news
September 2, 2013
Article in Biotechniques describes our HotNet algorithm.
September 1, 2013
Group receives an R01 grant from NIH/NHGRI for "Computational Characterization of Genetic Heterogeneity."
July 15, 2013
Gryte Satas joins the group from Washington University in St. Louis. Welcome Gryte!
May 23, 2013
Hsin-Ta and Max's visualization of AML mutations is the Biomedical Picture of the Day.
May 1, 2013
Our group's contribution's to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project highlighted in Brown press release.
April 10, 2013
Our paper on Genome-Wide Survival Analysis of Somatic Mutations in Cancer wins the Best Paper Award at RECOMB 2013 conference. Congratulations to Fabio and Alexandra!
January 7, 2013
Iman Hajirasouliha joins the group from Simon Fraser University. Welcome Iman!
Nov. 27, 2012
Talk at 2nd The Cancer Genome Atlas Symposium on YouTube
October 3, 2012
Group receives an NSF grant for big data analysis, as part of NSF's Big Data Initiative.
March 30, 2012
Max Leiserson receives NSF Gradua\ te Research Fellowship.
March 1, 2012
Article in The Scientist discuses our Dendrix algorithm.
Feb. 8, 2012
Quoted in Nature Methods article on structural variation.
Nov. 30, 2011
Talk at The Cancer Genome Atlas Symposium on YouTubeOct. 17, 2011
The Cancer Genome Atlas article on HotNet.
Sept 20, 2011
Brown news feature describes HotNet contribution to The Cancer Genome Atlas.
June 13, 2011
Brown news story describes work on RNA splicing motifs, a collaboration with Will Fairbrother and Eric Lim.
April 5, 2011
Layla Oesper receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
January 3, 2011
Group receives R01 grant from NIH/NHGRI: Computational Approaches For Structural Variation Studies In Genomes.
December 16, 2010
Ben Raphael receives NSF CAREER award: CAREER: Algorithms for Next-Generation Genomics .
September 22, 2010
Crystal Kahn defends Ph.D. dissertation: Algorithms for Analyzing Human Genome Rearrangements.
August 15, 2010
Ben Raphael and Eli Upfal receive NSF grant: III: Small: Algorithmic Approaches for Pathway and Gene Group Analysis in Genetic Studies.
July 18, 2010
GenomeWeb article on strobe sequencing collaboration with Pacific Biosciences.
June 24-25, 2010
RECOMB Computational Cancer Biology (RECOMB-CCB 2010)
February 16, 2010
Ben Raphael receives Sloan Research Fellowship
April 2, 2009
Genome Technology article "Genomics of Cancer."
November 4, 2008
Scientific American's "Where Are They Now?" finds Ben here.
April 1, 2008
Anna Ritz receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
September 18-20, 2007
RECOMB Computational Cancer Biology.
December 19, 2006
Microinversions paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Brown story. UCSD story. Drug Discovery News article.
December 1, 2006
Genome Technology names Ben Raphael one of Tomorrow's PIs.