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Collaborating to Strengthen the Research Workforce of Tomorrow

July 6, 2016

The Knowledge Engine for Genomics (KnowEnG) Center at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) at the University of Illinois is partnering with Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., in an innovative program to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce. The collaboration aims to prepare underrepresented minority undergraduates for entry into competitive M.D. or graduate programs by teaching them to apply computational thinking and statistical and informatics tools to address biomedical research challenges.


July 6, 2016


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HPCBio and NCSA changing genetic medicine in Africa

June 17, 2016

HPCBio and NCSA changing genetic medicine in Africa

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in collaboration with the HPCBio group led by Director of Bioinformatics Victor Jongeneel is helping change the way genetic medicine is researched and practiced in Africa.


June 17, 2016


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Grant Establishes Bioinformatics Research Network in Africa

October 26, 2012

Victor Jongeneel, director of the High-Performance Biological Computing (HPCBio) program and affiliate of the Institute for Genomic Biology and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, is a key participant in a grant awarded by the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative, or H3Africa, to establish a pan-continental bioinformatics network to aid research.


October 26, 2012


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