The Department of Computational Biology consists of faculty members with expertise in computer science, genomics, systems biology, population genetics and modeling.  They apply these skills to a wide range of exciting problems in the life sciences.

The department administers the Computational Biology undergraduate concentration within the Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.  Additionally, the faculty in the department are members of the Computational Biology graduate field, as well as several other graduate fields offering M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.

Comp Bio in the news

tuberculosis bacterium

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New method explores dormancy in TB, other organisms

A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of...

  • Computational Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
Erik Enbody headshot

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Academic focus: Evolutionary and conservation genomics Research summary: I study evolution in natural populations. I am motivated by questions that help us understand biodiversity on a fundamental level. What are the origins of biodiversity...
  • Computational Biology
  • Animals
  • Genomics
Atkinson Hall ribbon cutting

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Atkinson Hall officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 9, realizing its benefactors’ vision of the facility as a home for impact-driven research across grand challenges in sustainability, cancer biology and immunology...

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Computational Biology