Computational Biology

Machine learning applied to cancer: A PhD student doubles the number of breast cancer drivers

Felix Sanchez-Garcia, a computer science PhD student, describes a new algorithm that integrates data from multiple diverse sources to discover new breast cancer drivers.

The future of DNA sequencing is already in the classroom

In Ubiquitous Genomics, students are among the first students to have access to a mobile genetic sequencer.

Crowdsourced family tree yields new insights about humanity

A study published in Science describes how researchers created, from 86M genealogy profiles, population-scale family trees to reassess longevity and marriage and migration patterns. Yaniv Erlich is the study’s senior author.

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Computational biology and bioinformatics involve development and application of analysis methods for high throughput experimental data in molecular biology to facilitate biomedical research. Active topics of investigation in Columbia involve systems biology, biological networks, massively parallel (“next generation”) DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing, ChIP sequencing, analysis of transcription factor binding sites, single nucleotide polymorphisms, population genetics, molecular evolution, personalized medicine, tumor genomics.