<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="/preview/pr-51/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="/preview/pr-51/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-04-10T17:56:13+00:00</updated><id>/preview/pr-51/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Veterinary and Biological Informatics Lab</title><subtitle>Applying computing to better understand health phenotypes and animal diversity</subtitle><entry><title type="html">Alina Yildirim Selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program</title><link href="/preview/pr-51/2025/04/29/alina-mckinley-honors-fellowship.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Alina Yildirim Selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program" /><published>2025-04-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-04-10T17:50:43+00:00</updated><id>/preview/pr-51/2025/04/29/alina-mckinley-honors-fellowship</id><content type="html" xml:base="/preview/pr-51/2025/04/29/alina-mckinley-honors-fellowship.html"><![CDATA[<!-- excerpt start -->
<p>Alina Yildirim has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.
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<p>We are excited to share that Alina Yildirim has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.</p>

<p>The fellowship will support Alina’s honors thesis work in the VBIL. More information about Smith’s AEMES programs is available <a href="https://www.smith.edu/academics/departments-programs-courses/aemes">here</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>halie_rando</name></author><category term="announcement" /><category term="honors" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Alina Yildirim has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Hildana Shiferaw Presents Honors Thesis</title><link href="/preview/pr-51/2025/04/28/hildana-thesis-presentation.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Hildana Shiferaw Presents Honors Thesis" /><published>2025-04-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-04-10T17:50:43+00:00</updated><id>/preview/pr-51/2025/04/28/hildana-thesis-presentation</id><content type="html" xml:base="/preview/pr-51/2025/04/28/hildana-thesis-presentation.html"><![CDATA[<!-- excerpt start -->
<p>Hildana Shiferaw gave an excellent presentation of her honors thesis on a urine-based screening approach for ovarian cancer.
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<p>On Monday, April 28, 2025, Hildana Shiferaw gave an excellent presentation of her honors thesis, “System Design of a Urine-Based Screening Approach for Ovarian Cancer Informed by Computational Identification of miRNAs as Biomarkers.”</p>]]></content><author><name>halie_rando</name></author><category term="announcement" /><category term="honors" /><category term="thesis" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hildana Shiferaw gave an excellent presentation of her honors thesis on a urine-based screening approach for ovarian cancer.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Hildana Shiferaw Selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program</title><link href="/preview/pr-51/2024/04/28/hildana-mckinley-honors-fellowship.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Hildana Shiferaw Selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program" /><published>2024-04-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-04-10T17:50:43+00:00</updated><id>/preview/pr-51/2024/04/28/hildana-mckinley-honors-fellowship</id><content type="html" xml:base="/preview/pr-51/2024/04/28/hildana-mckinley-honors-fellowship.html"><![CDATA[<!-- excerpt start -->
<p>Hildana Shiferaw has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.
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<p>We are excited to share that Hildana Shiferaw has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.</p>

<p>The fellowship will support Hildana’s honors thesis work in the VBIL. More information about Smith’s AEMES programs is available <a href="https://www.smith.edu/academics/departments-programs-courses/aemes">here</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>halie_rando</name></author><category term="announcement" /><category term="honors" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hildana Shiferaw has been selected for the McKinley Honors Fellowship Program.]]></summary></entry></feed>