April Forum: Ruchira Datta Presents…

Time: Saturday, April 10th at 4:00 PM
Location: 321 Stanley Hall, Gayley Rd and University Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720
Topic:

Ruchira Datta from The Berkeley Phylogenomics Group will present an overview of phylogenomics, a discipline of bioinformatics which uses multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic trees to predict the functions of genes. For more details, here is a paper from Ruchira on the Phylofacts Orthology Group Prediction web server (PHOG) a novel algorithm in phylogenomics which she helped develop.

In addition to her work on PHOG, Doctor Datta holds a PhD in Mathematics, studying game theory and has worked as a software engineer at Google.

Agenda:

4:00-4:30 - Networking
4:30-5:00 - Dr. Datta presents "Phylogenomics"
5:00-5:15 - Break/Discussion
5:15-6:00 - Lightning talks

We will have lightning talks at this forum, so please bring a brief (10 minute) presentation on a topic that you want to share with the group. We should have time for as many as 4 talks, so let Doug know if you are planning on presenting one. Lightning talk slots will be given on a first requested basis. Powerpoint slides on a thumb drive to accompany your talk are optional.

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Hope to see you all there!