Presented by the Center for Genomic Science Innovation

Fall 2022

The All of Us Research Program - UW is successfully engaging diverse participants, ensuring equity in precision medicine

UW-Madison researchers are using long-read technologies to address new questions in biology.

Rachel Miller, who recently completed her PhD in Lloyd Smith’s lab, explains her

research and shares tips on navigating graduate school.

First Annual UW CGSI Genomics Retreat held in June
Congratulations to CGSI faculty Mike Sussman, named the first Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair
Welcome new Data Science Institute Director Kyle Cranmer
UW-Madison Missing in Action program highlighted in Science Magazine
Research of CGSI Affiliates Kris Saha and Sushmita Roy highlighted in SPARK
Collaborative call: if you are interested in sharing and developing protocols for split-pool barcode sequencing for scRNA-seq, click here

Pub Corner: recent UW genomics publications

News and Events

Genomics Seminar Series

CGSI Genomics Seminar Series

1:30 pm first Thursday of the month

Oct. 6, Tim Reddy, Duke University, TBD
Nov. 3, Jun Wan, Indiana University School of Medicine, "Dissecting Associations of DNA G-quadruplex with Epigenetic Regulatory Elements"
Dec. 1, Dana Pe'er, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, "Having fun with single cell biology: beyond clusters and umaps"

Check out
genomics-related positions at UW-Madison

Events

CHGPM Precision Medicine Symposium , October 12, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Epigenetics Symposium, October 13

The talks will be held at Union South Varsity Hall, and the PM poster session and social will be across the street at the Discovery Building

Bioinformatics Workshops

Linux Essentials (bash), Oct. 5
Intro to Next Gen Sequence Analysis, October 10
mRNA-Seq Data Analysis, October 17
There will also be a repeat of the Microbiome analysis using QIIME2 and Analysis of QIIME2 microbiome results

Fall 2022 Mini Workshop Series, Data Science Hub

Genomics seminars around campus

Sept. 19, 3:00 PM, Biomolecular Chemistry Seminar : Cheryl Arrowsmith, University of Toronto, “Probing the epigenome for therapeutic opportunities”

Sept. 21, 2:30 PM, A.B. Chapman Lectures in Animal Breeding and Genetics: Daniel Gianola, UW-Madison, “Machine learning and genetic improvement of animals and plants: what have we learned?”

Sept. 23, 12:00 PM, Waisman Wiley Seminar Series: Stephen Scherer, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto. “Understanding the Composition of the Human Genome for Studies of Genetic Disease

Sept. 30, 12:00 PM, Waisman Wiley Seminar Series: Junmin Peng, St. Jude, “High-Throughput Proteomics of Human Diseases”

Oct. 10, 12:00 PM, Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine: David Bick, “Newborn screening by whole genome sequencing - opportunities & challenges”

Oct. 11, 11:00 AM, Food Research Seminars: Caitlin Pepperell, UW-Madison, “Using comparative genomics to identify the habitat of Staphylococcus saprophyticus”

Oct. 12, 12:00 PM, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar: Huy Din, UW-Madison Department of Oncology

Oct. 13, 12:00 PM, Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine: Matt Anderson, Ohio State University, "Empowerment through Indigenous research and data management capacity"

Oct. 14, 12:00 AM, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Seminar: Marinka Zitnik, Harvard University, deep learning in genomics & disease biology

Oct. 14, TBD, Hilldale Lecture: Molly Przeworski, Columbia University, School of Education Building, WI Ideas Room 1000 Bascom Mall. “Why Do Germline Mutation Rates Depend on Sex and Age?”

Oct. 20, 1:30 PM, UWBC Hybrid Bio-Tech Talk: Christopher Monjure, Thermo Fisher Scientific, “Discover Powerfully Simple Digital PCR”

Nov 2, 11:00 AM, Cancer Biology Seminar Series: Shou-Jiang Gao, University of Pittsburgh, genomics and systems biology of viral infections

Nov 2, 3:30 PM, Genetics Colloquium: Maitreya Dunham, University of Washington. Genome evolution in yeast and humans

Nov. 28, 3:00 PM, Biomolecular Chemistry Seminar: J. Andrew Pospisilik, Van Andel Institute, epigenomics in disease biology

Nov. 30, 11 AM, Cancer Biology Seminar Series: Lars Steinmetz, Stanford University, cutting edge methods in genomics

Dec 8, 3:30 PM, Biology Colloquium: Bridgett vonHoldt, Princeton, "Genetic admixture in North American canids: The legacy and the future”

Dec 13, 5:30 PM, RNA Maxi Group: Marta Gaglia, Tufts U. Viral reprogramming of host genomes.

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