Graduate Student Resources
CCMB Grad Program Resources
Brown University Resources
Funding Resources
Administrative FAQ & Resources
All requests requiring action should be made through email (rather than on Slack or in person).
Staff:
Alden Bumstead, Associate Director (office 363)
- Financial questions
- Overall policies, priorities, strategies
- Budgeting questions
Meg Lopes, Events & Outreach Coordinator (office 365)
- Event requests and planning
- Newsletter and other advertising
- Campus outreach
- Social media
Maria Cardone, Academic Programs Coordinator (office 364)
- Student issues: registration, billing, advising, PhD appointments, admissions and recruitment, offer letters, conferences, graduation, etc.
- Course submission, classroom requests, etc.
- Sponsored IDs
- J-1 student interns
Sabrina Boyk, Administrative Coordinator (Front Desk)
- Conference room scheduling
- Floor/space issues and questions
- Student worker and TA hiring
- Officer & kitchen supplies
- Reimbursements
- Floor access
Our internal mail address is Box 1903 which you can use if you are expecting something from another department at Brown. For postal mail and packages use the below address to ship to the Center, though personal mail should be sent to your home address as we cannot forward items shipped here in error.
Please items that need to be sent to the Center use:
Your name C/O
Brown University CCMB
69 Brown St, Box 1903
Providence, RI 02912
If you receive mail that has been sent to the CCMB mailbox it will be left in a mailbox located to the right of the main reception desk on the floor. Mail is sorted daily by our student workers into the mailboxes.
If you are looking to book conference room 302, 320, 370, or 375 please email dsi_admin@brown.edu. Please include the following information in your request:
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Contact person for the reservation
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Group or Individual name
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Affiliation (e.g. CCMB - Ramachandran Lab Group)
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Date and time of the reservation
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Frequency of reservation (one time or repeating)
Please note that recurring meetings will not be approved unless they are for a DSI (CCMB/CNTR) faculty member or academic group. If you would like to reserve room 324 or 329, graduate students can do so via the calendar links pinned in the Slack.
CCMB & DSI students, staff, faculty, and visitors are free to help themselves to the coffee and tea available in the kitchen on the floor. Please bring your own reusable mug or water bottle to cut down on waste, though we do provide sustainable compostable single use items. Supplies are monitored regularly though if anything is missing from the kitchen please contact Sabrina at dsi_admin@brown.edu and she will address your request.
PLEASE KEEP THE KITCHEN CLEAN – Facilities does a fantastic job of cleaning our spaces however we don't want to abuse the privilege so please wipe up spills after yourself.
Send email to ithelp@brown.edu and one of the members of the CIS staff will respond to you. All laptops provided to student for the Computational Biology program are supported by our IT staff including repairs and maintenance which we cover through the CCMB funds. If you need repairs while traveling contact ccmb@brown.edu at your earliest convenience to request approval for reimbursing for out of pocket repair expenses PRIOR to paying for repairs yourself.
There are both black/white and color multi-function printers on the floor for use. Instructions are available via QR codes by the printers or by emailing ccmb@brown.edu.
We also have a poster printer that students and faculty may use to print off posters for conferences and presentations. If you would like to have a poster printed, please contact Maria at maria_cardone@brown.edu. Poster Printing Notes: The printer is 42" wide - your poster will print best/easiest if one side is 42".
Important Contacts
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)
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Jeff Bailey
Graduate Program Co-Director for the Center of Computational Molecular Biology, Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Translations Research, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Emilia Huerta-Sánchez
Director of the Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Graduate Program Co-Director for the Center of Computational Molecular Biology, Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic Programs Coordinator
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Maria Cardone
Academic Programs Coordinator, Data Science Institute (DSI), Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB), Center for Technological Responsibility (CNTR)
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
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Sorin Istrail
James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences
Executive Committee of the CCMB
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Daniel Weinreich
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Biology, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Vice Chair of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology -
Lorin Crawford
Associate Professor of Biostatistics -
Emilia Huerta-Sánchez
Director of the Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Graduate Program Co-Director for the Center of Computational Molecular Biology, Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -
Erica Larschan
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry