New Method Could Help Identify Disease-Related Genes, Pathways Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have taken a deep learning method that has revolutionized face recognition and other image-based applications in recent years and redirected its power to explore the relationship between genes. The trick, they say, is to transform massive amounts of gene expression data into […]

Robert F. Murphy, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology and head of the Computational Biology Department at Carnegie Mellon University, has been elevated to fellow status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organization. Murphy is also professor of Biological Sciences and holds courtesy appointments in the Biomedical Engineering and Machine Learning departments. Fellow status […]

Algorithm Also Works to Identify and Correct Mistakes It Might Have Made   Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised an algorithm to rapidly sort through mountains of gene expression data to find unexpected phenomena that might merit further study. What’s more, the algorithm then re-examines its own output, looking for mistakes it has […]

CMU Software Tool Speeds Discovery Using Microbial Datasets Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a software tool that can play a high-speed “Match Game” to identify bioactive molecules and the microbial genes that produce them so they can be evaluated as possible antibiotics and other therapeutic agents. Working with colleagues at the University […]

‘The HuBMAP Computational Tools Center, led by principal investigator and CBD Faculty Ziv Bar-Joseph, and CBD’s Systems Scientists Matt Ruffalo will play an important role in the development and implementation of the methods required to create an interactive map that scientists can use to navigate through the human body as discussed in this article in Nature

NIH New Innovator Award Supports Global Search of Microbial Communities Hosein Mohimani has a knack for finding ever-faster ways of searching giant databases for potential therapeutic drugs. Now, the computer scientist is trying a new approach in which the size of the databases isn’t something to be conquered, but a feature he uses to his advantage. […]

President Jahanian welcomes everyone to the 10th Anniversary celebration

  After founding and leading the computational biology department (CBD) at CMU for 10 years, Professor Robert F. (Bob) Murphy has decided to step down as Head and return to the faculty. Under Bob’s leadership, CBD established itself as a leader in both research and education. It has consistently been the top contributor to the […]

E. coli behavior in obstacle courses has implications for robotic search and rescue

Professor Kathryn Roeder has been elected by her peers to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for “outstanding contributions to research”.  This recognition is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive, with a total number of active members totaling 2,347. Dr. Roeder is professor of Statistics and Computational Biology and is […]