http://www.vanbug.org Vancouver Bioinformatics User Group Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Download Seminar Poster Talk Title: Microbial Genomics, Pangenomics, and Metagenomics in Disease and in Health Date/Time: Thursday, February 9th, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Bioinformatician, BCCDC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory Abstract: As DNA sequencing technologies continue to improve, sequencing of microbial genomes can now be done routinely. We ... http://www.vanbug.org/2012/william-hsiao/ PIMS-sponsored speaker Download Seminar Poster Talk Title: Simulating and Predicting the MicroTargetome Date/Time: Thursday, December 8th, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Institut de Recherche en Immunologie et en Cancérologie and Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal URL: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~major/ Abstract: Protein output determines cell types and ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/francois-major/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Download Movie Talk Title: The ruin of gene network analysis by multifunctionality Date/Time: Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and Member of the Brain Research Centre URL: Paul Pavlidis Abstract: A major goal of biology is to identify the functional relationships and interactions among ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/paul-pavlidis-2/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Talk Title: Haploid Assembly of Diploid Genomes Date/Time: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Bioinformatics Group Leader, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency and Adjunct Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University URL: Inanc Birol Abstract: Most assembly algorithms in use have an implicit assumption that a sequenced nucleic acid has a haploid-like ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/inanc-birol/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Talk Title: Reconstructing Ancient Genome Architechtures Date/Time: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University URL: Cedric Chauve Abstract: Paleogenomics aims at reconstructing the genomes of extinct species, whose DNA can not be sequenced due to molecular decay. Hence the only possible approach is the study of current genomes ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/20112012-season/ Download Seminar Poster Make sure that your question gets answered by submitting by email to dev@vanbug.org. Panelists: Benjamin Good, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Inanc Birol, PhD, Bioinformatics Group Leader, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency & Adjunct Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/careers-in-bioinformatics/ Download Seminar Poster Talk Title: Transcription factor - DNA interactions: cis regulatory codes in the genome Date/Time: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School URL: Martha Bulyk Abstract: The interactions between sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) and their DNA binding sites are an integral part of the gene regulatory networks ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/martha-bulyk/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Download Movie *Note: There is a problem with the sound for the second half of the talk. Talk Title: Human genomics with large sample size and full genome sequences Date/Time: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Professor of Population Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University URL: Andrew ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/andrew-clark/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Talk Title: Ancestral genome reconstruction and its uses toward annotating the human genome Date/Time: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, McGill University URL: Mathieu Blanchette Abstract: With the number of sequenced vertebrate genomes rapidly growing, the exciting prospect of being able to accurately infer ancestral genomes becomes within ... http://www.vanbug.org/2011/mathieu-blanchette/ Download Seminar Poster Presentation: Download Presentation Download Movie Talk Title: Constrained Principal Component Analysis for fMRI Data: Relating fMRI Signal to Experimental Conditions. Date/Time: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6:00 pm Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia URL: Todd Woodward Abstract: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from one subject typically involves measurement of blood-oxygen level dependent (BOLD) changes in ... http://www.vanbug.org/2010/todd-woodward/