The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics will continue its seminar series on the topic of mathematical sciences underpinning cancer research. The monthly seminars take place on the second Wednesday of the month, 2:00-3:00 PM EST. The presentations are open to the Columbia community (in person and online) and to researchers outside Columbia (via Zoom).
On Wednesday, January 15th (2:00 PM ET), IICD welcomes Cole Trapnell, Associate Professor, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington. Seminar hosted by José McFaline-Figueroa. The seminar will take place in person in Schermerhorn Hall 603 (Morningside Heights campus). If you wish to attend the seminar remotely, please register using the following link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcuCqrD8jGdyUzycUFquK7lEvmqMvfOWc
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Bio: Dr. Trapnell studies stem cells and differentiation, primarily using high throughput transcriptome sequencing. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was jointly advised by Steven Salzberg and Lior Pachter. As a postdoc in John Rinn’s lab at Harvard’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology department, he pioneered methods for analyzing differentiation with single cell transcriptome sequencing. He is the principal developer of several widely used open-source software tools for analyzing high-throughput sequencing experiments. At the University of Washington, his lab will focus on finding genes that govern stem cell maintenance and cell differentiation, primarily through single-cell genomics. The lab will operate at the interface between genomics and experimental cell biology to answer how cells make fate decisions.
If you would like to meet one-on-one (possibility via zoom) or attend the lunch or dinner with the speaker, please contact the event organizer.
