Events for May 17, 2026

QCBio Research Seminar: Roni Haas (Boutros), Postdoc in Human Genetics

Boyer Hall 159

TITLE: "Proteogenomic characterization of the molecular determinants of prostate cancer radioresistance." ABSTRACT: Prostate Cancer (PC), the second most common cause of cancer death in men, is frequently treated using radiotherapy with curative intent. Despite its effectiveness, radiotherapy often results in aggressive PC relapse characterized by radioresistance. The diversity in therapeutic response to radiotherapy, and the molecular […]

QCBio Research Seminar: Zhiqian Zhai (Li JJ), Graduate Student in Statistics

Boyer Hall 159

TITLE: "Supervised capacity preserving mapping: a clustering guided visualization method for scRNA-seq data." ABSTRACT: Recently, various computational methods have been developed to analyze the scRNAseq data, such as clustering and visualization. However, current visualization methods, including t-SNE and UMAP, are challenged by the limited accuracy of rendering the geometric relationship of populations with distinct functional […]