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:
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”
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
K103 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
January 21st (Tuesday) – LevitasBio
“Levitation Technology Fuels and Improves Single-Cell Data”
K103 1-2PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Nabil Rabhi
January 28th (Tuesday) – Meghan Kilcoyne
“Legislative Advocacy in Cancer Care & Patient Access Biomarker Testing Legislation”
State Representative
Keefer Auditorium 111, 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Rachel Flynn
February 4th (Tuesday) – Q & A Session – BMSIP & GSI Pilot Grant
Speakers:
Dmitry Leyfer, PhD Executive Director, BMSIP
Lecturer, Bioinformatics Program
Adam Labadorf, PhD Director, BU Bioinformatics MS Program
Nelson Lau, PhD Associate Professor
Director, Genome Science Institute (GSI)
K103, 11am-12pm
In-person, live stream
GSI 2025 Pilot Grant Competition
Bioinformatics Masters Summer Internship Program
March 18th (Tuesday) – Vicky Yao, PhD
“Integrative methods for the analysis of complex traits and diseases”
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
K103, 12-1PM
In-person, live stream
Host: Jean- Pierre Roussarie
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