QLS Special Seminar - Mark Gerstein

Topics in Neurogenomics & Genomic Privacy

Mark Gerstein, Albert L. Williams Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Yale University
Monday July 25, 11-12pm
Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84677196237

Abstract: My talk will focus on neurogenomics and how this has inspired my group to become interested in privacy and security. I'll first talk about work in the PsychENCODE consortium and how we have developed tools, particularly clustering algorithms, related to this area. Then, I'll talk about how important it is to keep large-scale cohort data, particularly for mental illness, both private and secure. I'll highlight some techniques that we have developed for security, particularly in relation to putting a genome on a blockchain.