaria” at Wednesday@Noon on 11/20Evolutionary sparse learning reveals the shared genetic basis of convergent traits
Ph.D. student: John Allard presents “Evolutionary sparse learning reveals the shared genetic basis of convergent traits” at Wednesday@Noon seminar on 10/30
The Mechanistic Role of Epistasis in Evolutionary Rate Variation and Neutral Theory
Ph.D. Defense: Lisa Schmelkin from Kumar Lab presents “The Mechanistic Role of Epistasis in Evolutionary Rate Variation and Neutral Theory” on 11/04 @ 10 am, SERC 604
Steven Weaver from Dr. Sergei Pond's Group Defends Thesis on Advancing Molecular Epidemiology
Ph.D. Defense: Steven Weaver from Dr. Sergei Pond's Group Defends Thesis on Advancing Molecular Epidemiology on 10/10 @ 3 pm, BIOLIFE 234
A new comparative framework for estimating selection on synonymous substitutions
Ph.D. student Hannah Verdonk presents “A new comparative framework for estimating selection on synonymous substitutions” at Wednesday@Noon Seminar on 10/16
Prof. Sergei Pond and Prof. Ananias Escalante lead NIH-Funded Temple Bioinformatics Research Center
Entrenchment of Neutral Substitutions with Epistasis
Ph.D. student Lisa Schmelkin presents “Entrenchment of Neutral Substitutions with Epistasis” at Wednesday@Noon Seminar on October 2, 2024
Notes on the ecology and evolution of malaria parasites in Madagascar
Dr. Benjamin L. Rice, Princeton University, presents “Notes on the ecology and evolution of malaria parasites in Madagascar” at Wednesday@Noon Seminar on September 18, 2024
Hybrid Transformer-Convolution Imputation of Missing Genome Data
Ph.D. student Erfan Mowalei presents 'Hybrid Transformer-Convolution Imputation of Missing Genome Data' at the Wednesday@Noon Seminar on September 11, 2024
Congratulations! Dr. Sayaka Miura
Congratulations to Dr. Sayaka Miura for joining Ole Miss as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in August 2024!
Farewell to Dr. Marcy Uyenoyama
Visiting faculty Dr. Marcy Uyenoyama from Duke University completes one-year sabbatical at the Kumar Lab and iGEMWelcome Assistant Prof. Alison Gould to iGEM Core Faculty and the Department of Biology at Temple University!
Guest speaker, Dr. Chirag Krishna, Speaks at iGEM on August 14, 2024
Guest speaker, Dr. Chirag Krishna, Computational Geneticist at Pfizer Systems Immunology, presents: “Molecular evolution of the HLA system and its influence on disease risk
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