News

General
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 11-15, 2020
Naveen presents at International Plant Animal Genome Conference
Naveen Duhan, a PhD student from our lab, attended the International Plant Animal Genome Conference in San Diego. He presented a poster on citSatdb and Greeningdb, and presented an oral talk on citSatdb.
Mar 21, 2020
New HPC Admin: Shelby McCowan
Shelby is a Biochemistry major who aspires to go into software engineering. He has worked with mobile apps, websites (including the front and back end), and desktop applications. He is a percussionist in his spare time.
Science
Oct 1, 2021
WeCoNET
Wheat (Triticum aestivum), the most widely cultivated crop in the world, ranks third and counts to around 35% of the total grains produced around the globe.
Jul 1, 2021
alfaNET: A new host-pathogen interactome tool is now online
alfaNET is a database implemented to provide host-pathogen interactome information to aid the development of molecular-based strategies to mitigate bacterial blight impact in Alfalfa.
April 1, 2021
Malivhu
Malivhu lets the user input two protein sequences: the virus and the host proteins.
Jan 1, 2021
HuCoPIA
We present the HuCoPIA database, which contains approximately 100,000 protein-protein interactions between human proteins and three strains (SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV and MERS) of betacoronavirus.
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 Stats Tracker
KAABiL now has a COVID tracker! You can use our dashboard to see COVID stats around the world. Stay safe!
Media
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.