Den Chen awarded NIH F31 grant

Bioinformatics & Systems Biology graduate student Den Chen has been awarded an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awarded to Hyrum Eddington

Congratulations to Hyrum Eddington (BISB Ph.D. student) on being awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship!

Rob Knight named 2025 ARCS Scientist of the Year

Prof. Rob Knight has been named the Scientist of the Year by the San Diego Chapter of ARCS (Achievement Awards for College Scientists Foundation).

Story at ARCS, San Diego Union-Tribune

Kiki Spaulding named YCA fellow

Kiki Spaulding, a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program, has been named a 2024 fellow in the Yale Ciencia Academy (YCA). 24 biomedical and health sciences PhD students from across the country were selected for this honor.

Bojing (Blair) Jia awarded Chancellor's Dissertation Medal

Bojing (Blair) Jia, a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program, will receive the 2024 Chancellor's Dissertation Medal at commencement for his dissertation “Multiplexed genome imaging and analysis.” Six graduating Ph.D. students in different disciplines were selected for this honor.

Erick Armingol awarded Jean Fort Dissertation Prize

Erick Armingol, a Ph.D. alumnus of the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program, received the 2024 Jean Fort Dissertation Prize for his dissertation “Deciphering Patterns of Cell–Cell Interactions and Communication in Multicellular Organizations.”