Computational Cancer Genomics Working Group Evening Lecture

The Computational Cancer Genomics Working Group is led by Simon Tavaré, PhD, NYGC and Columbia University, and Sohrab Shah, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This group will build collaborations that apply novel statistical approaches and population-level analyses to major cohorts in cancer genomics.

WHEN:
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Speaker Presentations and Q&A

This will be a VIRTUAL meeting via Zoom.

MODERATOR

Simon Tavaré, PhD Senior Associate Core Member New York Genome Center Director, Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics Departments of Statistics and Biological Sciences Columbia University

SPEAKERS

Marcin Imielinski, MD, PhD Core Member, Assistant Investigator New York Genome Center Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Assistant Professor of Computational Genomics HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Institute for Computational Biomedicine Weill Cornell Medicine “Structural Variant Signatures of Homologous Recombination Deficiency”   To learn more about Dr. Imielinski’s research, see his lab page.

Manu Setty, PhD Incoming Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences Division Member, Translational Data Science IRC Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center “Computational Modeling of Lineage Decision Mechanisms Using Single-Cell Data”  To learn more about Dr. Setty’s research, see his lab page.

DISCUSSION AND Q&A
Moderated by Simon Tavaré, PhD
Discussion and Q&A will take place after each speaker presents.
Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.