Algorithms in
Computational
Genomics
at TAU
We develop algorithms and tools for analysis ofgenomic and systems biology data. Areas include:
November 2024: Assaf wins APPD scholarship
Congrats to Assaf Ben Shimon who received a scholarship from the Aufzien Family Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (APPD).
November 2024: Tal defends his MSc thesis
Congrats to Tal who submitted his MSc thesis (co-supervised by Prof. Uri Ben-David) on chromothripsis and passed the MSc exam.
October 2024: welcome to Maya
We welcome Maya Metzger, who is joining the group as an MSc student. Maya has previously been a research assistant in the group.
September 2024 Omer Noy PhD proposal approved
Congrats to Omer Noy, who passed her PhD Proposal Exam!!
September 2024: Hagai wins the Yoran Scholarship
Hagai Levi is among the winners of a Ph.D. scholarship from the Yoran Institute for Human Genome Research at TAU. Congratulations to Hagai!
September 2024: 4CAC article published
Lianrong's paper describing the 4CAC algorithm for classifying metagenomic contigs into four classes has been published in NAR (link)
August 2024: Welcome to Noam
Welcome to Noam Teomim, a new PhD student in the group in joint supervision with Prof. Carmit Levy (Medicine).
July 2024: welcome to Ofir
Welcome to Ofir Ariel, an undergrad Bioinfo student who is joining the group for a project on mCRC under the supervision of Dan.
July 24: Tal wins CBRC travel award
Congrats to Tal, who won the CBRC travel award, allowing him to present his chromothripsis analysis in the FASEB Aneuploidy conference in Sept 2024.
June 2024: Race-dependent variability in the human tumor mycobiome
A study of Dan and Thomy with Ben Boursi, showing difference across races in some fungi species presence in tumors has been posted in BioRxiv (link)