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Spring 2019

● The Weekly Wednesday Wartik Genomics Lecture Series (WWWGLS) is held in 501 Wartik Lab (large commons area) on Wednesdays at 3 pm, unless noted otherwise.
● Coffee, tea, and snacks are usually served after the presentation.
● PSU faculty can nominate speakers via this form
● PSU affiliates can sign up to receive seminar announcements using L-WWWGLS@lists.psu.edu.
Date Presenter(s) Topic
January 16
4:00 pm
Lyle Long
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Steve Schaeffer
Zoom URL
On the Importance of Computational and Data Science
January 23
4:00 pm
Tanya Renner
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Paul Medvedev, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoom URL
Duplication, Divergence, and Convergence: What can we Learn from Studying Carnivorous Plant Genomes?
January 30
4:00 pm
Note change of location to 110 Wartik Lab
BMB Faculty Candidate Colin C. Conine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Host: Ross Hardison
Transmission of Non-genetic Information by Sperm Small RNAs
February 6
4:00 pm
Naomi Yamada & Matthew Jensen
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
Naomi: Analysis of ChIP-exo Read Profiles Reveals Spatial Organizations of Protein Complexes/Matthew: An Interaction and Network-Based Model for Neuropsychiatric Features of Copy-Number Variants
February 13
4:00 pm
Sarah Craig and Ana Kenney
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Center for Medical Genomics
Zoom URL
Using Early Life Growth Trajectories to Construct a Childhood Obesity Genetic Risk Score
February 20
4:00 pm
Xiaojun Lance Lian
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Paul Medvedev, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoom URL
RNA-Seq Analysis of Cardiac Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
February 27
4:00 pm
Nate Person & Rahul Vegesna
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
NATE: Horizontal Gene Transfer in Parasitic Plants; RAHUL: Impact of Copy Number Variation on the Expression of Human Y Chromosome Ampliconic Genes
March 13
4:00 pm
Ming Hu
Cleveland Clinic
Host: Dr. Qunhua Li, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoom URL
MAPS: model-based analysis of long-range chromatin interactions from PLAC-seq and HiChIP experiments
March 20
4:00 pm
Olga Dudchenko
TBA
Host: Dean Douglas Cavener
Zoom URL
Hi-C Genome Assembly at the DNA Zoo: Inexpensive, Accurate and Open-Source
March 27
4:00 pm
Tanzeen Yusuff & Molly Rathbun
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
TANZEEN: High-throughput developmental analysis of CNV genes in Drosophila melanogaster; MOLLY: Exploring Patterns of Genetic Variation in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Clinical Infections
April 3
4:00 pm
Yifei Huang
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Center for Medical Genomics
Zoom URL
Unified prediction of highly constrained genes and deleterious variants in the human genome
April 10
4:00 pm
Ilia Minkin
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
TScalable multiple whole-genome alignment and locally collinear block construction with SibeliaZ
April 17
4:00 pm
Gregory Cooper
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Host: Santhosh Girirajan, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoom URL
Genomic Diagnosis for Developmental Delays
April 24
4:00 pm
Scott Eckert & Sage Wright
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
SCOTT: Assembling scraps: Deriving host genotype and dietary phenotypes from metagenomic datasets SAGE: An Integrated Whole-Genome Analysis of Structural Variation in Breast Cancer Cell Line T47D
May 1
4:00 pm
David Toews
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
Using Genomics to Understand Ancient and Contemporary Hybridization Amongst Wood Warblers
May 8
4:00 pm
Robin Dowell
University of Colorado
Host: Shaun Mahony, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoom URL
Dissecting transcriptional regulation from nascent transcription
May 15
4:00 pm
Hong Ma
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
Genomics Meet Genetics: Conservation and Divergence of Duplicated Genes Regulating Plant Development
May 22
4:00 pm
Barbara Arbeithuber
Pennsylvania State University
Host: Center for Medical Genomics
Zoom URL
Rare mitochondrial DNA variants in mouse pedigrees - duplex sequencing of (single) oocytes and somatic tissues
May 29
4:00 pm
Juan Cerda & Bipin Rimal
Pennsylvania State University
Zoom URL
JUAN: Evolutionary Genomics of Parasitic Plants; BIPIN: Integration of Multi-omics Data to Gain Insight into Microbiome Toxicity Elicited by Xenobiotics
June 12
4:00 pm
Stephane Boissinot
NYU Abu Dhabi
Host: Center for Medical Genomics
Zoom URL
Evolutionary Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Vertebrate Genomes