The KU Center for Computational Biology

The Center for Computational Biology

The Center for Computational Biology (Computational Biology Program) is an academic unit with tenure-track/tenured faculty appointments in the Program and postdoctoral and graduate training.

Using bioinformatics, biophysics, structural, and systems biology, the Center carries out fundamental research in life sciences, develops computational modeling tools, fosters community-wide activities in computational biology, and provides education for the new generation of researchers.

IMPRESS-U Award

The Vakser Lab received an NSF award from IMPRESS-U (International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine) program. This multinational partnership initiative supports excellence in science and engineering research, education, and innovation through international collaboration, and promotes and catalyzes integration of Ukrainian researchers in the global research...

Vakser Lab receives $1M NSF grant to predict phenotypic effects of genetic mutations

The Vakser Lab received a 3 year $1M award from the National Science Foundation "UKRI/BBSRC - NSF/BIO: Modeling of protein interactions to predict phenotypic effects of genetic mutations”. The project (a collaboration with the Imperial College, London) focuses on application of computational techniques to the development of a public resource incorporating structural modeling of proteins and protein assemblies with genetic amino acid variants and assessment of their functional impact.

Vakser Lab Work Opens a New Chapter in Cell Modeling

A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences puts forward a novel approach to computer modeling of molecular mechanisms of life. The approach is capable of reaching extra-long simulation times of cell-sized molecular systems at atomic resolution, to address cellular phenomena which now is far beyond the capabilities of the existing techniques. More at https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/966821.

Joanna Slusky receives $1.5M NSF Molecular Foundations of Biotechnology award

Associate Professor Joanna Slusky received an NSF Molecular Foundations of Biotechnology award titled: MFB: NSF-BSF: Data-Adaptive and Metamorphosis Machine Learning Architectures for Generative Protein Design of Metal Biosensors. This is a three year $1.5 million award for fundamentally new approaches in chemistry to drive new directions in biotechnology. ...

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