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CPCB 20th Anniversary Research Symposium showcases success in PhD training
The CPCB 20th Anniversary Research Symposium was held on Aug. 20 and 21. This event celebrated two decades of excellence in training and discovery for the Joint Carnegie Mellon University – University of Pittsburgh PhD Program in Computational Biology (CPCB).
PhD student Anamarie Martinez-Turak earns Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
PhD student Anamarie Martinez-Turak has received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31).
Study reveals role of hyaluronic acid in human heart development
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.
CPCB Alumni Success Story: Laura Tipton
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.
2026 New Student Survival Guide
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.
For John Paul Barton, NIH-Funded Vaccine Research Is Personal
John Paul Barton, an associate professor in Pitt Medicine’s Department of Computational and Systems Biology, recently won the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Graduate student Hamid Javanshir pursues patent for pancreatic cancer research
Graduate student Hamid Javanshir is working on a provisional patent application for the novel drug candidates he designed through his original computational strategy.
Graduate Spotlight: Maura O’Malley, MS ‘26
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.
Nate Lord earns Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the NSF
Assistant Professor Nate Lord has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).