Statistical Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series
Welcome to the Statistical Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series in the Boston University (BU) Department of Biostatistics. The Statistical Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series is held approximately once per month on Fridays at 10:00 am during the academic year (September to May), either virtually via Zoom or in the Crosstown Building, 801 Massachusetts Ave, room CT332. The goal is to get to know each other, learn cutting edge research, foster collaboration, and get help. At each session one person or a group of participants or an invited outside speaker presents (formally or informally), usually pertaining to their area of expertise, interest or research area, or leads a discussion. Our participants include a mix of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics students, in addition to Faculty members involved in genetics and genomics research.
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Word Cloud from recent presentation topics
Current Schedule
| Date | Title | Presenter |
| 2025-10-10 | Age and BMI dependent genetic architecture of blood lipids in 2.5 million individuals from globally diverse population | Dr. Jacqueline Dron, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute |
| 2025-11-14 | Modelling strategies for genetic association studies of lung function decline: Insights from longitudinal cohort data | Jingwen Zhang, Boston University |
| 2025-12-05 | Proteomic signature of frailty pace reflects biological aging and predicts disease and mortality | Jiachen Chen, