Recent News
Thesis Defense – Anthony Federico
Congratulations to CBM PhD candidate Anthony Federico, who passed his thesis defense, "Development of Methods for Omics Network Inference and Analysis and Their Application to Disease Modeling," on Thursday, November 18. Anthony is a member of Monti lab and defended both virtually and in person on Evans 6.
Dr. Vijaya Kolachalama awarded Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award
Congratulations to Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine, who was awarded the Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award for 2021-2023. This award recognizes outstanding junior faculty investigators in the Department of Medicine. Click here to learn more about this award.
Detection of dementia on voice recordings using deep learning: a Framingham Heart Study
(Source: BMC Alzheimer's Research and Therapy) New publication from Chonghua Xue, Bioinformatics Analyst and Dr. Vijaya Kolachalama, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine. See below for a brief summary and click the link to read the whole article. Background Identification of reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use strategies for detection of... More
Researchers develop machine learning methods to accurately identify, characterize metabolism-disrupting chemicals
Source: EurekAlert! Chemicals in your furniture, plastic housewares and pesticides used in your yard may be making you fat, according to Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health researchers. A growing number of environmental pollutants (organotins in pesticides, phthalates in plastics, flame retardants in furniture) activate fat-forming pathways and enhance... More
Multi-resolution characterization of molecular taxonomies in bulk and single-cell transcriptomics data
(Source: Oxford Academic) New publication from Dr. Stefano Monti, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine. See below for a brief summary and click the link to read the whole article. As high-throughput genomics assays become more efficient and cost effective, their utilization has become standard in large-scale biomedical... More
AAIC Travel Fellowship Awarded to Michael Romano
Michael Romano, MD/PhD student in the Kolachalama Lab, has been awarded a travel fellowship for the 2021 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC). AAIC is the largest international dementia conference where researchers and clinicians come together to share advances in treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. The conference will take place... More
Shangran Qiu Awarded the 2021 Alvaro Rocarro Memorial Prize
Congratulations to Shangran Qiu, Bioinformatics Analyst in the Kolachalama Lab, for receiving the 2021 Alvaro Rocarro Memorial Prize. This award is given to individuals by the Department of Physics at Boston University in recognition of outstanding research achievement.
Thesis Defense – Xingyi Shi
Congratulations to CBM PhD candidate Xingyi Shi, who passed her thesis defense, "Bronchial Gene Expression Associated with Airway Premalignancy and Lung Cancer Subtypes," on Monday, June 21. Xingyi is a member of the Spira/Lenburg and Beane labs and defended virtually.
CBM Faculty Members Awarded CTSI 2021 Integrated Pilot Grants
Congratulations to Drs. Jennifer Beane, Joshua Campbell, Vijaya Kolachalama and Sarah Mazzilli for receiving Integrated Pilot Grants from BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Please see below for more information on their awards. Identifying Coding and Non-Coding Genomic Alterations Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Men Recipients: Christopher Heaphy, Joshua... More
Deep learning-driven quantification of interstitial fibrosis in digitized kidney biopsies
(Source: The American Journal of Pathology) New publication from Dr. Vijaya Kolachalama, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Computational Biomedicine. See below for a brief summary and click the link to read the whole article. Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) on a renal biopsy are strong indicators of disease... More