{"632761":{"#nid":"632761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mark Borodovsky Elected as ISCB Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Borodovsky\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Computational Science and Engineering,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ewas distinguished for his influential research in developing algorithms of genome analysis as well as his recognized leadership in education and community development\u003C\/em\u003E. He is one of twelve ISCB Fellows elected in the Class of 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioinformatics is a strategic discipline at the frontier between molecular biology and computer science, impacting numerous branches of biological science, genomics-based biotechnology, computational and AI based medicine, as well as public health. For instance, the contemporary drug-discovery paradigm driving research and development in pharmaceutical companies, is relying heavily on bioinformatics research and analysis that deals with massive quantities of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBorodovsky, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, is best known for his work on gene finding algorithms which are used widely (see\u0026nbsp; http:\/\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/exon.gatech.edu\/GeneMark\/\u0022\u003E\/exon.gatech.edu\/GeneMark\u003C\/a\u003E). He is also responsible for launching the interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Master and Ph.D. programs at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is the first faculty member at Georgia Tech (indeed in the state of Georgia for that matter) to become an ISCB Fellow.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Fellows program of ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology) was created to honor members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-02-20 18:38:59","changed_gmt":"2020-02-20 19:46:54","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632760":{"id":"632760","type":"image","title":"Mark Borodovsky, Regents\u2019 Professor at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Computational Science and Engineering, was distinguished for his influential research in developing algorithms of genome analysis as well as h","body":null,"created":"1582223836","gmt_created":"2020-02-20 18:37:16","changed":"1582308651","gmt_changed":"2020-02-21 18:10:51","alt":"Mark Borodovsky, Regents\u2019 Professor at the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Computational Science and Engineering","file":{"fid":"240787","name":"Most PREFERRED-72dpi-FOR EMAIL-Borodovsky - photo image.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Most%20PREFERRED-72dpi-FOR%20EMAIL-Borodovsky%20-%20photo%20image.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Most%20PREFERRED-72dpi-FOR%20EMAIL-Borodovsky%20-%20photo%20image.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":706724,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Most%20PREFERRED-72dpi-FOR%20EMAIL-Borodovsky%20-%20photo%20image.jpg?itok=4M9WAz-v"}}},"media_ids":["632760"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}