Monday Oct, 18, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Bioinformatics/Human Genetics Seminar Series: Doug Speed, Professor, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University
“New methods for analyzing genome-wide association study data, including improved tools for computing polygenic risk scores” Hosted by Maria Izabel Cavassim
Monday Oct, 11, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Bioinformatics/Human Genetics Seminar Series: Maria C. Avila Arcos, Assistant Professor, Internat. Laboratory for Human Genome Research, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
“The genetic legacy of the trans-atlantic slave trade into New Spain” Hosted by Kirk Lohmueller
Monday Oct, 04, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Bioinformatics/Human Genetics Seminar Series: Abigail Bigham, Associate Professor, Anthropology, UCLA
“Omic insights into Andean high-altitude adaptation” Hosted by Jason Ernst
Monday Sep, 27, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Bioinformatics/Human Genetics Seminar Series: Karen Mohlke, Professor, Genetics, School of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
“Genetic and environmental effects on chromatin accessibility at cardiometabolic trait loci” Hosted by Paivi Pajukanta
Friday Aug, 06, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: Valerie Arboleda
TITLE: “From Bench to Vending Machine: Development and Deployment of Novel Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 using Genomic Technology” ABSTRACT: Frequent and widespread testing of members of the population who are asymptomatic for severe …
Friday Jul, 30, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: David Wong
TITLE: “Salivary exRNA for Gastric Cancer Detection” ABSTRACT: Biomarkers are needed for non-invasive early detection of gastric cancer (GC). We investigated whether salivary extracellular RNA (exRNA) biomarkers can be used as an efficient and …
Saturday Jul, 24, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: Harold Pimentel
TITLE: “Model driven design and analysis of quantitative phenotype screens” ABSTRACT: Increasingly, CRISPR screens are coupled with flow cytometry (FACS) to sort cells and quantify the impact of genetic perturbations on a continuous …
Friday Jul, 16, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: Hilary Coller
TITLE: “Is there a Quiescence Histone Code?” ABSTRACT: Many of the cells in our bodies are quiescent, that is, temporarily not dividing. Under certain physiological conditions such as during tissue repair …
Friday Jul, 09, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: Paivi Pajukanta
TITLE: “Integrating single cell omics and deep phenotype data to discover genes underlying cardiometabolic disorders” ABSTRACT: Obesity predisposes to cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs), such as type 2 diabetes, multiple dyslipidemias, and …
Friday Jul, 02, 2021 - 2:00 PM
QCBio Research Seminar in collaboration with B.I.G. Summer: Jingyi Jessica Li
TITLE: “Applications of generalized additive models and copulas to single-cell RNAseq computational method development: PseudotimeDE and scDesign2” ABSTRACT: Part 1: PseudotimeDE: inference of differential gene expression along cell pseudotime with …
