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Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Thesis Defense: Monica Dayao | October 7, 2024 | 11am

Thesis defense for CPCB student Monica Dayao on October 7, 2024.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

A Pitt student startup won the prestigious Hult Prize

Korion Health, a startup led by Pitt students, has won the internationally prestigious Hult Prize.
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Carl Kingsford Elected 2024 ISCB Fellow

Carl Kingsford, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science in the Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB).
Similar Genetic Elements Underlie Vocal Learning in Mammals
Monday, March 04, 2024

Similar Genetic Elements Underlie Vocal Learning in Mammals

The vocalizations of humans, bats, whales, seals and songbirds vastly differ from each other. Humans and birds, for example, are separated by some 300 million years of evolution. But scientists studying how these animals learn to "speak" have time and again seen surprising similarities in the connections in brain regions that support this vocal learning.
Logan and Pfenning Labs Publish in Nature Communications
Monday, February 19, 2024

Logan and Pfenning Labs Publish in Nature Communications

Researchers have identified molecular pathways associated with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease in the brains of people with opioid use disorder.
CPCB Faculty and Students Win First Place in CACHE Challenge
Thursday, February 01, 2024

CPCB Faculty and Students Win First Place in CACHE Challenge

CPCB faculty David Koes and his (CPCB) student Ian Dunn shared first place in the CACHE challenge with CPCB faculty Olexandr Isayev and his (CPCB) student Filipp Gusev.
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