Tuesdays, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - KCBD Auditorium, Room 1103
- Tuesday, October 3, 2023: Amy Weinmann, University of Alabama. Title: "Translating mechanisms between species: how evolutionary genome rearrangements affect gene programming potential in immune cells"
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023: Stavros Lomvardas, Columbia University. Title: "Olfactory receptor mRNAs as “selfish” non coding RNAs that promote transcriptional singularity"
- Tuesday, March 5, 2024: Mingyao Li, University of Pennsylvania. Title: "Inferring super-resolution tissue architecture by integrating spatial transcriptomics with histology"
- Tuesday, April 2, 2024: Esther Betrán, University of Texas at Arlington. Title: "Recurrent co-domestication of PIF/Harbinger transposable elements proteins in insects"
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024: Joseph Parker, California Institute of Technology. Title: "Retracing the evolutionary steps towards symbiosis"
- Tuesday, May 14, 2024: Arslan Zaidi, Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota. Title:Quantitative Genetics of 'Group-Differences'
Please contact Sue Levison at slevison@bsd.uchicago.edu for additional information
Thursdays, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - CLSC 119
- Thursday, January 11, 2024 - Liz Gibbons & Sebastian Pott
- Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Dylan Stermer & Michael Drazer
- Thursday, February 15, 2024 - Geena Woo & Brett Beaulieu-Jones
- Thursday, February 29, 2024 - Brendan Jamison & Sonia Kupfer
- Thursday, April 4, 2024 - Ashwin Chetty & Megan McNerney
- Thursday, April 18, 2024 - Sabrina Arif & Oni Basu
- Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Manuela Costantino & Ran Blekhman
- Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Marta Majcherska-Agrawal & Yoav Gilad
Please contact Sue Levison at slevison@bsd.uchicago.edu for additional information
Thursdays, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - CLSC 119
- January 25, 2024 - Yiding Wang (Chuan He Lab) Title: Development of novel 6mA sequencing method using TadA deaminase & Saideep Gona (Im Lab) Title: "Deciphering the genetic underpinnings of disease using context-specific deep learning predictors"
- February 22, 2024 - Kellen Rial (Berg Lab) Title: Exploring evolutionary forces shaping the genetic architecture of complex disease & Jing Gu (Xin He Lab) Title: "Identifying lung-specific molecular features across immune populations with single-cell multiomics data"
- March 21, 2023 - Zach Weber (Nobrega Lab) Title: "Enhancer variation in Cardiomyopathy and Left Ventricle Function" & Sebastien Bastide (Spitz Lab) Title: "Ceci n'est pas un TAD"
- March 28, 2024 - Busayo Bolonduro (Koh Lab) Title: "A multi-omics approach to study gene regulation in the thymus that promotes immune tolerance" & Karl Tayeb (Stephens Lab) Title: "Fine-mapping in non-gaussian models"
- April 11, 2024 - Niyati Jain (Pierce Lab) Title: Genetic mechanisms underlying susceptibility to the effects of environmental exposures & Jared Atlas (Long Lab) Title: "Intralocus sexual conflict on young and essential genes in Drosophila melanogaster"
- May 2, 2024 - Hyunkyung Kim (Dahl Lab) Title: Identifying shared & specific pathways of complex traits via matrix factorization & Charles Zhou (Im Lab) Title: scPrediXcan: leveraging single-cell data for transcriptome-wide association studies at cell type level through transfer learning
- May 16, 2024 - Temi Adeluwa (Im Lab) Title: "Linking GWAS variants to phenotypes through transcription factor binding" & Jerry Lee (Heng-Chi Lee Lab) Title: "Investigating the role of P granules in Nuclear Pore Clustering"
Please contact Sue Levison at slevison@bsd.uchicago.edu for additional information
9:30 am – 5:00 pm - KCBD Auditorium, Room 1103
- Dr. Justin Fay, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester (PhD 2001) - Title: “Evolution of thermal tolerance”
- Dr. Sahar Mozaffari, Statistical Geneticist, Maze Therapeutics (PhD 2018) - Title: “From sea anemones to genetics in drug discovery”
- Dr. Avery Posey, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2011) - Title: “Gene-modified T cells to overcome limitations of endogenous immunity”
- Dr. Ron Hause, Senior Vice President, Head of AI, Shape Therapeutics (PhD 2013) - Title: "An Unexpected Journey: Applying Generative AI to Develop Novel Therapies in Biotech"
- Dr. Latishya Steele, Associate Dean, Graduate Education & Diversity, Stanford University School of Medicine (PhD 2009) - Title: “From Graduate Student Scientist TO Graduate Student Administrator: Takeaways and Opportunities Along the Way”
Reception to be held in the KCBD Atrium at the conclusion of the talks.
Co-Sponsored by: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program, Biological Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Human Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, Genetic Mechanisms of Evolution Training Grant, Human Genetics Graduate Program, myCHOICE, Section of Genetic Medicine, The Ben May Department for Cancer Research