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Seminars and Symposia

Center for Computational Biology Seminar Series

Considering the many advances in computational biology that have yet to come, it is pertinent for scientists in this discipline to connect with colleagues of similar research interests. To facilitate communication with fellow scientists, the Center for Computational Biology Seminar Series invites professors from national and international research institutions to talk about their current research.

2021 – 2022 Seminars: Some Seminars will be held remotely, some will be in person.

All in-person seminars will be held in 125 Li Ka Shing Auditorium.
For zoom links to the seminar and to request ADA accommodations, please email ccbadmin@berkeley.edu.

Machine learning for biological sequence design with therapeutic applications
Dr. Lucy Colwell, Google Research/Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
Tuesday, September 7th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM (Zoom)
The effects of cross-trait assortative mating on genetic correlation estimators
Dr. Noah Zaitlen, Department of Computational Medicine and Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles
Tuesday, October 5, 3:00 – 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person)
Learning cellular state and dynamics in single cell genomics
Dr. Fabian Theis
Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Institute Munich/Technical University of Munich
Tuesday, November 23rd, 9:30-10:30am (Zoom)
For zoom link, please email ccbadmin@berkeley.edu
Data-driven methods for identifying models of complex biological systems
Dr. Niall Mangan
Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Tuesday, December 7th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person)
Transforming Drug Discovery using Digital Biology
Daphne Koller
Founder & CEO of Insitro/Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
Wednesday, February 2nd, 3:00 – 4:00 PM (Zoom)
Evolutionary forces shape the genetic architecture of complex traits
Ryan Hernandez
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences,
University of California, San Francisco
Wednesday, March 2nd, 3:00 – 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person)
Title TBA
Aaron Streets
Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
Wednesday, April 13th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person)
Title TBA
Jonathan Pritchard
Department of Genetics and Biology, Stanford University
Wednesday, April 20th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person)
Title TBA
Regina Barzilay
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wednesday, May 11th, 3:00 – 4:00 PM (Zoom)

For a list of previous CCB Seminar speakers, please click here

CCB Industry Speaker Series

The Center for Computational Biology Industry Speaker Series features prominent professionals from computational biology-related companies. Speakers represent a number of industries, including biotech, pharma, high-tech, and health-tech, and present company projects, background, and industry trends.

These are public lectures and are open to all UC Berkeley students and faculty. When possible, seminars are recorded for online publishing. Our industry speakers to date are listed below in reverse chronological order.

The genetic determinants of mRNA degradation rates in mammals

Dr. Vikram Agarwal, Senior Computational Biologist, Calico Life Sciences

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022 @ 3 – 4 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing

robert_gentleman 23andMe: Genetics and Drug Research

Robert Gentleman, Ph.D., VP of Computational Biology, 23andMe

April 20, 2016, 4:00 PM, 125 Li Ka Shing Center

eric_shadt Understanding the Molecular Networks of Hydrogen Production in Bacteria

Eric Schadt, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences

May 7, 2010, 4:00 PM, 106 Stanley Hall

scott_kahn Accurate Whole Genome Sequencing: Today and Beyond

Scott Kahn, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, Illumina

February 24, 2009, 4:00 PM, 177 Stanley Hall

francisco_de_la_vega Next-Generation Whole Genome Sequencing of a Single Human Recapitulates Population Signatures of Natural Selection

Francisco De La Vega, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientific Fellow and VP of SOLiD(TM) Applilcations and Bioinformatics, Applied Biosystems

September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM, 177 Stanley Hall

Anne_Wojcicki 23andMe: Empowering Consumer Enabled Research

Anne Wojcicki, Ph.D., Co-Founder, 23andMe

June 26, 2008, 4:00 PM, 106 Stanley Hall

alain-rappaport Information-Based Personalized Medicine

Alain Rappaport, M.D., Ph.D., General Manager, Health Search, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft

March 20 2008, 4:00 PM, 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Video recording

Computational Biology and Genomics Symposium

The Fourth Annual Genomics and Computational Biology Symposium is on Genomics and the Brain. This meeting will bring together leading scientists from the field of brain genomics and provide a unique opportunity to learn about the state of the art research in the field.

Date: Friday, January 16, 2015
Start Time: 9:00AM. Check-In begins at 8:00AM.
Location: 245 Li Ka Shing Center for Health and Biomedical Sciences, UC Berkeley

Li Ka Shing Center is located on the Western edge of campus, off of Oxford Street and University Avenue. For an interactive campus map, click here; to download a printable map, click here.

Speakers
  • Megan Dennis, Senior Fellow, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
  • Jennifer Erwin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute
  • Daniel Geschwind, Gordon and Virginia Macdonald Distinguished Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Michael Kobor, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
  • Anna Kukekova, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Matthew State, Oberndorf Family Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

Eventbrite - The Fourth Annual Genomics and Computational Biology Symposium: Genomics and the Brain

CompBio Student Seminars

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The CompBio Student Seminar Series features short seminars by graduate students from the Computational Biology PhD and DE programs about their current research. All seminars take place in 521 Stanley from 12-1PM.

2021-2022 Seminars
Sept 17, 2021 Graham Northrup
Oct 1, 2021 Maya Lemmon-Kishi
Nov 12, 2021 Shihab Dider
Dec 10, 2021 Helen Sakharova

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