|
Genomic
Science seminars are offered across the University. The seminars
feature invited internal and external speakers; including professionals
from other universities, industries and government agencies.
Upcoming
Events & Seminars
April 4, 2008
5th Annual NCSU Functional Genomics Graduate Student Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Todd Klaenhammer
Past
Events & Seminars
Listed
below are some of the past seminars hosted to provide a flavor
of the diverse subject areas covered, and the interaction between
the Genomic Sciences Graduate Program and experts within the field.
October 25-26, 2007
1st International Conference on Toxicogenomics Integrated with Environmental Sciences
Raleigh, NC
September 21-23, 2007
2007 Genomic Sciences Retreat
Carolina Beach, NC
October
27, 2006
4th
Annual NCSU Functional Genomics Graduate Student Symposium
April
11, 2006
Dr.
Daniel Pomp, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Complete
Trait Analysis: The Legacy of Quantitative Genetics"
Sponsored
by the Animal Science Graduate Student Association
March
14, 2006
Dr.
Joseph Nevins, Duke University
"Genomic
Approaches to Cancer and Cancer Biology"
November
18, 2005
Dr.
Yaoqi Zhou, SUNY-Buffalo, New York
"From
Sequences, Structures, to Interactions of Proteins: Some Recent
Developments"
Sponsored
by the Department of Molecular & Structural Biochemistry
October
12, 2005
Dr.
Ilenys Diaz-Muniz, USDA-ARS, SAA, Food Science Research Unit,
Raleigh, NC
"Unveiling
the Bacterial Metabolic Potential Using Bioinformatics"
Sponsored
by the Department of Food Science
October
22, 2005
2005
Professional Development Workshop
"Perspectives on Science in the 21st Century: Challenges
for Young Investigators"
Speakers: Dr. Gerald E. McClearn (Pennsylvania State University),
Dr. Douglas J. Futuyma (State University of New York), Dr. John
A. Ryals (CEO, Metabolon, Inc.), Fenella J. Saunders (Associate
Editor, American Scientist)
Sponsored by The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology at North
Carolina State University
September
30, 2005 - Cockerham Lecture
Dr.
Svante Paabo, University of Leipzig, Germany
"An Ape Perspective on the Human Genome"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center and the Departments of Statistics
and Genetics
June
4, 2005
"Symposium
on Comparative Genomics"
Six noted U.S. & International scientists will present their
research on the genetics of primates and humans, livestock, insects,
fungi, and grasses.
Speakers: Michel
Georges (University of Liege), John Doebly (University of Wisconsin),
Rytas Vilgalys (Duke), Stephen Richards (Baylor College of Medicine),
Christina Grozinger (NC State), and David Goldstein (Duke).
Sponsored by The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
and the Bioinformatics Research Center
March
22, 2005
Dr.
Beate Sick, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"RACE: Remote Analysis Computation for gene Expression Data"
Hosted
by Dr. Steffen Heber, Department of Computer Science
March 23, 2005
Dr.
Nagiza F. Samatova, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"From Genomics to Functional Proteomics: In silico Approach"
Hosted
by Dr. Xiaosong Ma, Department of Computer Science
February
10, 2005
Dr.
Jim Curry, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"The Potential of Proteome Analysis in the Retina"
Sponsored
by the Department of Animal Science
February
3, 2005
Dr.
Eric Stone, Departments of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University
"Robustness of the Phylogenetic Comparative Method"
Sponsored
by the Department of Statistics
January
27, 2005
Dr.
Xiaoman Li, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
"Sample Motifs on Phylogenetic Trees"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center and the Department of Statistics
January
13 , 2005
Dr.
Zhijin Wu, Department of Biostatistics, John
Hopkins University
"A Model-based Background Adjustment for Oligonucleotide
Expression Arrays"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center and the Department of Statistics
December
02, 2004
Dr.
Rada Chirkova, Department of Computer Science, NC State University
"Self-Organizing Databases"
Hosted
by Dr. Steffen Heber, Department of Computer Science
November
18, 2004
Dr.
James F. Crow, Professor Emeritus of Genetics, University of Wisconsin
at Madison
"Age and Sex Effects on Mutation Rates: An Old Problem with
New Complexities"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center and the Departments of Statistics
and Genetics
November
9, 2004
Dr.
