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Junguk Hur Lab

Research Interests

  • Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
  • Ontology-Based Knowledge Systems and Literature Mining
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Systems Pharmacology
  • Biological Aging
  • Neurological Disorders, including Diabetic Neuropathy and ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions

Principal Investigator

junguk
Junguk Hur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences; Director, Computational Data Analysis Core; Lead, Research Design, Compliance & Data Management Core; Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan; Research (Without Compensation), VA Fargo Health Care System
  • junguk.hur@med.UND.edu
    jung.hur@UND.edu

  • 701.777.6814
  • 1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037,
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037

Lab website: hurlab.med.und.edu | GitHub: github.com/hurlab

Research Scientists & Visiting Scholars

Masha Savelieff, Ph.D.
Research Scientist; lab/grant manager, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Specialties: Chemistry, Neuroscience, Academic writing
  • masha.savelieff@und.edu 
Brett McGregor, Ph.D.
Data Analyst, Computational Data Analysis Core (CDAC), Department of Biomedical Sciences
Specialties: Bioinformatics, Single-cell Omics
  • brett.mcgregor.3@UND.edu
  • 1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037,
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037

Kai Guo, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar; Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Specialties: Bioinformatics, Epigenetics, Transcriptomic analysis, Genome assembly, Molecular evolution
  • kai.guo@UND.edu
    kaiguo@umich.edu 
  • 1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037,
    Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037

Babru Samal, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar; Research Scientist
Specialties: Bioinformatics

    Students

    Hasin Rehana, M.S.
    Ph.D., Computer Sciences
    Specialties: Bioinformatics, natural language processing, machine learning
      Behnaz Karimialiabadi, M.S.
      Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
      Specialties: Genetics, Bioinformatics
        Davis Payne, M.S.
        Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
        Specialties: Biomedical Engineering
          Sayed Asaduzzaman, M.S.
          Ph.D., Computer Science
          Specialties: Imaging data analysis
            Christianah Jemiyo, M.S.
            Ph.D., Artificial Intelligence
            Specialties: Artificial Intelligence
              Francisco Mimica Porras, Ph.D.
              Ph.D., Artificial Intelligence
              Specialties: Epidemiology, Infection Surveillance
                Timothy Ayeni
                Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences

                  Alumni

                  Parker Combs
                  Former Undergraduate Student; now National Institute of Environmental & Health Sciences
                  Specialties: Programming
                    Benu Bansal, Ph.D.
                    Former Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering; now Assistant Professor, Meharry Medical College
                    Specialties: Bioinformatics
                      Fang Huang, M.S.
                      Former Visiting Scholar; now Ph.D. Student, Chongqing Medical University
                      Specialties: Bioinformatics
                        Sarah Hong
                        Former Summer Visiting Student (remote undergraduate researcher); now Undergraduate Student, Columbia University
                        Specialties: Programming
                          Jane Kim
                          Former Remote Research Intern (Chadwick International High School, Korea); now Undergraduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University
                          Specialties: Bioinformatics, Programming
                            Guillermo De Anda Jauregui, Ph.D.
                            Former Post-doctoral Fellow; now Researcher, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), Mexico
                            Specialties: Systems and network biology, Systems pharmacology
                              Atrayee Ray, Ph.D.
                              Former Post-doctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Drs. Dhasarathy and Brissette); now Research Scientist, Versiti Blood Research Institute
                                MD Obayed Raihan, Ph.D.
                                Former Post-doctoral Fellow (co-mentored with Dr. Porter); now Assistant Professor, Chicago State University
                                  Ling Li, Ph.D.
                                  Former Visiting Scholar; now University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Xusheng Wang Lab)
                                    Temidayo Adeluwa, M.S.
                                    Former M.S. Student, Biomedical Sciences; now Ph.D. Student, Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago
                                      Oluwatobiloba Aminu, M.S.
                                      Former M.S. Student, Biomedical Sciences; now Ph.D. Student, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Iowa State University
                                        Dakota Krout
                                        Former Undergraduate Student, Computer Science; now Author and President, Mountaindale Press
                                          Larson Danes
                                          Former Undergraduate Co-op Student, Computer Science; now Software Engineer, Des Moines, Iowa
                                          Specialties: Bioinformatics software development

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                                            1301 N Columbia Rd Stop 9037
                                            Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037

                                            701.777.2514

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