Preethi Thunga completed her Master's degree in Functional Genomics. This degree is en route, meaning that she completed the extra degree requirements while continuing to wwwork toward a PhD in Bioinformatics.
Blog posts : "General"
Preethi part of winning 'Pack Hacks' team
The team of Preethi Thunga, Kuncheng Song, and Caizi Huang won the Pack Hacks competition with this entry that built an interactive dashboard for estimating + comparing student debt:
https://devpost.com/software/student-loan-dashboard
Adrian elected postdoctoral representative to the Computational Toxicology Study Section of SOT
Adrian Green was elected as the 2021-22 postdoctoral representative to the Computational Toxicology Study Section of the Society of Toxicology (SOT).
Nnamdi wins Best Poster award at 2021 Genomic Sciences Symposium!
Nnamdi Osakwe won the "Best Poster" award at the 2021 Genomic Science Symposium for his presentation entitled: "Building Comprehensive Models of Environmental Integrity"
Preethi wins Best Presentation award at the 2021 Genomic Science Symposium!
Preethi Thunga won the Best Presentation award at the 2021 Genomic Sciences Symposium for her lightning talk (oral) presentation entitled: "High-throughput chemical hazard identification using behavioral assessments in zebrafish"
Dylan selected to serve on the College of Sciences Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Dylan Wallis has been selected to serve on the college’s Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This committee advises the dean on efforts to foster an inclusive, accessible, equitable and diverse climate within the college community. The group is comprised of faculty, staff and students th…
Farida's SOT abstract wins "Top 10" award from Computational Toxicology Speciality Section
Top 10 SOT-CTSS Abstract Awards Winner (Top 5% of all posters): F. Akhtari, G. Small, T. Havener, K. Roell, A. Green, J. House, D. Reif, H.McLeod, T. Wiltshire, A. Motsinger-Reif. High-throughput screening and genome-wide analyses of 44 anticancer drugs in the 1000 Genome cell lines reveals an assoc…
Adrian works with the Science House to develop and teach STEM course for Grades 6-8
Adrian worked with Pam Gilchrist in the Science House to develop and teach a grade 6-8 course for the Imhotep Academy. The course was "Disease Detectives: The World of Epidemiology"
There is also an associated manuscri…
Adrian presents seminar at Coffee & Viz seminar series
Coffee & Viz: Visualization and Pattern Recognition in High-Dimensional Zebrafish Behavioral Studies using Deep Learning
Farida's presentation wins Reviewer's Choice Award at ASHG Annual Meeting
Reviewers' Choice Award Winner (Top 10% of all posters):
F. Akhtari, G. Small, T. Havener, K. Roell, A. Green, J. House, D. Reif, H. McLeod, T. Wiltshire, A. Motsinger-Reif. High-throughput screening and genome-wide analyses of 44 anticancer drugs in the 1000 Genome cell lines reveals an associa…
Reif presents Society of Toxicology seminar
David presented a seminar as part of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Risk Assessment Specialty Section (RASS) series. The slides and recording are available at:
https://www.toxicology.org/groups/ss/RASS/downloads.asp
Nnamdi Osakwe joins the lab!
Nnamdi C. Osakwe is a Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics at NC State University. He received his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC. His research focuses on integrative data analysis to model and predict environmental integrity outcomes within specific loca…
Preethi Thunga earns full PASS on PhD qualifying exam!
Preethi earned a full PASS on her qualifying exam and is now officially a PhD candidate in Bioinformatics!
Dylan Wallis earns full PASS on PhD qualifying exam!
Dylan earned a full PASS on their qualifying exam and is now officially a PhD candidate in Toxicology!
David promoted to full Professor
David Reif was promoted to full Professor by the Department of Biological Sciences.