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Computational Biology & Applied Bioinformatics (CoBaAB) Lab (CDM-024)

Computational Biology & Applied Bioinformatics (CoBaAB) Lab is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as research laboratory at DePaul University, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, School of Computing (affiliated with the Center for Data Science), Loop. The Computational Biology and Applied Bioinformatics (CoBaAB) Lab is a research group in the School of Computing focused on large-scale biological sequence (nucleic and amino acid) data. Active research includes phylogenomics, pangenomics, biofilm data analysis, and machine/deep-learning approaches to functional annotation of sequence data. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.

Summary 🟡 ✓

  • College / school: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
  • Sub-unit: School of Computing (affiliated with the Center for Data Science)
  • Campus/Location: Loop
  • Last Verified: June 14, 2026

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Description & capabilities

The Computational Biology and Applied Bioinformatics (CoBaAB) Lab is a research group in the School of Computing focused on large-scale biological sequence (nucleic and amino acid) data. Active research includes phylogenomics, pangenomics, biofilm data analysis, and machine/deep-learning approaches to functional annotation of sequence data. The lab is affiliated with the DePaul Center for Data Science (CDS) and coordinates interdisciplinary research with other CDS labs including VIDA and MedIX (CDM-011). It was proposed and established with a DePaul Academic Growth and Innovation Fund (AGIF) award.

Access status

  • Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
  • Rationale: Lab membership is by arrangement with the PIs; the lab recruits researchers by email rather than offering open-campus access.
  • Access URL: cds.cdm.depaul.edu/affiliated-labs-2-2
  • Contact name: Thiru Ramaraj
  • Contact email: cobaab@depaul.edu
  • Verification date: 2026-06-14
  • Source URLs:
  • cds.cdm.depaul.edu/affiliated-labs-2-2

Verification

  • Status: ✓ Confirmed
  • Rationale: Official DePaul Center for Data Science affiliated-labs page documents the lab, its PIs, research areas, and members; corroborated by the lab's own site.
  • Last verified: 2026-06-14
  • Evidence:
  • Center for Data Science affiliated labs https://cds.cdm.depaul.edu/affiliated-labs-2-2/
  • Lab site https://depaulbioinformatics.github.io/teams/2020-01-01-cobaab/

Equipment

Computational biology lab; sequencing and compute via affiliated resources.

Last verified: July 29, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

People & contacts

Named contacts when publicly documented.

Source URL

Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.

Documented Relationships

Affiliated with the Center for Data Science (CDS); coordinates research with VIDA / MedIX (CDM-011). Funded by AGIF grant GRA-897. Co-led by Thiru Ramaraj (PER-016) and John Rogers.

Notes

PIs Thiru Ramaraj (PER-016) and John Rogers (PER-120). Promoted from candidate RC-002 on 2026-06-14 via institutional web evidence (institutional report Distinct lab from CDM-011 (its own membership, contact, and CDS affiliation), though research is coordinated with VIDA/MedIX.