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C2B2/MAGNet Seminars

May 2008 Events
May 12. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Mesoscale Modeling of Macromolecular Machines by Normal Modes
Speaker: Michael Levitt
Affiliation: Stanford University
Location: ICRC Bldg 8th Floor common room 1130 St. Nicholas Ave NY, NY 10032
Host: Barry Honig
Email: bh6@columbia.edu
Movie: MichaelLevitt_May_12_2008.mpg
 
Apr 2008 Events
Apr 23. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Alternative Splicing in Tumors: Detection and Interpretation.
Speaker: Terry Speed
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave C2B2 common room 816
Movie: TerrySpeed_Apr_23_2008.mpg
Slides: TerrySpeedSlides_Apr_23_2008.pdf TerrySpeedSlides_Apr_23_2008.pdf
Abstract: Prof._Terry_Speed_-_Lecture_Abstract.doc Prof._Terry_Speed_-_Lecture_Abstract.doc
 
Apr 15. 2008 3:00-4:00
Title: Predicting functional transcription factor binding through alignment-free affinity-based analysis of orthologous promoter sequences.(Journal Club Seminar)
Speaker: Luke Ward (Bussemaker Lab)
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: 816 (Common Room) HICCC
Host: Richard Friedman
 
Mar 2008 Events
Mar 26. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: "Evolution of Eukaryotic Transcription Circuits"
Speaker: Hao Li
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave C2B2 common room 816
Host: Harmen Bussemaker
Email: haoli@genome.ucsf.edu
 
Mar 25. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Information Bottleneck - Data clustering while preserving Information (Journal Club Seminar)
Speaker: Anil Raj
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: 816 (Common room) HICCC
Host: Dennis Vitkup
Abstract: Anil_Raj_Abstract.txt Anil_Raj_Abstract.txt
 
Mar 05. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: "Motifs, Modules, and Machine Learning: Recent Progress and Future Challenges"
Speaker: Chris Wiggins
Affiliation: Dept. Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics/ Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave C2B2 8 Floor Common room 816
Host: Aris Floratos
Email: chris.wiggins@columbia.edu
 
Feb 2008 Events
Feb 27. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Regulatory Genomics of Drosophila and Mammalian Genomes.
Speaker: Manolis Kellis
Affiliation: MIT/Computer Science/Broad Institute
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Room 816
Host: Barry Honig
Email: manoli@mit.edu
Movie: ManolisKellis_Feb_27_2008.mpg
Abstract: Dr._Kellis_talk_-_Abstract.doc Dr._Kellis_talk_-_Abstract.doc
 
Feb 06. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Toward Millisecond-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins.
Speaker: David E. Shaw
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave NY, NY 8th Floor C2B2 common room 816
Host: Barry Honig
Email: bh6@columbia.edu
Abstract: Abstract_for_Dr._Shaw_seminardoc Abstract_for_Dr._Shaw_seminardoc
 
Feb 05. 2008 3-4 pm
Title: Intrinsic protein disorder: molecular function and prediction from sequence
Speaker: Avner Schlesinger
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave NY, NY 8 Floor C2B2 common room 816
Host: Student Seminar/Journal Club
 
Jan 2008 Events
Jan 30. 2008 3pm-4pm
Title: Activity Patterns in Biological Networks: Statistical Analysis and Network Reconstruction
Speaker: Daphne Koller
Affiliation: Stanford University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave NY, NY 8 Floor C2B2 common room 816
Email: Koller@CS.Stanford.EDU
Abstract: Lecture_Abstract.doc Lecture_Abstract.doc
 
Nov 2007 Events
Nov 14. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: “Computational Dissection of Mammalian Genome Regulation SubNetworks”
Speaker: Micheal Zhang
Affiliation: Lab Cold Spring Harbor
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: mzhang@cshl.edu
Abstract: Michael_Q._Zhang_Abstact.doc Michael_Q._Zhang_Abstact.doc
 
Oct 2007 Events
Oct 10. 2007 4pm-5pm
Title: SMASH: Single Molecule Approach to Sequencing by Hybridization
Speaker: Bud Mishra
Affiliation: New York University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: califano@c2b2.columbia.edu
Movie: 2007-10-10 Mishra Seminar.mpg
Abstract: Dr._Mishra_presentation_abstract.doc Dr._Mishra_presentation_abstract.doc
 
Jun 2007 Events
Jun 27. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: Sarcomagenesis and Molecular Events Associated with Sarcoma Progression
Speaker: Carlos Cordon-Cardo
Affiliation: Columbia University/ Dept. of Pathology
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: cordon-c@columbia.edu
Abstract: Dr._Carlos_Cordon-Cardo_AbstractC2B2-07.doc Dr._Carlos_Cordon-Cardo_AbstractC2B2-07.doc
 
May 2007 Events
May 30. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: “The Deterministic Mutation Hypothesis Revisited: Co-evolution of Robustness, Epistasis, and Recombination Favors Asexual Reproduction
Speaker: Aviv Bergman
Affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Dept of Pathology
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: aviv@bergman.org
Movie: Bergman_May_30_07.mpg
Abstract: Abstrac-_Dr._Aviv_Bergman_talk.doc Abstrac-_Dr._Aviv_Bergman_talk.doc
 
