{"647645":{"#nid":"647645","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Devika Singh is 2021\u0027s Top Bioinformatics Ph.D. Student","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story first appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/top-bioinformatics-phd-student-2021\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Bioinformatics News Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBioinformatics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program\u003C\/a\u003E is proud to announce \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/devika-singh\u0022\u003EDevika Singh\u003C\/a\u003E as our winner for the inaugural \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-couple-funds-prize-bioinformatics\u0022\u003EMark Borodovsky Prize in the College of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; for the Top Bioinformatics PhD student, 2021.\u0026nbsp; The Borodovsky Prize is intended to recognize outstanding academic merit at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevika works with professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/soojin-yi\u0022\u003ESoojin Yi\u003C\/a\u003E, in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/yilab.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EComparative Genomics and Epigenomics Lab \u003C\/a\u003Eat Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Devika completed both her bachelor\u0026rsquo;s (Biology) degree and her master\u0026rsquo;s (Bioinformatics) degrees at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; She worked for one year at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\u0022\u003ECenters for Disease Control and Prevention\u003C\/a\u003E before returning to Georgia Tech to pursue her doctoral studies in 2017.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevika\u0026rsquo;s doctoral work integrates large \u0026ldquo;-omics\u0026rdquo; datasets to study broad questions around the organization and evolution of non-coding regulatory regions, particularly enhancers, in the human genome. This work includes investigating the underlying architecture of enhancer-gene regulatory networks utilizing multi-tissue, whole-genome chromatin state maps (Results published in MBE). Indicative of the breadth of research in the Yi lab, Devika also worked on projects which analyzed DNA methylation signatures in non-human primates and non-model organisms. In collaboration with researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Australia Museum, she generated and explored the first tissue- and sex-inclusive, whole-genome \u0026ldquo;DNA methylome atlas\u0026rdquo; for the modern koala.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far in her studies, Devika has published\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=sLKBQEwAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022\u003Eeight papers\u003C\/a\u003E, including five first-author papers.\u0026nbsp; In addition, Devika gave a poster presentation at a CDC conference in 2017.\u0026nbsp; She also received a travel award to present her work at the Allied Genetics Conference earlier this year. Although the meeting was canceled at the last minute due to the pandemic, the fact that Devika was granted a travel award and invited for a presentation speaks for the strength of her work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYi notes, \u0026ldquo;Devika and I have several projects in the pipeline, and I expect she will have at least two additional papers as the lead author from her PhD studies. She is one of the best students I have worked with during my 16 years as a faculty member\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Borodovsky Prize nominations were reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee of faculty members, including Joe Lachance (College of Sciences), Peng Qiu (College of Engineering), and Xiuwei Zhang (College of Computing).\u0026nbsp; According to the committee, \u0026ldquo;Devika Singh exhibited an impressive ability to both analyze complex bioinformatics datasets and frame her research within a larger biological context.\u0026nbsp; Despite the pandemic, she was able to publish three high-profile first author papers in 2021.\u0026nbsp; Topics covered in these papers ranged from the evolution of regulatory DNA in humans to epigenetics in koalas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to Devika!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Ph.D. student Devika Singh, winner of inaugural Borodovsky Prize as the top Bioinformatics graduate student of 2021, also completed her B.S. and M.S. at Georgia Tech. The award will help Singh continue her genomics studies."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe winner of the first Mark Borodovsky Prize in the College of Sciences is Bioinformatics Ph.D. student Devika Singh, who also completed her B.S. and M.S. at Georgia Tech. The award honors the top student in the Bioinformatics Interdiscipinary Graduate Program at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ph.D. student Devika Singh, winner of inaugural Borodovsky Prize as the top Bioinformatics graduate student of 2021, also completed her B.S. and M.S. at Georgia Tech. The award will help Singh continue her genomics studies."}],"uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-05-20 17:53:09","changed_gmt":"2021-06-01 14:53:24","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647646":{"id":"647646","type":"image","title":"Devika Singh","body":null,"created":"1621533481","gmt_created":"2021-05-20 17:58:01","changed":"1621533924","gmt_changed":"2021-05-20 18:05:24","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245855","name":"Devika Singh.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Devika%20Singh.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Devika%20Singh.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":67692,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Devika%20Singh.jpg?itok=JA79TsGE"}}},"media_ids":["647646"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/borodovsky-boguslavskys-gift-georgia-tech-couple-funds-prize-bioinformatics","title":"Borodovsky-Boguslavsky\u0027s Gift: Georgia Tech Couple Funds Prize for Bioinformatics"},{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/methylation-matters-exploring-evolution-and-effects-human-brain-health","title":"Methylation Matters: Exploring Evolution and Effects on Human Brain Health"},{"url":"https:\/\/bioinformatics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"187894","name":"Bioinformatics Ph.D. Program"},{"id":"187895","name":"Devika Singh"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERenay San Miguel\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\/Science Writer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-5209\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["renay.san@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}