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.
2022 – 2023 Seminars: Some Seminars will be held remotely (over Zoom), but most 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.
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Using Multi-Omics Computational Approaches to Understand Human Health: Navigating data to make real inference Dr. Latifa Jackson, Howard University/Essex Management Tuesday, October 4th, 2:00 – 3:00 PM 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person) |
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Everything as code Dr. David Van Valen, Caltech/Heritage Medical Research Institute Tuesday, November 1st, 2:00 – 3:00 PM 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person) |
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Single-cell genomic analysis of neural diversity in the vertebrate visual system Dr. Karthik Shekhar, UC Berkeley Wednesday, February 1st, 3:00 – 4:00 PM 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person) |
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High throughput data of regulation of transcription initiation in E.coli: updating concepts and datasets Dr. Pedro Julio Collado-Vides, National Autonomous University of Mexico Wednesday, March 1st, 9:30 – 10:30 AM (virtual seminar) |
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Technologies to speed the rate of discovery Dr. Alejandro Chavez, UC San Diego Wednesday, March 22nd, 3:00 – 4:00 PM 125 Li Ka Shing Center (in-person) |
To view 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.
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Design for Inference in Biology, or How to learn the convolutions of life?
Dr. Aviv Regev, Head, Executive Vice President of Genentech Research and Early Development Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 @ 3 – 4 PM, Sutardja Dai Hall: Banatao Auditorium, Room 310 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Accurate Whole Genome Sequencing: Today and Beyond
Scott Kahn, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, Illumina February 24, 2009, 4:00 PM, 177 Stanley Hall |
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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 |
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23andMe: Empowering Consumer Enabled Research
Anne Wojcicki, Ph.D., Co-Founder, 23andMe June 26, 2008, 4:00 PM, 106 Stanley Hall |
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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 |
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
CompBio Student Seminars
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 221 Stanley from 12-1 PM.
2023 Seminars
| Feb 3, 2023 | Zhongyan Gong |
| Feb 17, 2023 | Sergio Mares |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Isabel Serrano and Andrew Vaughn |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Eleanor Wang |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Helen Sakharova (tentative) and Yutong Wang |
| Apr 28, 2023 | TBD |
| May 12, 2023 | TBD |