May 23. 2007 4pm-5pm
Title: Human Diseasome: From Networks to Human Diseases.
Speaker: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame / Dept of Physics
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: alb@nd.edu
Movie: Barabasi_May_23_07.mpg
 
May 16. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: Biological Context Networks: Towards a more Sensitive Predictive Biology of Disease using Network Signatures
Speaker: Simon Kasif
Affiliation: Boston University/Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: kasif@encg.bu.edu
Movie: Kasif_May_16_07.mpg
 
May 02. 2007 4pm-5pm
Title: Pre-Seady-State Decoding of the Bicoid Morphogen gradient
Speaker: Sven Bergmann
Affiliation: Dept. of Medical Genetics/Univ de Lausanne Switzerland
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Itshack (Itzik) Pe'er
Email: itsik@cs.columbia.edu
Abstract: Abstract_-_Dr._Sven_Bergmann_talk.doc Abstract_-_Dr._Sven_Bergmann_talk.doc
 
Apr 2007 Events
Apr 18. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: Analysis Methods for Association Studies in General and Special Populations
Speaker: Itshack (Itzik) Pe'er
Affiliation: Dept. of Computer Science, Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor common Rm 816
Host: Aris Floratos
Email: ip2169@columbia.edu
Movie: ItsikPeer_Apr_18_07.mpg
 
Apr 11. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: Deriving the Single-Neuron Transcriptome of C. Elegans to Infer Mechanisms for Synaptic Connectivity.
Speaker: David M. Miller
Affiliation: Vanderbilt University/ Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Room 817
Host: Dimitris Anastassiou
Email: david.m.miller@vanderbilt.edu
Movie: Miller_Apr_11_07.mpg
Abstract: Dr._Miller_talk_-abstract.doc Dr._Miller_talk_-abstract.doc
 
Mar 2007 Events
Mar 21. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: Deciphering the DNA Recognition Code of Natural and Synthetic Transcription Factors
Speaker: Aseem Ansari
Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison/Dept. of Biochemistry & Genome Center
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 817
Host: Barry Honig
Email: ansari@mail.biochem.wisc.edu
Movie: Ansari_Mar_21_07.mpg
Abstract: Abstract_for_Dr._Ansari_talk.doc Abstract_for_Dr._Ansari_talk.doc
 
Feb 2007 Events
Feb 28. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: The Novel Biophysics of Cell Adhesion
Speaker: Lawrence Shapiro
Affiliation: HHMI, Columbia University / Dept. of Biochem and Molecular Biophysics
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Aris Floratos
Email: shapiro@convex.hhmi.columbia.edu
Movie: Shapiro_Feb_28_07.mpg
 
Feb 21. 2007 3pm-4pm
Title: The Evolution of Influenza Virus during the 20th and 21st Centuries
Speaker: Arnold Levine
Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Study/School of Natural Sciences
Location: ICRC 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor common room 817
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: alevine@ias.edu
Movie: Levine_Feb_21_07.mpg
Slides: Levine_talk_-_Feb_07.ppt Levine_talk_-_Feb_07.ppt
Abstract: Abstract_for_Dr._Levine_talk.doc Abstract_for_Dr._Levine_talk.doc
 
Dec 2006 Events
Dec 13. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Genetic Variation and Regulatory Networks: Mechanisms and Complexity
Speaker: Dana Pe'er
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Aris Floratos
Email: dp2315@columbia.edu
Movie: Peer-Dec-06.mpg
Abstract: Dr._Peer_abstract.doc Dr._Peer_abstract.doc
 
Nov 2006 Events
Nov 29. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Nuclear Pore Complexes: The Hole Picture?
Speaker: Michael Rout
Affiliation: The Rockefeller University
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: rout@mail.rockfeller.edu
Movie: Rout-Nov-06.mpg
 
Nov 15. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Similarity measures and Similarity Searches in Genome-wide Numeric Data Sets or Blast the Vectors.
Speaker: Arcady Mushegian
Affiliation: Director of Bioinformatics Center/ Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Andrey Rzhetsky
Email: ARM@stowers-institure.org
Slides: Mushegian-Slides-Nov-06.ppt Mushegian-Slides-Nov-06.ppt
 
Oct 2006 Events
Oct 25. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Systems Biology, Cancer Stem Cells, and Inferring Genetic Regulatory Networks.
Speaker: Stuart Kauffman
Affiliation: Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics - University of Calgary, Canada
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: skauffman@ucalgary.ca
Movie: Kauffman-Oct-06.mpg
 
Oct 18. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Embedding Computation in Studies of Protein Structure and Function.
Speaker: Chris Bailey-Kellogg
Affiliation: Computer Science Dartmouth University
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave 8th Floor Common room 816
Host: Andrea Califano
Email: cbk@cs.dartmouth.edu
Movie: Bailey-Oct-06.mpg
Abstract: Abstract.doc Abstract.doc
 
