Thesis Defense: Yifan Duan Time: Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96809748553 Yifan will present the thesis titled “Benchmarking compositional data analysis methods for single-cell RNA-seq data”. The thesis committee is chaired by Adam Haber and includes Sophia Carryl, Wenjiang Deng, and John Quackenbush.
Daniel Schwartz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University Dynamic Latent Factor Models To Infer Dietary Patterns From Nutrition Survey Data Abstract: A growing body of research has shown that poor diet is a leading risk factor for death, especially in connection with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease. However, these studies provide limited...
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health for a refreshing mindfulness practice on Thursday afternoon, May 9th from 1 pm to 1:50 pm in Kresge, Room 110. The drop-in mindfulness sessions include sitting and walking meditations, learning about mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness to enhance our energy of ease and rest. The...
This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Carl Bergstrom, Professor at the Department of Biology, University of Washington. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Bergstrom is a Professor of Biology at the University of Washington. The unifying theme of his...
Talk title: The impediments to high-risk, high-return research Presenter: Carl Bergstrom, Professor at the Department of Biology, University of Washington Dr. Bergstrom is a Professor of Biology at the University of Washington. The unifying theme of his work is the concept of information; how communication evolves and how the process of evolution encodes information in...
Thesis Defense: Mian Zhao Time: Thursday May 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94566387781 Mian will present the thesis titled “Phenotypic and genome evolution after radiation induced DNA damage”. The thesis committee is chaired by Cheng-Zhong Zhang and includes Spektor Alexander and John Quackenbush.
Thesis Defense: Michelle Dai Time: Thursday May 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/92102482641 Michelle will present the thesis titled “Knowledge Graph-Based Approach for Schizophrenia Drug Repurposing”. The thesis committee is chaired by Jukka-Pekka Onnela and includes Marinka Zitnik and John Quackenbush.
With Dr. Xiaobin Wang, Zanvyl Krieger Professor in child health, and Director of the Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of pediatrics and a board-certified pediatrician at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Xiaobin Wang, Zanvyl Krieger Professor in child health, and Director of the Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of pediatrics and a board-certified pediatrician at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present her seminar titled "Unraveling the Multifaceted Intergenerational Health Effects...
Thesis Defense: Yuelai Wang Time: Friday May 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G10 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97625956716 Yuelai will present the thesis titled “Hidden Markov Modeling of Somatic Mutations in Human Melanoma Cancer”. The thesis committee is chaired by Felix Dietlein and includes Junwei Lu and John Quackenbush.
Thesis Defense: Ruixin Chen Time: Friday May 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G10 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/93482835782 Ruixin will present the thesis titled “Understanding Tissue Permissivity in Cancer Development”. The thesis committee is chaired by Kevin Haigis and includes Martin Hemberg and John Quackenbush.
