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“Regulatory genomics approaches to prognosis prediction and interpretation of genetic variation”

Professor Gerald Quon
UC Davis Genome Center

2:10 p.m., Friday 2/26/16, in LSA 1022

Omics technologies can play an important role in many aspects of the management of human health, ranging from the prediction of patient prognosis and response to treatments, to interpretation of genetic variation associated with complex diseases and identification of drug targets. However, the widespread adoption and success of omics technologies in the clinic is still relatively limited due to technical and biological challenges in data collection and interpretation. My research focuses on developing machine learning and statistical approaches to address these challenges, and in this talk, I will discuss two examples. First, I will demonstrate how we have improved transcriptome-based prediction of cancer patient prognosis by developing a computational model to perform in silico micro-dissection of heterogeneous tumor samples. Second, I will present a novel statistical model that predicts the functional impact of non-coding genetic variation associated with complex diseases, and show how we have used this model to gain insight into type 2 diabetes and cholesterol genetics.

Positing this email that I received:

Hi,

The California Raptor Center (located in UCD’s South Campus) lost its education Swainson’s hawk on Wednesday night or Thursday morning during the storm that came through recently. We need help looking for him. Please e-mail Bret at bcstedman if you have any leads.

He can’t survive for very long in the wild. He is virtually blind in one eye and can hardly see through the other, but he can fly. With the strong winds we’ve been having, we have no idea where he might be at this point.

He’s a light-morph Swainson’s hawk. Here’s what he looks like while out for an education/outreach program: https://thetideline.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/swainsons-hawk-2.jpg

One distinguishing characteristic from other Swainson’s hawks that may be visible are the leather anklets he has on both legs. If you get a good look at him, you may also see a bald spot above his right eye.

Thanks!

P.S. Please feel free to distribute this message to any other birding/wildlife/nature groups who could help with the search. The more eyes we have looking for him, the better.

Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series

Gene E. Robinson (2.22.16)

"Me to We: Using Honey Bees to Find the Genetic Roots of Social Life"

Gene E. Robinson obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1986 and joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989. He holds a University Swanlund Chair and is also the director of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and director of the Bee Research Facility. He is the author or co-author of over 275 publications and pioneered the application of genomics to the study of social behavior, led the effort to gain approval from the National Institutes of Health for sequencing the honey bee genome, and founded the Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium. Monday, February 22, 2016 at 4 p.m. Mondavi Center Studio Theatre.

More information on the series and link to RSVP: http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/colloquium/