Junior Research at the CBCB

Below is a list of recent research projects undertaken by undergraduate and high-school students at the CBCB. If you are an undergraduate or high-school who is interested in participating in research at the CBCB, check out current opportunities on our Undergraduate Programs page.

Student

University/School

Project(s)

Advisor(s)

Year(s)

Josh Wetzel

Rutgers (CS)

TBA

Mihai Pop

Summer 2009

Dan Sugarman

UMCP (CS)

Assembly of metagenomic data with Celera Assembler

Mihai Pop

2009 -

Finnian Hanrahan

Trinity College Dublin (Genetics)

Assembly of the domestic cow, Bos taurus

Steven Salzberg

Summer 2008

Chris Hill

UMCP (CS)

Conserved elements in distantly related bacteria
Software framework for representing sub-groupings
Analysis of intergenic regions in eukaryotes

Mihai Pop

Cristian Castillo-Davis

2007 -

Nick Jacobs

High School

Geographical display of influenza virus isolates

Carl Kingsford
Steven Salzberg

Summer 2007


Elaine Nsoesie

UMCP (Math)

Statistical approaches for detecting mis-assemblies

Mihai Pop

Summer 2006