Dec 28, 2022
Naveen Duhan Awarded Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher
With 11 publications and being the nominee from the PSC department as an outstanding student, Naveen has been awarded
2022-23 Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (CAAS). This is a very competitive
reward and he competed among all the applicants from the other departments in CAAS.
Aug 8, 2022
Mitchell Millerberg Completes Summer Internship
As Mitchell finishes his summer internship with us in the Animal Dairy & Veterinary Sciences
department, we celebrate with pizza and soda pop. We had a short interview with him to ask him how his
experience in the lab was.
Aug 1, 2022
Fulbright Scholar Joins the Lab: Simardeep Kaur
Miss Simardeep Kaur is a Nehru Doctoral Fulbright fellow at KAABiL Laboratory,
USU. Her doctoral thesis focuses on deciphering the microRNA related modulations in contrasting
rice genotypes under drought stress. As a Fulbright fellow she will be learning
bioinformatic tools and softwares for comprehensive analysis of the data generated
from her molecular biology related work from wet-lab experiments. She will be improving
her skills to handle larger data set like those for methylome, transcriptome, lncRNAs, miRNAs,
validation techniques and their analysis so that she can integrate molecular biology with
bioinformatics to develop the drought tolerant agricultural crops.
June 1, 2022
New Intern: Mitchell Millerberg
Mitchell is an undergraduate student at Utah Valley University majoring in Biotechnology.
He aspires to go into software engineering where he can solve biological problems with technology. During the summer of 2022,
Mitchell will be working as an intern at Utah State University in the Animal Dairy & Veterinary Sciences department.
During Mitchell's free time he enjoys camping and studying map topography.
May 6, 2022
Raghav Awarded Campbell Scientific Graduate Fellowship
Raghav Kataria is a PhD student in the KAABiL lab. He is currently working on pathogen-host protein-protein interactions using computational tools and various molecular biology techniques in his research in bioinformatics.
Raghav was recently awarded the "Campbell Scientific Graduate Fellowship", which is provided by "Apogee Instruments".
May 4, 2022
New HPC Admin: Colin Bernhardt
Colin is a Computer Engineering BS student who has recently started as the KAABiL HPC System Administrator.
He will help to ensure that the high-performance computer cluster at the KAABiL lab works properly.
He also helps maintain the website and helps install the software you can use on the HPC. If you are experiencing any problems with the site or the HPC, let him know.
May 25, 2021
New Undergrad Student Joined: Andrew Jouffray
Andrew is a computer science student and software developer. He currently works on developing a method to create datasets for deep learning image
recognition tasks, enabling robots to generate their own training data.
May 24, 2021
Kolton Receives URCO Grant
Student researcher Kolton Hauck is mentored by Rakesh Kaundal, assistant professor of bioinformatics in the PSC department,
and investigates protein-protein interactions (PPIs) that are necessary for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to gain access to host cells,
replicate and proliferate.
Mar 3, 2021
New PhD Student: David
David is a CS PhD student from Colombia. He worked full-time as a full-stack software developer for 6 years while finishing his
bachelor's degree in Software and Computer Engineering and got a MSc. degree in Computational Biology.
Feb 3, 2021
New Undergrad Student Joined: Kolton Hauck
Kolton is a Biological Engineering major and is working on a minor in Computer Science. He wants to use computers to solve modern-day
biological problems.
He enjoys eating, sleeping and working out.
Jan 1, 2017
LacSubPred
Laccases (E.C. 1.10.3.2) are multi-copper oxidases that have gained importance in many industries such as biofuels,
pulp production, textile dye bleaching,
April 1, 2013
PLpred
Although plastids are of significant biological interest,
our current understanding of the metabolite functions and capacities of different plastid types is still limited.
Jan 1, 2013
RSLpred
RICE (Oryza sativa L.) is the single most important agricultural resource which feeds more than half of the world's population.
April 1, 2012
RB-Pred
Rice blast (Pyricularia grisea) continues to be the most destructive disease of rice despite decades of research towards its control.
Jan 1, 2012
AtSubP
The present tool is developed as a part of our broader study focused on investigating the advantages of developing
June 12, 2023
USU Today
Fulbright, NAHEP Doctoral Students Bring Big Data and Ideas to USU Bioinformatics Lab
The Utah State University Bioinformatics Facility recently hosted two graduate students funded by prestigious scholarships.
March 1, 2022
Cultivate
Bioinformatics: Big Data Pushing the Boundaries of Human Knowledge
View the cultivate magazine for more info.
February 1, 2022
USU Today
Students Prepare to Present Research at State Capitol
A group of undergraduates will share their research findings at the annual Research on Capitol Hill.
January 10, 2022
USU Today
USU Bioinformatics Expert Hopes Big Data Lab Will Revolutionize More Fields of Research
Rakesh Kaundal's Contributions to Bioinformatics Push the Boundaries of Human Knowledge
December 14, 2021
USU Today
USU Student Uses Undergraduate Research Grant to Train AI for Weeding
The artificial intelligence revolution is coming, and there is nowhere to hide — at least, not for weeds.
November 4, 2021
USU Today
First International Heroes Night
Dr. Rakesh Kaundal has been selected for the 2021 International Faculty Recognition Award.
August 9, 2021
USU Today
NIH Funds USU Researchers' Work on Fathers' Nutrition and Children's Health
Dr. Kaundal is a Co-PI on a $1.56M research grant from the NIH.
April 6, 2021
USU Today
Uncovering Genes that Protect Alfalfa against Salinity Stress
Salt stress is an example of big data bringing immense benefits to plant science.
May 24, 2021
USU Today
Students Receive Grants to Conduct Undergraduate Research
Kolton Hauck is using big data to investigate diverse strands of SARS-CoV-2 virus.