QCBio/Bioinformatics/Human Genetics seminar: Zoltán Kutalik, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Lausanne
TITLE: “Pushing the boundaries of causal inference.”
Events for October 20, 2025 - April 14, 2025
10 events found.
Research Seminars
Events
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Boyer 159 611 Charles E. Young Dr. E., Los Angeles, CA, United States
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QCBio Research Seminar: Daniel Ha (Yang), Postdoc, Dept. Integrative Biology and Physiology
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "“Cross-tissue multiomics studies reveal gutbrain interactions mediating the effect of Akkermansia muciniphila in counteracting fructose-induced obesity” ABSTRACT: The gut bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila (A. muciniphila) has been implicated in anti-obesity effects, but a systems level understanding […]
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QCBio Research Seminar: Brandon Tsai (Boutros), Grad Student, Human Genetics
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "Exercise and tumor genomic landscapes in 2,702 patients with cancer" ABSTRACT: Approximately two-thirds of cancer diagnoses globally are attributed to modifiable lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet and inactivity. Conversely, […]
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QCBio/Bioinformatics/Human Genetics seminar: Min Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Computational Biology Department, Co-Director, MS in Computational Biology Program, Carnegie Mellon University
Boyer 159 611 Charles E. Young Dr. E., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesTITLE: “Automatic analysis of cryo-electron tomography using computer vision and machine learning.”
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QCBio Research Seminar: Jessica Ding (Yang), Grad Student, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "Multi-tissue single-cell level understanding of Alzheimer’s disease points to the therapeutic potential of nutritional and metabolic modulation." ABSTRACT: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular amyloid […]
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QCBio Research Seminar: Helena Winata (Boutros), Grad Student, Bioinformatics IDP
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "Efficient, Multi Sample Inference of Cancer Phylogeny." ABSTRACT: Cancer is characterized by the ongoing accumulation of somatic mutations that may lead to dysregulated cellular proliferation. The selection of advantageous […]
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QCBio Research Seminar: Dongyuan Song (Li JJ), Grad Student, Bioinformatics IDP
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "ClusterDE: a post-clustering differentially expressed (DE) gene identification method robust to false-positive inflation caused by double-dipping" ABSTRACT: In typical single-cell RNA-seq data analysis, first, a clustering algorithm is applied […]
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QCBio Research Seminar: Nicholas Wang (Boutros), Grad Student, Bioinformatics
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "Germline structural variants shape prostate cancer clinical and molecular evolution." ABSTRACT: Inherited genetic variation profoundly influences cancer risk and outcome. While the impact of germline single nucleotide polymorphisms has […]
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BIG Summer Research Seminar: Brunilda Balliu, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Computational Medicine at UCLA
ZOOM CA, United StatesTITLE: "FastGxC: a statistical framework for mapping context-specific regulatory variants using bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data." ABSTRACT: Recent studies suggest that context-specific eQTLs underlie genetic risk factors for complex diseases. However, methods for identifying […]
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BIG Summer Research Seminar: Eric Deeds, Associate Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology – Vice Chair, Life Sciences Core at UCLA
Boyer 159 611 Charles E. Young Dr. E., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesTITLE: "A lack of distinct cellular identities in scRNA-seq data: revisiting Waddington’s landscape." ABSTRACT: Single-cell RNA sequencing is revolutionizing our understanding of development, differentiation and disease. Analysis of this data is often […]
