A new publication "Semantic prioritization of novel causative genomic variants" has been released 1 min read · Thu, May 4 2017 News PVP A new publication by Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Ph.D. student Imane Boudellioua from the Bio-Ontology Research Lab, as well as the University of Cambridge collaborator Paul Schofield has been released.
Algorithm scours datasets to diagnose medical mysteries 1 min read · Sat, Apr 29 2017 News bioscience Computer science algorithm A new tool uses genetic and clinical information to find the root cause of unexplained illnesses.
PhD Student positions available 1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2017 News We have two openings for Ph.D. student positions available on the interface between Linked Data, ontologies, and machine learning.
Professors discuss big data and human health in latest Sci-Café 1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2017 News machine learning big data artificial intelligence comparative genomics biomedical data human health Professors Takashi Gojobori, Xin Gao and Robert Hoehndorf spoke about big data and human health at the Sci-Café event held on February 27. Their talk, which was moderated by James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, aimed to answer the question, "Can Big Data Solve My Health Problems?" This event was open to all members of the KAUST community.
BORG Ph.D. Student wins 3rd Prize at CBRC Student Poster Competition 1 min read · Wed, Dec 14 2016 News BORG member and Ph.D. Student Imene Boudellioua won 3rd Prize in the CBRC Student Poster Competition of the recently-held KAUST Research Conference: Computational Systems Biology in Biomedicine. Her winning poster is titled "Semantic Prioritization of Novel Causative Genomic Variants". She received a certificate and a PHOTO CUBE Compact Photo Printer.
PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Tue, Oct 25 2016 News ontology phenotype ontologies PhenomeNET CBRC congratulates Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia for being one of the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance, presented in the Ontology Matching Workshop that is co-located with ISWC 2016 in Kobe, Japan.
Professor Robert Hoehndorf's PhenomeNET method wins at Ontology matching workshop 1 min read · Sun, Oct 23 2016 News artificial intelligence bioinformatics biomedical data PhenomeNET Professor Robert Hoehndorf and Postdoctoral Fellow Miguel Angel Rodriguez Garcia are the winners of the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative Challenge sponsored by Pistoia Alliance.
CS Graduate Seminar: Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics 1 min read · Tue, Sep 20 2016 News Professor Robert Hoehndorf recently held a seminar on Symbolic AI in Bioinformatics on September 19, 2016.
BORG members at ECCB 2016 1 min read · Tue, Aug 16 2016 News BORG will be present at ECCB. We will present a tutorial on bio-ontologies and their role in analyzing personal genome data, and members of our group will attend the main conference. If you want to learn more about bio-ontologies, please attend our tutorial. If you want to learn more about our work, find us at ECCB!
Group website online 1 min read · Sat, Jul 23 2016 News On our new website, you can find out about current members of the group and our activities.
Disease researchers have a way with words 1 min read · Sat, Jul 25 2015 News Computer science bioscience computing biology biomedicine Specialized word search method sheds light on phenotypic similarity of diseases.