Repurposing Cancer Research to Defeat a Disfiguring Tropical Disease
Supported by NIH funding, Najib El-Sayed is repurposing cancer-fighting inhibitors to block the metabolic “off-switch” Leishmania uses to hijack the immune system.
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:
Lastest News
How AI Could Turn Invasive Eye Injections into Simple Eye Drops
Supported by a $2.35 million NIH grant, UMD and Johns Hopkins researchers are using AI to develop longer-lasting eye drops for glaucoma and other eye diseases.
Heng Huang Secures Funding for AI-Powered Vitals Monitor and Medical Imaging Test Bed
He is leading two new federally funded projects aimed at improving the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
UMD Researchers Take Microbiome Questions to Reddit
Computer scientist Mihai Pop and postdoctoral associate Marcus Fedarko discuss how computational tools help decode the microbial world.
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.