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.

Discussion and Q&A after each speaker presentation.

Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.

Speakers

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  Zeynep Gumus, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
  Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  "Inherited Genetic Variants in Lung Cancer Risk"

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  Quaid Morris, PhD

  Member, Computational and Systems Biology Program
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  "Reconstructing Cancer Evolution Computationally"

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  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