Modules 3+4 Dates Changed and New Schedule

Published: Nov 8, 2022 by John McElderry

Please be advised, due to conflicts in room availability we’ve shifted the dates for three sessions in Modules 3 and 4.

Module 3

  • Wed. Mar. 15, 2023Mon. Mar. 13, 2023: Identifying cancer drivers
  • Wed. Mar. 22, 2023Mon. Mar. 20, 2023: Tumor evolution

Module 4

  • Wed. May 10, 2023Mon. May 15, 2023: Data visualization approaches

The updated schedule, including invited speakers, is outlined below with an asterisk beside changed dates. All speakers are scheduled for Thursdays and all sessions, including ‘Ask a Bioinformatician’ help sessions, scheduled on Wednesdays (with the exception of the changed dates; these are now on Mondays).

New Schedule

Module 1

  • Nov. 2, 2022: Introduction to Computing Clusters and Bioinformatics ✓
  • Nov. 9, 2022: Public databases
  • Nov. 16, 2022: DNA sequencing strategies and quality control
  • Nov. 23, 2022: “Ask a Bioinformatician” I

Module 2

  • Jan. 11, 2023: Mutation calling and analysis
  • Jan. 18, 2023: Mutational signatures
    • Jan. 19, 2023 - Speaker: Ludmil Alexandrov - Anthology of unusual patterns of somatic mutations in cancer genomes
  • Jan. 25, 2023: Structural variant (SV) analysis
  • Feb. 1, 2023: “Ask a Bioinformatician” II
    • Feb. 16, 2023 - Speaker: Peter Park - Structural alterations in cancer genomes

Module 3

  • Mar. 8, 2023: Somatic copy number alterations (SCNAs)
  • Mar. 13**, 2023: Identifying cancer drivers
  • Mar. 20**, 2023: Tumor evolution
    • Mar. 23, 2023- Speaker: Núria López-Bigas - Somatic mutations in tumors and normal tissues
  • Mar. 29, 2023: “Ask a Bioinformatician” III
    • Apr. 20, 2023- Speaker: David Wedge - Tumour evolution in diverse human populations

Module 4

  • Apr. 26, 2023: Transcriptome-based study designs
  • May 3, 2023: RNA-seq data mining
    • May 11, 2023- Speaker: Marcin Imieliński - Origin and identity in lung adenocarcinoma evolution
  • May 15**, 2023: Data visualization approaches
  • May 17, 2023: “Ask a Bioinformatician” IV
    • May 25, 2023- Speaker: Charles Swanton - Title TBD
    • June 8, 2023- Speaker: David Adams - Cross-species oncogenomics of melanoma and other malignancies to define disease drivers

**Date changed

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to see you all there!

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