Robert Kuzoff, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia
"Exploring the Natural History of the YABBY Family of Genes"
Hosted
by Dr. Jenny Xiang, Department of Botany
October
28, 2004
Dr.
Sujit Ghosh, Department of Statistics
"Bayesian Approaches to Hardy-Weinberg Testing"
sponsored
by the Bionformatics Research Center
October
21, 2004
Dr.
Luda Diatchenko, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Genetic Basis for Individual Variations in Pain Perception
and the Development of a Chronic Pain Condition"
sponsored
by the Bionformatics Research Center
October
14, 2004
Dr.
Clifford Cunningham, Duke University
"Using Genomic Comparisons to Identify 65 New Single-Copy
Nuclear Gene Regions for Metazoan Phylogeny and Phylogeography"
sponsored
by the Bionformatics Research Center
October
7, 2004
Dr.
Ben Raphael, University of California, San Diego, CA
"Rearrangements and Duplications in Tumor Genomes"
Hosted
by Dr. Steffen Heber, Department of Computer Science
September
24, 2004
Dr.
Laxmi Parida, Computational Biology Center, IBM Watson Research
Center, Yorktown
"Unusual Motifs in Biological Data"
Hosted
by Dr. Steffen Heber, Department of Computer Science
September
24, 2004
Second
Annual Functional Genomics Student Research Symposium
September
20, 2004
Dr.
Mary E. Delany, Dept. of Animal Sciences,
University of California, Davis, CA
"Tick-Tock, What is the Nature of the Chicken Mitotic (and
Meiotic) Clock?"
Jointly Sponsored by the Department of Poultry
Science & the Genomics Sciences Graduate Program
May
12, 2004
Dr. Sarah Stephens, Genetix
"Microarray Technology-An Array of Research Opportunities"
May
12, 2004
Dr.
Ian Taylor, Genetix
"Proteomics and Cell Biology-Simple Instrumentation for Protein
Production, Measuring Expression and In Vivo Protein Interactions"
April
15, 2004
Dr. Lon Cardon, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University
of Oxford
"Using Linkage Disequilibrium Patterns to Map Human Disease
Genes: An Interim Report"
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Research Center
April
6, 2004
Dr. Douglas Soltis, Department of Botany, University of Florida
“From Flowering Plant Gene Trees to Floral Genes: The Origin
and Early Diversification of the Flower"
Sponsored by the Department of Botany
March
26, 2004
cDNA Microarray Workshop
Concept
/ Design / Utilization / Data Analysis / Insights
Five speakers from a variety of laboratories at NCSU, PerkinElmer,
and ArrayXpress
Sponsored by the Biotechnology Program
March
23, 2004
Dr. Jun Wen of The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
"Evolutionary Diversification of Ginseng Genus in Asia and
the New World"
Sponsored by the Department of Botany
March
18, 2004
Dr. Jonathan Pritchard, University of Chicago
“Linkage disequilibrium in the human genome: Implications
for complex trait mapping.”
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Graduate Students
February
26, 2004
Dr. Charles Whitfield, Department of Entomology & Neuroscience
Program, University of Illinois
"Gene Expression Profiling in the Brain: Exploring the Relationship
Between Genes, Environment, and Behavior Using the Honey Bee"
Sponsored by the Department of Entomology
February
23, 2004
DR. Larry Zwiebel, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt
University
"Molecular Genetics of Olfaction and Host Seeking in Disease
Vector Mosquitoes"
Sponsored by the Department of Entomology
February
19, 2004
Dr. Christina Grozinger, Department of Entomology & Neuroscience
Program, University of Illinois
"Pheromone-Mediated Gene Expression in the Honey Bee Brain"
Sponsored by the Department of Entomology
February
12, 2004
Dr. Shirley Luckhart, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute & State University
"Anti-Malarial Immunity: Conserved Genes, Functions, and
Crosstalk Between Mosquitoes and Mammals"
Sponsored by the Department of Entomology
December
11, 2003
Dr. John Kuriyan, University of California- Berkeley
"Structural Analysis of the Clamp Loader Systems that Enable
High Speed DNA Replication"
December
1, 2003
Dr. C. Robin Buell, The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville,
MD.
"Functional Genomics of Potato."
