Summer Seminar Series

Tal Einav, PhD

Assistant Professor of Computational Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI)

"Blending Biophysics and Machine Learning to Predict the Antibody Response"

Research terms: Antibody-Virus Interactions, Biophysics, Machine Learning

taleinav.github.io/

Pallav Kosuri, PhD

Assistant Professor, Salk Institute (BioSci @UCSD)

"Spatial single-cell transcription and mechanics"

Research terms: Spatial Transcriptomics, Single-Cell Biology, Super-Resolution Microscopy, Cardiac Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Single-Molecule Mechanics, DNA Origami

kosurilab.com

Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry

"Behavioral Genetics"

Research terms: Genetics, Behavior, GWAS, Humans, Rats

palmerlab.org/

Nathan Lewis, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering

"Infiltrating the social network of cells: Using systems biology to unravel drivers of cell-cell communication"

Research terms: Systems biology, Cell engineering, Biotechnology

lewislab.ucsd.edu/

Jonathan Sebat, PhD

Professor, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

"Whole genome dissection of the autism spectrum at the level of pathways, cell types and brain circuitry"

Research terms: Genome sequencing, Complex Trait Genetics, Genetic Therapies

sebatlab.org/

Vineet Bafna, PhD

Professor, Department of Computer Science

"Extrachromosomal DNA in cancer"

proteomics.ucsd.edu/vbafna/

Matteo D'Antonio, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine - Division of Biomedical Informatics

"Improving inclusion in genetics: Developing new methods to include diverse and admixed populations in genetic association studies"

Research terms: Genome-Wide Association Studies, Polygenic Risk Scores, Admixture

admixgenomics.ucsd.edu/cast-team/

Vikas Bansal

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Computer Science

"Variant calling in low-copy repeats and human disease"

Research terms: low-copy repeats, variant calling, copy number, DNA sequencing technologies, duplicated genes

bansal-lab.github.io/

Lukas Chavez, PhD

Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering

"Circular Extrachromosomal DNA as a New Target in Childhood Cancers"

Research terms: Genomics, Epigenomics, Cancer, Structural Variants, Computational Biology, Translational/Clinical Bioinformatics

chavezlab.org/

Anjana Rao, PhD

Head of the Division of Signaling and Gene Expression, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

"TET Methylcytosine Dioxygenases, Inflammation, and Cancer"

Research terms: TET enzymes, DNA methylation, Immunology, Cancer

www.lji.org/labs/rao/

Ravi Goyal, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

"Predicting HIV incidence: Integrating molecular sequence and epidemiological data"

Research terms: Mathematical models, molecular sequence, network science, HIV

profiles.ucsd.edu/ravi.goyal

Amit Majithia, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

"Distilling new drug targets using biobanks and functional genomics"

Research terms: metabolic disease, human genetics, deep mutational scan, genome engineering

medschool.ucsd.edu/som/medicine/divisions/endocrinology/research/labs/majithia/Pages/default.aspx

Gurol Suel, PhD

Professor, Department of Molecular Biology

"Modeling How Dormant Cells Come Back To Life"

Research terms: single-cell dynamics

suellab.github.io/

Rob Knight, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics

"Rob will be discussing his lab’s work, share rotation opportunities, and take Q&A"

Research terms: Microbiome, Qiita, Wastewater

knightlab.ucsd.edu/wordpress/

Christine Cheng, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry

"Single cell transcriptomics and epigenomics for opioid use disorder and Alzhiemer's disease"

Research terms: Single-cell transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Neurodegeneration

www.chenglaboratory.com/

Kit Curtius, PhD

Assistant Professor, UCSD Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine

"Quantitative modeling of cancer evolution and early detection"

Research terms: Mathematical Modeling, Pre-Cancer Evolution, Translational Bioinformatics

qcclab.com

Ron Evans, PhD

Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene Expression Lab

"TBD"

Research terms: nuclear receptors, epigenomics, gene expression

evans.salk.edu/

Tsung-Ting Kuo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

"Biomedical Privacy-Preserving Modeling on Blockchain"

Research terms: Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology, Privacy Protection

profiles.ucsd.edu/tsung-ting.kuo

Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD

Professor, Department of Pathology

"Multi-omics Studies of Liver Tumors and Microenvironment"

Research terms: scRNA-seq, Immunotherapy, SHP2, Oncogenic Signaling

sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/fenglivercancerresearch/home

Alon Goren, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

"Systematic analysis of the impact of short tandem repeats on gene expression"

Research terms: Chromatin Regulatory Networks, Genetic Variation, Epigenomic Mechanisms

goren-lab.github.io/

Yatish Turakhia, PhD

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

"Pandemic-scale Phylogenetics"

turakhia.eng.ucsd.edu/

Graham McVicker, PhD

Associate Professor, Salk Institute

"New methods to understand the impact of genetic variation on gene regulation"

Research terms: Genomics, Epigenomics

mcvicker.salk.edu/

Jill Mesirov, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Genomics and Precision Medicine

"Computational Genomic Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Cancer"

Research terms: Functional Data, Signatures, Machine Learning, Accessible Software

mesirovlab.org/