GSI Seminar Series

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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

Singular Genomics | Catalio Capital Management

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.

Registration Link 

K103 12-1PM

In-person, live stream

September 24th (Tuesday) – Active Motif

Active Motif – epigenetic research | Biotech 365

“Advances in Epigenomics:
New Applications for Targeted Analysis & Discovery”

K103 12-1PM

In-person, live stream

October 22nd (Tuesday) – Illumina

Illumina Case Study – Amazon Web Services (AWS)

“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”

Eric C. Lai, PhD

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”

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Director, Brown Center for Alzheimer’s Disease

Brown University

https://www.bessfrostlab.com

December 10th (Tuesday) – Michael Baym, PhD

“Plasmid Ecology”

[Seminar] Evolutionary Approaches to Antibiotic Resistance by Professor ...

Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Harvard Medical School

baymlab.hms.harvard.edu

K103 12-1PM

In-person, live stream