Jasper Rine named to head computational-biology center

Jasper Rine, professor of molecular and cell biology, has been appointed director of the Center for Computational Biology (also known as the Computational Biology Initiative) for a three-year term, effective immediately, it was announced on Tuesday by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer. Rine will replace Nicholas Jewell, professor of biostatistics and statistics, who served two years as the initiative's acting director.