We have an exciting line up planned for the fall semester! Seminars will be held in Biomedical Science Tower 3 room 6014 from noon to 1 p.m.

Check this page periodically for updates to the speaker schedule.

September 30, 2024    

Hatice Osmanbeyoglu (Biomedical Informatics, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center)

• Talk Title: “Computational Approaches for Analyzing Cellular Programs in the Tumor Microenvironment”

Ian Dunn (Koes group)

• Talk Title: “Deep Generative Models for Structure-Based Drug Design”

October 7, 2024             

Gavin Arteel and Dhiraj Yadav (Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh)

• Talk Title: “Collaborative Opportunities with Liver and Pancreas Programs at UPMC” 

Dennis Kostka (Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh)

• Talk Title: “Computational models for genome function, and the effects of genetic variants” 

October 21, 2024          

Mark Miedel (Drug Discovery Institute, University of Pittsburgh)

• Talk Title: “Patient-specific Microphysiology Systems as an Innovative Precision Medicine Platform for Metabolic-Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease”

Amitava Giri (Xing lab)

• Talk Title: “Leveraging scRNA-seq Data for a Mechanistic Model to Understand the Differentiation Dynamics of Muscle Stem Cells”

November 4, 2024        

Megan Freeman (Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)

• Talk Title: “How do enteroviruses cause paralysis?”

Keisuke Ishihara (Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh)

• Talk Title: “Synthetic Morphogenesis: Designing form and function of 3D tissues”

November 18, 2024      

Li-San Wang (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)

• Talk Title: “Genomic Insights into Alzheimer’s Disease: Advancements, Collaborations, Inclusive Research”

December 2, 2024         Gloria Sheynkman (University of Virginia)

• Talk Title: “Systems Biology Approaches for Proteoform Medicine”

December 16, 2024       Nozomu Yachie (University of British Columbia)

• Talk Title: “Technologies for ‘look-back-in-time’ biology”