GSI Seminar Series
The goals of this seminar series are i) to host extramural speakers who are internationally recognized researchers at the vanguard of genetics and genomics research, and ii) to promote interactions and collaborations among Boston University investigators engaged in genetics and genomics research.
This monthly seminar series is held on a Tuesday from 3-4 p.m. in the Conte Building, K103 (unless otherwise indicated).
If you have suggestions for invited speakers, or if you would like to present an intramural seminar, please email gsi@bu.edu.
Learn more about past seminars here.
Check out our YouTube Channel where we post our livestream videos of our seminars!
Upcoming seminars:
September 24th (Wednesday) – 10x Genomics
Launch of the BU Spatial Transcriptomics Core
Evans 112A 1-2PM
In-person, live stream
September 30th (Tuesday) – Stephanie E. Mohr, PhD
“Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screening in Mosquito and other Arthropod Cell Lines”
Director of DRSC/TRiP-FGR
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Nelson Lau
October 7th (Tuesday) – Haiyuan (Henry) Sun
“Enhancing Airway Stem Cell Engraftment for Early, Targeted Intervention in Chronic Airway Disease”
3rd Year PhD student – Dr. Finn Hawkins lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
October 21st (Tuesday) – Deborah Lang, PhD
“Transcriptional and post-transcriptional drivers of melanoma”
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
Boston University – Deborah Lang
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Alla Grishok
October 28th (Tuesday) – Margot Barroso Zuppa
Title TBD
3rd Year PhD student – Dr. Ignaty Leshchiner lab
K103, 3-4PM
In-person, live stream
February 11th, 2026 (Wednesday) – Robert C. Green, MD, MPH
“Universal Newborn Sequencing and Lifelong Genomic Medicine“
Professor, Medicine
K103, 2-3PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Vidhya Kumaresan
Previous Seminars:
March 25th (Tuesday) – 10x Genomics – Juliana Crivello
“Single-Cell Bioinformatics Workshop: Analyzing high-resolution single cell multiomic data”
K103, 11AM-2PM
In-person
April 22nd (Tuesday) – CS Genetics
Simple, Scalable Single Cell Library Preparation
Lucas Edelman, PhD CTO & Founder, CS Genetics
K103 12-1pm
In-person, live stream
April 30th (Wednesday) – Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD
“Imprints of Positive and Negative Selection in Cancer Genomes”
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical Center
Keefer Auditorium, 2-3PM – Different time due to it being co-hosted with Pharmacology
In-person, live stream
Host: Rachel Flynn
May 6th (Tuesday) – Sarah Hainer, PhD
“Widespread impact of nucleosome remodelers on transcription at cis-regulatory elements”
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Sarah Hainer – University of Pittsburgh
K103, 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Alla Grishok