SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Beth Sullivan and Naeema Hopkins-Kotb next to scientific poster

Summer springs into fall opportunity

Students interested in careers in genome sciences and medicine need a strong foundation of core...

picture collage with images from four different Bass Connections Projects plus a picture of Duke Campus

Bass Connections Annual Report Out Now

Bass Connections released their...

A graphical abstract of how the team uses epigenomic editing to downregulate SNCA genes

Targeted epigenome editing as ‘next generation drugs’ for Parkinson’s disease

By 2020, the Parkinson’s Foundation estimates that nearly one million people will be living with...

New undergrad course offers comprehensive overview of genome science tech

Greg Wray and Susanne Haga are co-teaching a new undergraduate course this fall called...

Events

Skyline@Duke Short Course

Sep 17
Evolution of Drug-Resistance in Cancer: Computational Modeling of Combination Treatment and the Dynamics of Cellular Subpopulations

Sep 19

Lisa Tucker-Kellogg

Center for Computational Biology and Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology -- Duke - NUS Medical school
Pediatric Obesity Microbiome and Metabolism Mini-Symposium

Sep 20

John Rawls, Helen Binns, Catherine Lozupone, Curtis Huttenhower

Duke University, Northwestern University, University of Colorado, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Heatlh

SHARED RESOURCES

GCB Shared Resources support Duke researchers and their collaborators working on genomic and proteomic projects.

SEQUENCING AND GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES

GCB provides a wide range of technologies for sample preparation and data production to enable research projects.

PROTEOMICS
AND METABOLOMICS

GCB offers cutting-edge mass spectrometry services for protein and metabolite characterization and quantitation.

GENOMIC ANALYSIS AND BIOINFORMATICS

GCB works with investigators from experimental design through quality control and analysis of large data sets.

COMPUTATIONAL
SOLUTIONS

GCB's information systems are designed to minimize time spent on staging data for analysis and maximize efficiency of analysis.

MICROBIOME SHARED RESOURCE

GCB provides a centralized resource hub to provide access to a variety of services for researchers.

Who We Are

GCB supports our research collaborations with four core shared resource facilities that provide expertise and services in genomic and computational technologies and in data analysis and with funding for bold and innovative interdisciplinary research.

Our educational programs, including a Ph.D. program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and an undergraduate certificate course, train the current and next generation of researchers. We support undergraduates, graduate students, and senior researchers with a variety of classes, hands-on workshops, a summer fellowship program, diverse research opportunities, and lectures from experts from Duke and across the world.

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CBB PHD

PHD IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY & BIOINFORMATICS

The mission of the the Duke University Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics is to train predoctoral students to become leaders at the interdisciplinary intersection of quantitative and biomedical sciences, using sophisticated computational methods to address contemporary challenges across biology and medicine.

Message from the Director

We're excited to offer graduate training in cutting-edge computational biology and bioinformatics. We encourage students take full advantage of the creativity-driven, highly interdisciplinary research environment at Duke. With participating faculty from Engineering, Medicine, and Arts & Sciences, students can choose from a wide range of research and training opportunities. I encourage you to explore our website for more information and to contact individual faculty members whose research interests you.