Events

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium Title: Groundwork for precision medicine: The role of electronic health records in discoveries and clinical implementation This week hosted by IBI - invited by Marylyn Ritchie , PhDAbstract: In this talk, Dr. Verma will present her work on the use of different EHR-based phenotypes, such as clinical laboratory … Continue reading Shefali Setia Verma, MS, Instructor, Bioinfomatics, University of Pennsylvania

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium, Title: Generative AI for Drug Discovery This week hosted by DBEI Informatics Division - invited by Li Shen, PhD Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for drug discovery has been going far beyond predictive analysis over existing drug candidates. The recent, cutting-edge generative AI enables tramendous opportunities to generate new … Continue reading Xia Ning, PhD, Associate Professor, Ohio State University

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium Title: Precision medicine research dimensions made accessible by electronic health records This week hosted by IBIAbstract: Biomedical data science has experienced an explosion of new data over the past decade. Abundant genetic and genomic data are increasingly available in large, diverse data sets due to the maturation of … Continue reading Marylyn D. Ritchie, PhD, Professor of Genetics, Director of the Institute for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium Title: Tumor subclone detection and niche differential expression analysis on spatial transcriptomics data This week hosted by CCDS - invited by Qi Long, PhD Abstract:  Single cells influence, and are shaped by, their local tissue microenvironment.  High resolution technologies for in situ profiling of gene expression at the … Continue reading Nancy Zhang, PhD, Ge Li and Ning Zhao Professor, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium, , Title: Machine learning for spatial genomics This week hosted by IBI - invited by Mingyao Li, PhD

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium Title: Computational Neuroradiology in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology; The Hopes for Advancing Precision Medicine in Children with Brain Tumors This week hosted by AI2D - Christos Davatzikos Abstract In recent years, concurrent advances of artificial intelligence and medical imaging have led to a paradigm shift in neuroradiology from qualitative assessment … Continue reading Anahita Fathi Kazerooni, PhD, Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3b), Division of Neurosurgery, CHOP

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium. Title: Translational reprogramming in metastatic breast cancer This week hosted by IBI - invited by Crystal Conn, PhD Abstract Aberrant translational control of oncogenes and tumor suppressors is one of the hallmarks of cancer. However, the molecular programs that govern dysregulated control of protein synthesis during metastatic progression. Taking … Continue reading Hani Goodarzi, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco

CANCELLED! Biomedical Research Building (BRB) Title: Understanding the genetic mechanism of comorbidities using electronic health records linked biobanks This week hosted by IBIAbstract Two-thirds of adults present with two or more chronic conditions at a given time, which are the primary cause of death globally. Genetics, age, ancestry, and low socioeconomic status highly impact the burden … Continue reading Anurag Verma PhD, Instructor, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium, Title: Analytical tools for whole-brain networks: fusing statistics and network science to understand brain function This week hosted by DBEI (PennSIVE) - invited by Elizabeth Sweeney, PhD Abstract:  Brain network analyses have exploded in recent years, and hold great potential in helping us understand normal and abnormal brain function. … Continue reading Sean L. Simpson, PhD, Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, Smilow Center for Translational Research - Smilow Rubenstein Auditorium & Commons Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Evolutionary Innovation This week hosted by IBIAbstract: Where do genes come from? All genomes contain genes whose sequences appear unique to a given species or lineage to the exclusion of all others. These “orphan” genes cannot … Continue reading Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Biomedical Data Science Seminar Series, BRB Gaulton Auditorium Title: Treatment Effect Analysis with Quantitative Susceptibility Maps in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions This week hosted by PennSIVE Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system characterized by lesions in the brain and spinal cord.  Magnetic resonance images (MRI) are sensitive to these lesions. … Continue reading Elizabeth Sweeney, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania