Mehmet Hocaoglu is a practicing rheumatologist and a student in the Computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CoBB) MS program.

PhD student Alisa Omelchenko is making strides in the community as a 2026 Pittsburgh 40 under 40 honoree.

Maturing techniques and cheaper launches fuel microgravity research—and hopes of orbital manufacturing

Assistant Professor Keisuke Ishihara’s lab has released a new preprint that sheds light on the development of human cardioids, which are lab-made miniature heart tissue.

Laura Tipton is an assistant professor of environmental data science at James Madison University, where she pursues the research questions of her choice in her biology lab.

We’re sure you have many questions about life at Pitt, so we’ve assembled a list of frequently asked questions to make your transition to campus a little easier.

Pathogenic variants in the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) cause autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS-1), a rare primary immunodeficiency disease…

Maura O’Malley is preparing for graduation from the computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology master's degree program while making an impact as a research intern at Mass General Brigham.

Assistant Professor Nate Lord has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).

T. Rinda Soong (left), assistant professor of pathology, and Shikhar Uttam (right), assistant professor of computational and systems biology, both in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, ...

Meet Avery Mills, a former CompBio Academy student who is interning in the Roth lab this summer!

Shannon Quinn is driven by solving complex problems that lead to advances in drug discovery.

Professor Jianhua Xing received an R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

Mochan is a graduate of the Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh PhD Program in Computational Biology (CPCB) and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Computational and Chemical...

The Department of Computational and Systems Biology (CSB) hosted its annual retreat at the Kamin Science Center on May 7.

To survive and succeed during finals week, remember to balance studying with self-care. Here are our tips for acing your tests while staying healthy.

Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants have arisen during the first years of the pandemic, often bearing many new mutations. Several explanations have been offered for the surprisingly sudden emergence of multiple mutations that enhance viral fitness, ...

What is it about a master’s degree that can set you apart from other candidates in the job market? Beyond the personal fulfilment of earning your diploma, there are tangible career benefits to pursuin...

From a young age, Warren van Loggerenberg dreamed of becoming a professor. That dream is now becoming reality as he transitions from a research scientist to an assistant professor in the Department of...

The pipeline of new medical breakthroughs begins upstream, with fundamental discoveries. The Department of Computational and Systems Biology (CSB) is harnessing advanced computational methods and syst...

Have you ever wondered where a master’s degree in Computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CoBB) will take you? Read on to learn more about the bioinformatics scientist profession.

PhD student Sophia Hu and Professor Jianhua Xing’s lab have developed a computational method to demystify what happens when cells go through epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT).

Former NASA astronaut and Professor Kate Rubins will lead the $25 million institute, funded by the Trivedi Family Foundation.

Sahil Ganatra, a graduate of the Computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CoBB) master’s degree program, is bridging the gap between technology and clinical care.

Thousands of short open reading frames (sORFs) are translated outside of annotated coding sequences. Recent studies have pioneered searching for sORF-encoded microproteins in mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics and peptidomics datasets. Here, we assessed literature-reported MS-based identificati …

New protein-coding genes can arise de novo from ancestrally noncoding regions when open reading frames (ORFs) outside annotated genes are exposed to selection via pervasive translation. These ORFs are usually born short, and their elongation is considered a key step in de novo gene birth. However, m …

In 2025, the Department of Computational and Systems Biology tackled complex problems at the intersection of biology and technology. As we reflect on the impact of the last year, we’ve compiled our fa...

Peter Murdo Chiknas reflects on his experiences in the Computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology master's program and his next steps after graduation.

Steven Smeal, a recent graduate of the Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh PhD Program in Computational Biology (CPCB), reflects on the graduate school experiences that have helped to jumps...

Jessie Weng always knew she wanted to work in the health care industry, but she wasn’t sure which direction her career would go. The Computational Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CoBB) master’s degree ...

Kim et al. leverage natural variation in IL-1β affinity across species to show that while ligand affinity sets activation thresholds, each IL-1 receptor signaling complex outputs a fixed, quantized bu...

Donating a little bit of time can make a big impact. On Nov. 21, members of the Department of Computational and Systems Biology (CSB) spent the day volunteering at Cribs for Kids.

Emeritus Professor Hagai Meirovitch returned to the University of Pittsburgh for a visit last week.