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McGill Seminar Series in Quantitative Life Sciences and Medicine

Please note the McGill Seminar Series in Quantitative Life Sciences and Medicine will be held via Zoom in Winter 2021. The seminars will be held on Tuesdays between 12 and 1pm. 

Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/91589192037

QLS is joining efforts with the Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM), the McGill initiative in Computational Medicine (MiCM) and the Ludmer Center to offer weekly interdisciplinary seminars.

For video recordings of previous seminars please visit here: http://ludmercentre.ca/qls-seminar-videos/

Winter 2021 Speaker Topic

Jan. 12

Vladimir Reinharz
(UQAM)
Sponsored by QLS

Conservation of structural long-range modules in RNAs

Jan. 19

Paul Francois
(McGill University)
Sponsored by QLS

Information in cytokine dynamics : robotic mapping

Jan. 26
(QLS Research Day)

Corina Tarnita
(Princeton University)
Sponsored by QLS

Self-organization and robustness in biological systems

Feb. 2

Benjamin Haibe-Kains
(University of Toronto)
Sponsored by MiCM

Platforms to improve computational reproducibility in biomedical research

Feb. 9

David Albers
(University of Colorado)
Sponsored by QLS

Inference and dynamics using clinical data for mathematical physiology and biomedicine

Feb. 16

Gordon Berman
(Emory University)
Sponsored by QLS

Measuring behavior across scales

Feb. 23

 Sahir Bhatnagar
(McGill University)
Sponsored by QLS		 Variable selection methods in high-dimensional genetic data

Mar. 2

Reading Week

No Seminar

Mar. 9

Albert Goldbeter
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

From circadian clock mechanism to sleep disorders and jet lag: Insights from a computational approach

Mar. 16

Victoria Booth
(University of Michigan)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Dynamics and bifurcations of sleep-wake behavior

Mar. 23

Daniel Alexander
(UCL)
Sponsored by QLS

Model-based imaging and image-based modelling

Mar. 30

Cristina Savin
(NYU)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Structured neural variability and its roles in neural computation

Apr. 6

Jonathan Michaels
(UWO)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Combining deep learning and primate electrophysiology to understand reach and grasp control

Apr. 13

 Anne-Louise Leutenegger
(Inserm NeuroDiderot)
Sponsored by QLS

Genomic inbreeding and its contribution to the study of human diseases
Apr. 20

Arjun Krishnaswamy
(McGill University)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Molecular cues for the assembly and function of retinal circuits
Apr. 27

Stephen Coombes
(University of Nottingham)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Next generation neural field modelling
May 4

Lluis Quintana-Murci
(Institut Pasteur)
Sponsored by QLS

Human Immunology through the Lens of Evolutionary Genetics
May 11

Maryam Shanechi
(USC)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

 Dynamical modeling, decoding, and control of multiscale brain networks: from motor to mood

QLS would like to thank Dr. Mathieu Blanchette, Dr. Suresh Krishna, Dr. Anmar Khadra, Dr. Celia Greenwood, Lindsay Dayton, and Joanne Clark for their help with organizing the seminars.

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