Developing Advanced Tools to Improve Accuracy and Accessibility for Long-Read RNA Sequencing
Rob Patro has received $1.4 million in NIH funding to advance long-read RNA sequencing software.
At the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology—known as CBCB—we use multidisciplinary teams & powerful computing resources to better understand myriad questions arising from the genome revolution.
Our experts are focused on delivering solutions to many of these complex scientific and societal challenges:
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Repurposing Cancer Research to Defeat a Disfiguring Tropical Disease
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Patro Receives BBI Seed Funding for Laser-Tagging Study of Brain Cells
The new approach marks individual cells with light, allowing researchers to link a cell’s genetic makeup to its response during stimulation and behavior.
NIH Awards $12.5M for Alzheimer’s Researchers to Use AI to Scour Biobank Data
A multi-institutional project co-led by Heng Huang aims to improve diagnosis, treatment for Alzheimer’s.
CBCB Events
Seminar Series
CBCB holds a weekly seminar during the academic year, with the goal of showcasing research being done at the center, UMD, and other institutions. The seminar features talks by invited speakers from academia and industry. Often, graduate students have the opportunity to meet with invited speakers after the seminar.
WABI Conference
WABI 2025—an international conference covering research in algorithmic work in bioinformatics, computational biology and systems biology—was held at the University of Maryland, College Park.