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, PDX1 immunostaining of liver tissue sections at 14 d after injection of mice treated with control and Pdx1-targeted gRNAs. Scale bars, 50 µm.

New Mice Enable CRISPR-based Epigenome Editing in Living Animals

A CRISPR-Cas9 variant with deactivated DNA-cutting function is a powerful tool to help...

Research Roundup: June - July 2021

Here are summaries of a sampling of the papers published by GCB faculty in June and July 2021...

2021 Summer Scholars Season Wraps up with Poster Presentations

Eight students from five universities spent eight weeks of their summer at Duke University as...

Sandeep Dave featured in Magnify: Getting Personal with Blood Cancers

For most cancers, advances in genomics haven’t changed treatment strategies very much.

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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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.