The Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers-Camden is pleased to announce two winners for the 2018 CCIB Best Student Paper Awards. Sung Won Oh (Fu Lab), won the 1st place for her paper “DNA‐Mediated Proximity‐Based Assembly Circuit for Actuation of Biochemical Reactions” published on Angewandte Chemie. Nathaniel Merrill (Piccoli Lab), won the 2nd … Continue reading CCIB 2018 Best Student Paper Award Winners…
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New Funding Available For Incoming CCIB MS Students
CCIB is still accepting MS applications for Fall 2019 – and now CCIB has additional scholarships available! Incoming MS students will be automatically considered for scholarships that would reduce the cost of your tuition by up to 50%. You can read more about our program at MS Program and Frequently Asked Questions. The application deadline has been extended … Continue reading New Funding Available For Incoming CCIB MS Students…
CCIB PhD Student Sebastian Harris awarded PAS Graduate Research Grant
CCIB PhD Student Sebastian Harris (Savage Lab) received a Pennsylavania Academy of Science (PAS) Graduate Research Grant for his project “Exploring the Relationship Between Allegheny Mound Ant Colonies and Neighboring Reptile and Amphibian Species Richness“. Harris is one of the 29 students from fourteen different Pennsylvania colleges and universities who were awarded the grants. Congratulations!
CCIB PhD Student Sebastian Harris featured on Society for the study of Amphibians and Reptiles
CCIB PhD Student Sebastian A. Harris was recently featured on the website of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSSR). He is interested in snakes and community ecology. He will be focused on small to medium sized colubrids for the next few years. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jinglin Fu receives Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
CCIB Faculty Member Dr. Jinglin Fu (Chemistry) was selected as a recipient of the Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers(ECASE-Army) by the Army Research Office (ARO). This award provides a five years’ funding, a total of $1 million, to support his research of “Develop Synthetic Compartments for Enhanced and Regulated Biochemical Reactions”. Congratulations!
Fall 2018 Research Highlights
CCIB Director Dr. Nir Yakoby (Biology) received the Busch Biomedical Grant for the project “Role of tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) in patterning epithelial cells”. This is a collaboration with CCIB faculty Dr. Andrey Grigoriev‘s lab. CCIB Graduate Program Director Dr. Grace Brannigan, former CCIB Postdoc Dr. Reza Salari, and CCIB PhD student Ruchi Lohia published a paper … Continue reading Fall 2018 Research Highlights…