Biological Sciences
DSSG 2023: AI Storybook project aims to create AI tool to help parents teach their children to read with dialogic questioning
Jun. 13, 2023—Seeking to uncover novel methods for fostering meaningful interactions between parents and children during reading sessions, a team of researchers in the Data Science Institute’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program is currently engaged in an innovative project called AI Storybook. Led by Postdoctoral Fellow, Abigail Petulante, the project aims to develop an AI-based...
Announcing DSSG 2023 Projects: Fostering Classroom Tools and Assistive Technology
Jun. 6, 2023—The Data Science Institute is excited to announce the projects for this summer’s Data Science for Social Good 2023. This year, we are placing a special focus on developing tools for classrooms and assistive technology projects to cater to the needs of neurodivergent individuals. Classroom Projects: English as a Second Language: Caroline Miller, an ESL...
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute Faculty member to lead $2.7 Million AI Initiative for Digital Kidney Histopathology
Apr. 14, 2023—Dr. Yuankai Huo, one our teaching faculty at the Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute, is spearheading a research initiative with clinical collaborators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to develop a quantitative and reproducible 3D analytics tool for large-scale digital analysis of kidney tissues and biopsies. The project, entitled “AI-empowered 3D Computer Vision and Image-Omics Integration...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
Detection of microbiota change caused by inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) through 16S rRNA sequence analysis (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qi (Kathy) Liu to work in the laboratory of Dr. Janet Markle in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology during the summer of 2022. Qi (Kathy) is a senior with majors in Mathematics and Biological Sciences: Molecular & Cellular. Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) are immunodeficiencies caused by rare genetic mutations. Because...
Characterization of a toxic secondary metabolite cluster in Penicillium fungi (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Charu Balamurugan to work in the laboratory of Dr. Antonis Rokas in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics during the summer of 2022. Charu is a sophomore with majors in Biological Sciences and Medicine, Health, & Society. This summer, Charu studied the characterization of a toxic secondary metabolite cluster...
Examining the Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in a Group of Closely-Related Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Fungi (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Miya Hugaboom to work in the laboratory of Dr. Antonis Rokas in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Miya is a senior with majors in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the evolution of and...
Behavioral Ecology Of Alaskan Brown Bears (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Dillon Davey to work in the laboratory of Professor Larisa DeSantis in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Dillon is a senior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Health, & Society, and minoring in Anthropology. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to qualify the dietary...
Mutational Biases in Ascomycota (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qianhui Zheng to work in the laboratory of Antonis Rokas in Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Qianhui is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Biochemistry. Mutations are a major source of genetic variability and novelty, providing the fuel for natural selection. Mutations are random with respect to the...
Mutational Biases in Ascomycota (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qianhui Zheng to work in the laboratory of Professor Antonis Rokas in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2020. Qianhui anticipates graduating in May 2022 with majors in Computer Science and Biochemistry. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand mutational biases in ascomycota. Mutations are a...