Sponsored by the Department of Plant Pathology
November
10, 2003
Dr. Lydia Kavraki, Department of Computer Science, Rice University
"Modeling the Conformational Flexibility of Proteins"
Sponsored by the Triangle Computer Science Distinguished
Lecturer Series
November
6, 2003
Dr. Tom Kepler, Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Duke University
"The Fluid Organs of Immunity: Phase Transitions in Anthrax
Pathogenesis"
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Research Center
November
1, 2003
Symposium in Molecular and Quantitative Genetics (speakers listed
below)
Dr.
William G. Hill, former Dean of Science, University of Edinburgh
"Maintenance of Genetic Variation"
Dr.
Daniel Pomp, Department of Animal Science University of Nebraska
"Understanding the Nature of Selection Response"
Dr.
Barbara Durrant, Head of Reproductive Physiology, San Diego Zoo
"Enhancing Reproductive Potential of Endangered Carnivores
Through the Study of Model Species"
Dr.
Jack Rutledge, Department of Animal Science & Genetics, University
of Wisconsin
"Complementarity and Co-Adapted Gene Complexes in Bos"
Dr.
J. P. Hanrahan, Teagasc Research Centre, Ireland
"Genetic Variation for Ovulation Rate and Embryo Survival
in Sheep"
Dr.
Arri Eisen, Director of the Emory University Program in Science
and Society
"Dosage Compensation in Drosophila: A Model for Understanding
Global Transcriptional Regulation"
Sponsored
by the Department of Animal Science and the Department of Genetics
October
27, 2003
Dr. Pavel A. Pevzner, University of California- San Diego
"Transforming Men into Mice: Lessons from Human and Mouse
Genomic Sequences"
Sponsored by the Triangle Computer Science Distinguished
Lecturer Series
October
23, 2003
Dr. Mark Burke, Department of Plant Pathology, NC State University
"Computational
Challenges of the Tobacco Genome Initiative"
October
17, 2003
Dr. Tomoko Ohta, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
"The Nearly Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution"
The
2003 Cockerham Lecture
October
9-10, 2003
Animal Genomics Symposium (speakers listed below)
Dr.
Valery Petrenko, Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University
"Selective Probes from Landscape Phage Libraries for
Detection of Biological Threat Agents"
Dr.
Emilio Garcia, Biology & Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence
Livermore National Lab, CA
"Profiling Gene Expression in Pathogen and Host: Can We Develop
Presymptomatic Diagnosis for Biothreat Agents?"
Dr.
Bryan Cullen, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
Duke University Medical Center
"Use of RNA Interference to Disrupt Viral Replication
in Mammalian Cells"
Dr.
Nigel Carter, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge,
UK
"Chromosomes in Disarray: Applications of DNA Micrarrays
in the Study of Chromosomes and Their Aberrations"
Dr.
David Argyle, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Wisconsin
"Identifying Molecular Targets in Canine Cancer for Use as
Therapeutic Targets"
Dr.
Guerrino Meneguzzi, INSERM U385, Nice, France
"Animal Models for Gene Therapy of Human Blistering Diseases"
Dr.
Timothy Read, Genomics Researcg Group, Naval Medical Research
Center, Silver Spring, MD
"Comparative Genome Sequencing for Discovery of Novel Polymorphisms
in Bacillus Anthracis"
Dr.
Brad Freking, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Clay Center,
NE
"Development of an EST-Derived SNP-Based Linkage
Map in Pigs"
Dr.
Abigail Salyers, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois
"Reading the Genome Sequence of a Human Intestinal Anaerobe"
Dr.
John Phillips, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics,
University of Guelph, Canada
"Transgenic Pigs Designed for Reducing the Environmental
Impact of Fecal Waste"
Dr.
William Velander, Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Nebraska
"Production of Biopharmaceuticals in the Milk of Pigs with
Emphasis on Facor IX for Treatment of Hemophilia"
Dr.
Rick Tarleton, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia
"Whole Genome Scans for Vaccine Candidates for Trypanosoma
cruzi"
Dr.
