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‘Swarmbots,’ living cells engineered to produce monomer molecules, grow until they sense their population density has reached a certain level, whereupon they burst open, allowing the monomers to mingle and self-assemble into a composite polymer.

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The 2021 Summer Scholars Program in Genome Sciences and Medicine for Underrepresented...

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$8M grant aims to better understand disease mechanisms of schizophrenia

A new $8 million NIH grant seeks to uncover more clues into what genes increase the risk of...

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 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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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.