Shaun Mahony, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry & Biology Eberly College of Science Penn State University   presents, “Understanding the sequence and chromatin predeterminants of induced transcription factor binding with neural networks” Hosted by:  Dr. Shamim Mollah In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Mia Levine, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biology University of Pennsylvania presents, “Intra-genomic conflict and the evolution of genome integrity” Hosted by:  Dr. Ting Wang In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Harrison Gabel, PhD Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience Washington University School of Medicine presents, “Dissecting epigenetic mechanisms in nervous system development and disease” Hosted by:  Dr. Tristan Li In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Dagmar Wachten, PhD Principal Investigator Department of Biophysical Imaging & Molecular Physiology Institute of Innate Immunity University of Bonn presents, “Shedding light on ciliary signaling and function” Hosted by:  Dr. Susan Dutcher In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Alexis Battle, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University presents, “Genetics of gene expression across cell-type, time, and space” Hosted by:  Dr. Barak Cohen In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Tony Tsai, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Developmental Biology Washington University School of Medicine presents, “How to make precise tissue patterns with noisy instructions?” Hosted by:  Dr. Peter Jin In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Danny Miller, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Departments of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Washington presents, “Streamlining research and clinical genetic testing: the promise of long-read sequencing” Hosted by:  Dr. Peter Jin In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Lea Starita, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Genome Sciences University of Washington presents, “Understanding genetic variation at scale” Hosted by:  Dr. Heather Lawson In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Geraldine Seydoux, PhD Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine presents, “Assembly and function of RNA granules in the C. elegans germline” Hosted by:  Dr. Tim Schedl In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)

Daniel De Carvalho, PhD Helen M. Cooke Professor of Cancer Epigenetics Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Professor Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory University of Toronto presents, “Ultra-Sensitive Tumor Detection and Classification using Methylome Analysis of Plasma cfDNA” Hosted by:  Dr. Ting Wang In-person only:  Connor Auditorium (FLTC)