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 12-1 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:
January 21st (Tuesday) – LevitasBio
“Elevate your science; rethink sample preparation standards for single-cell and nuclei sequencing”
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Nabil Rabhi
Previous Seminars:
September 10th (Tuesday) – Singular Genomics Seminar
G4 & G4X Platforms | An NGS Workshop with a Spatial Upgrade
Join us as we highlight the performance capabilities and impact of the powerful G4 Sequencing Platform and take a deep dive on G4-X our latest advancement in high-throughput in-situ multiomics.
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
September 24th (Tuesday) – Active Motif
“Advances in Epigenomics:
New Applications for Targeted Analysis & Discovery”
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
October 22nd (Tuesday) – Illumina
“Moving Beyond the Genome with Illumina Technology”
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
October 29th (Tuesday) – Eric Lai, PhD
“RNA Silencing: from mechanisms to biology”
Professor of Developmental Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/eric-lai
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Alla Grishok
November 25th (Monday) – Bess Frost, PhD
“Retrotransposon activation in neurodegenerative tauopathy”
Director, Brown Center for Alzheimer’s Disease
Brown University
December 10th (Tuesday) – Michael Baym, PhD
“Plasmid Ecology”
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream