Events at Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

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Andreas Kautt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, WashU Title: (Pan)genomics in an emerging model clade: North American deer mice Hosted by: Tychele Turner, PhD Abstract: Our understanding of the mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt to their environment and how behaviors evolve is still limited. Deer mice comprise a diverse group of closely related (sub)species that […]

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Nadav Ahituv, PhD, Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco Presents:  Functional characterization and therapeutic targeting of gene regulatory elements Host:  Dr. Barak Cohen In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

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Anshul Kundaje, PhD, Stanford University Presents:  Deciphering the cis-regulatory code and regulatory genetic variation with deep learning models Host:  Dr. Heather Lawson In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC) Abstract: I will present lightweight, interpretable deep learning models that can predict diverse biochemical profiles spanning transcription factor binding, chromatin accessibility, nascent transcription, steady state transcription and reporter […]

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Qing Richard Lu, PhD, Beatrice C. Lampkin Endowed Chair in Cancer Epigenetics, Professor,  University of Cincinnati Presents:  Glial Cells at the Crossroads of Brain Repair and Tumorigenesis Host:  Dr. Tristan LI In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)  

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Dan Arking, PhD, McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Presents:  Mitochondrial Genetic Variation and Aging-related Disease Host:  Dr. Peter Jin In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)  

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Harmit Malik, PhD, Professor and Associate Director, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch Presents:  Genetic conflicts during meiosis drive the rapid evolution of essential chromatin proteins Host: Dr. Ting Wang In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)  

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Wenyi Wang, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, and Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center Presents: Deciphering cancer cell evolution and ecology Host:  Dr. Ting Wang In person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)