Russell Wolfinger, SAS Institute Inc.,
Cary, NC
"Genetics and Transcriptomics: Statistically Harnessing
Their Synergy"
Sponsored
by NCSU and the NCSU Genomics Graduate Program
October
3, 2003
Dr. Kurt Zuelke, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville,
Maryland
"Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) in Developing
Swine Embryos"
Sponsored by The Department of Population Health
& Pathobiology and The Department of Animal Science
September
25, 2003
Dr. Dmitri Zaykin, Population Genetics Group at GlaxoSmithKline
"On Genome Scan Replication Probabilities and Useful Marker
Characteristics"
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Research Center
May
16, 2003
Dr.
Frank Desiere, Department of Bioscience,
Nestle Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
"Comparative
Genomics of Lactic Acid Bacteria"
Sponsored
by Dr. Todd Klaenhammer and the Southeast Dairy Foods Research
Center
April
11, 2003
Dr. John Bryant, Exeter University
"Bi-Functional Proteins Is Respiration
Directly Linked to DNA Replication?"
Sponsored by Linda Hanley-Bowdoin
April 3, 2003
Dr. Leigh Thorne, Alston & Bird LLP
"Patent Law Basics"
Sponsored by Bioinformatics Research Center
April 2, 2003
Dr. Martin F. Maldonado, IBM
"Grid Computing: Architecture and Standards"
Sponsored by Mladen Vouk, Information Technology
Division, Computer Science Department and CACC
April 1, 2003
Dr. Margaret Ptacek, Clemson University
"Using Phylogenetics to Understand the Process of Speciation"
Sponsored by Dr. Jenny Xiang, Department of Botany
March 20,2003
Dr.
Kevin Gaido, CIIT, Research Triangle Park
"Identifying the Molecular Basis for Di(n-butyl)phthalate's
Effects on the Developing Male Rat Reproductive Tract"
Sponsored by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
March 19, 2003
Dr. Shibu Yooseph, Celera Genomics/Applied Biosystems
“Haplotyping as Perfect Phylogeny: A Direct Approach”
Sponsored
by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
March
6, 2003
Dr. Maurice Bessman, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
"Nudix Hydrolases: A Paradigm In Proteomics"
Sponsored by Dr. Eric Miller, Department of Microbiology
March
6, 2003
Dr. Haiyan Huang, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
"Statistical Methods for Identifying Transcription Factor
Binding Sites”
Sponsored by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
March 4, 2003
Dr. David Mathews, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
“RNA Secondary Structure Prediction”
Sponsored by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
March 3, 2003
Dr. E. Terry Papoutsakis, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Northwestern University
"Biochemical Engineering in the Era of Genomics, Systems
Biology & Genetic
Medicine"
Sponsored by the Department of Chemical Engineering
February 26, 2003
Dr. Steven Qin, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
"Identification of Co-Regulated Genes Through Bayesian Clustering
of Predicted Regulatory Binding Sites"
Sponsored by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
February
20, 2003
Dr. Stuart J. Firestein, Department of Biology, Columbia University
"Nosing Around the Genome."
Sponsored by The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral
Biology
January
31, 2003
Dr. Christopher Ashwell, Animal and Natural Resource Institute,
USDA-ARS
"Genetic Selection and Experimental Manipulation: Functional
Genomic and Proteomic Approaches to Identifying the
Biological Basis for Variation in Poultry"
Sponsored by the Department of Poulty Science
January
30, 2003
Dr. Amy Anderson, University of Washington
"Gene Mapping on a Pedigree of Inbred Lines"
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Research Center
January
30,2003
Dr. Jason Xiang, Columbia University and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Bridging Physical Chemistry and Bioinformatics in the Era
of Structural Genomics"
Sponsored by the Bioinformatics Research Center
January 24, 2003
Dr. Gary Churchill, The Jackson Laboratory
"Experimental Design Issues for Gene Expression Microarrays"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center
January 23, 2003
Dr. Wei Wang, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
"Reconstructing Transcription Networks in Yeast Using Computational
Genomics"
Sponsored
by the Bioinformatics Research Center
January 6, 2003
Dr.
Jeffrey L. Blanchard, National Center for Genome Resources
"Context-Dependent Cellular Models"
Sponsored by the
Bioinformatics Research Center
home
page
|
functional genomics
|
bioinformatics | people
| how
to apply
| financial support | event
calendar
| resources
©
all right reserved. NC State Genomic Sciences
|
