Yale Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics (CBB)

Andres Cordoba and Zhaochen Ye, @YaleCBB Ph.D. students, are presenting their selected scientific journals this week, additional details can be found below.

Haley Zhang and Inna Cohen, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting this week on their selected scientific articles.

[5/5] Outside of research, Antonia enjoys reading, watching French New Wave films, exploring new restaurants and coffee shops, and has also recently returned to playing tennis. Feel free to reach out to her on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/antonia-p...

[4/5] Having worked with large-scale virtual screening and molecular dynamics methods, she is now interested in exploring how machine learning can be physics-informed to accelerate and improve these computational approaches.

[3/5] Her research interests center on protein structure, dynamics, and interactions, with a focus on predicting and characterizing these processes to advance translational research and improve drug development efficiency.

[2/5]Growing up in Constanța, Romania, she fondly remembers going to the beach with her high school friends in the Astronomy and Astrophysics club to observe the Pleiades with their telescope.

[1/5] Antonia Panescu is a first-year CBB student who received an integrated master's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford.

Yuntian Liu and Younjoon Chung, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting this week on their selected scientific articles.

Lucy Zheng and Kevin Jin (@YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates) will be presenting their selected scientific articles during this week's CBB journal club. Please check the post below for more details.

The CBB Journal Club series is beginning this week. Christine Dien and Lisa Chen (@YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates) will lead the session by presenting selected scientific articles. Please check the post below for additional details.

Chang Lu, Anna Su, and Suchen Zheng, Ph.D. candidates in @YaleCBB, will be presenting the final RIP talk of the school year. Please see the details below for more information.

[2/2] Outside of research, Giacomo enjoys running, hiking, playing soccer and guitar, and cooking
(especially Italian cuisine). Feel free to connect with Giacomo on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/giacomo-m...

[1/2] Giacomo Marino is a first-year CBB PhD student who earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown University, where he double majored in neuroscience and computer science. His research interests focus on genomic foundation models and large language models.

Jenel Armstrong and Burhan Sabuwala, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks this week

Happy new year! @YaleCBB PhD students will resume weekly Research-in-Progress (RIP) talks, followed by Journal Club (JC) presentations.

A Ram and Noah Yann Lee, @YaleCBB PhD candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks this week.

[4/4] Feel free to reach out to Jon through email (jon.mallen@yale.edu) or on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jon-malle...

[3/4] Outside of research, he enjoys surfing in the Northeast (even in winter! ), weightlifting, trying new restaurants, and baking cheesecake. A fun fact: Jon is an avid cat lover and frequently befriends cats he meets around town or back home on the island.

[2/4] Originally from Redondo Beach, California and Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii, Jon spent much of his childhood on the water, surfing, fishing, and paddling with his friends.

[1/4] Jon Mallen is a first-year CBB PhD student who earned his bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics - Biology from Brown University. His research focuses on developing analytical methods for multiplexed single-cell multi-omics data and emerging data modalities.

Suchen Zheng and Dingyao Zhang, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks this week. Please check the post below for more details.

Ao Huang, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidate, will be presenting his RIP talk on "Epigenetic poising in immune response to vaccination”.

Tianyu Liu, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidate, will be presenting his RIP talk on "Scientific Autonomous Generalist Agent".

[2/2] Her research interests focus on developing mathematical models of cellular and molecular processes. Outside of research, Gabrianne enjoys playing the violin and piano, and fun fact, she also has a minor in Dance! Feel free to connect with her on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/gabrianne...

[1/2] Gabrianne Ivey is a first-year CBB PhD student who earned her bachelor’s degree in Cell and Molecular Biology at Appalachian State University and her master’s degree in Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University.

Jessica Kasamoto and Weihao Zhao, @YaleCBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks this week. More details shared in the post below.

Harry Abiri and Cole Jensen, Yale CBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks on "Transformer-Based PLMs to Understand the Immune System Language" and “Inferring Naive B Cell Sequences from Clonal Lineages”.

Jess Graham and Andy Chu, Yale CBB Ph.D. candidates, will be presenting their RIP talks on "Mapping the Antigenic Landscape to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Renal Cell Carcinoma" and "Leveraging a Poisson Mixed-Effect Framework to Uncover Dynamic Single-Cell Expression QTLs".

Interested in pursuing a PhD in Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics (CBB) at Yale?

Join us for a CBB PhD Virtual Open House
Tuesday, November 11 | 8:00–9:00 PM ET

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Join our Virtual Open House on Nov 11, 8–9 PM ET to hear from faculty, ask questions, and explore the program!

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Yunzhe Jiang, Yale CBB Ph.D. candidate, will be presenting his RIP talk on "Comprehensive Analysis of Pseudogene Expression in Human and Macaque Brains compared with Other Tissues".