Research

Advancing bioinformatics and computational biology through cutting-edge research

Research Areas

Explore our diverse research focus areas spanning genomics, structural biology, systems biology, machine learning, and more.

Genomics & Transcriptomics
Structural Bioinformatics
Systems Biology & Networks
Machine Learning & AI
Clinical Bioinformatics

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Research Personnel

Meet our interdisciplinary team of faculty, researchers, and students conducting world-class research.

Core & Associate Faculty
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Research Scientists
International Collaborators

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Key Research Areas in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The program covers 12 core research areas spanning the breadth of modern bioinformatics

1 Genomics and Genome Analysis

2 Transcriptomics

3 Proteomics and Protein Structure

4 Metabolomics and Systems Biology

5 Drug Discovery and Pharmacogenomics

6 Network and Graph-Based Analysis

7 Machine Learning and AI in Biology

8 Microbiome and Metagenomics

9 Evolutionary and Phylogenetic Analysis

10 Structural Bioinformatics

11 Multi-Omics Integration

12 Algorithm Development, Data Standards and Reproducibility

Key Research Applications

Medical Bioinformatics / Biomedical InformaticsPlant BioinformaticsMicrobial BioinformaticsDrug Discovery Informatics / Drug DesignSystems Pharmacology

Research Highlights

Publications

Faculty and students publish regularly in Nature, Science, Cell, and leading bioinformatics journals

Facilities

State-of-the-art Omics Science and Bioinformatics Center with high-performance computing

Collaborations

Active partnerships with hospitals, industry, and international research institutions worldwide

Research Opportunities

Students have opportunities to collaborate with and conduct research at leading institutions around the world

Omics Sciences & Bioinformatics Center (CU)

BIOTEC / NSTDA

University of Liverpool (UK)

University of Bristol (UK)

Universität Wien (Austria)

IWR Heidelberg (Germany)

DKFZ — German Cancer Research Center (Germany)

Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

University of Tsukuba (Japan)

Ibaraki University (Japan)

NAIST — Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)

Institute for Molecular Science, NINS (Japan)

Peking University (China)

Shanghai University (China)

Genome Center, UC Davis (USA)

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We welcome graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting researchers interested in collaborative research

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