Sep 2006 Events
Sep 20. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Understanding and Exploiting the Evolution of Eukaryotic Regulatory Sequences.
Speaker: Michael Eisen
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
Location: ICRC Bldg 1130 St. Nicholas Ave. 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Harmen Bussemaker
Email: mbeisen@lbl.gov
Movie: Eisen talk - 9-20-06.mpg
Slides: Eisen_slides_-_Sept_20_06.ppt Eisen_slides_-_Sept_20_06.ppt
 
Jun 2006 Events
Jun 14. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Inference of sets of synergistically interacting genes from microarray data
Speaker: Dimitris Anastassiou
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg/ Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Slides: AnastassiouSlides_6_14_06.ppt AnastassiouSlides_6_14_06.ppt
Abstract: Dr._Anastassiou_Seminar_Abstract.pdf Dr._Anastassiou_Seminar_Abstract.pdf
 
Jun 07. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Cancer knowledge exploration and modeling with OncoTCap
Speaker: Roger Day
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Location: ICRC Bldg/ Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Aris Floratos
Abstract: Roger_Day_Abstract_6-7-06.pdf Roger_Day_Abstract_6-7-06.pdf
 
May 2006 Events
May 24. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: MINDY: An Algorithm for the Genome-wide Discovery of Modulators of Transcriptional Interactions
Speaker: Kai Wang
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg/ Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Movie: Wang_5_24_06.mpg
Slides: MAGNET_May24_Kai_Wang_posted.ppt MAGNET_May24_Kai_Wang_posted.ppt
 
May 17. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Computational and Experimental Approaches to the Study of Protein-DAN Interactions and Gene Regulation.
Speaker: Gary Stormo
Affiliation: Professor, Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences/ Washinton Univ. in St. Louis
Host: Harmen Bussemaker
Email: stormo@ural.wustl.edu
Slides: StormoSlides-5-17-06.ppt StormoSlides-5-17-06.ppt
 
May 03. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Structure, Function, and Evolution of Cellular Networks.
Speaker: Dennis Vitkup
Affiliation: Joint Ctrs.for Systems Biology, Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg/ Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Email: dv2121@columbia.edu
Movie: Vitkup_05_03_2006.mpg
 
Apr 2006 Events
Apr 26. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Coping with Cenetic and Non-Genetic Variations.
Speaker: Yitzhak Pilpel
Affiliation: Dept. of Molecular Genetics/ Weizmann Institute of Science/ Rehovot Israel
Location: ICRC Bldg/Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Barry Honig
Email: pilpel@weizmann.ac.il
Movie: Pilpel_4_26_06.mpg
 
Apr 19. 2006 4:30pm-5:30pm
Title: Revising our View of the Mammalian Transcriptome.
Speaker: Brendan Frey
Affiliation: Associate Professor/ Electrical & Compurter Engineering/Univ. of Toronto
Location: ICRC Bldg/ Aud III 8th Floor Common Room 816
Host: Christina Leslie
Email: frey@psi.toronto.edu
Movie: Brendan Frey talk - 4-19-06.mpg
 
Mar 2006 Events
Mar 29. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Predictive Modeling of Condition-Specific Regulation Of mRNA Stability
Speaker: Harmen Bussemaker
Affiliation: Joint Ctrs.for Systems Biology, Columbia University
Location: ICRC Bldg/Aud III 8th Floor Common room
Host: Aris Floratos
Email: hjb2004@columbia.edu
Movie: Harmen - 3-29-06.mpg
Slides: C2B2_Seminar_March_2006_-_combined.pdf C2B2_Seminar_March_2006_-_combined.pdf
Abstract: Dr._Bussemaker_Seminar_Abstract.doc Dr._Bussemaker_Seminar_Abstract.doc
 
Mar 22. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Of yeast, birds, mice, and men: Bayesian machine learning and systems biology.
Speaker: Alexander Hartemink
Affiliation: Duke University
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center Bldg, 8th Floor Conference Room
Host: Andrea Califano
 
Mar 17. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Rule-based Modeling of Signaling by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor.
Speaker: Michael L. Blinov
Affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Location: 1130 St. Nicholas Ave. ICRC Bldg 8th Floor Common Room
Host: Chris Wiggins
Email: mblinov@lanl.gov
Abstract: Blinov_Abstract.doc Blinov_Abstract.doc
 
Feb 2006 Events
Feb 22. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Interactome Neworks
Speaker: Marc Vidal
Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center Bldg, 8th Floor Conference Room
Host: Andrea Califano
 
Jan 2006 Events
Jan 11. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: Transmembrane Protein Structures Without X-rays
Speaker: Nir Ben-Tal
Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center Bldg, 8th Floor Conference Room
Host: Barry Honig
Slides: Nir_Ben-Tal_slides_2006.pdf Nir_Ben-Tal_slides_2006.pdf
 
Jan 04. 2006 3pm-4pm
Title: geWorkbench - A bioinformatics platform for integrated genomics
Speaker: Aris Floratos
Affiliation: Columbia University
Location: Irving Cancer Research Center Bldg, 8th Floor Conference Room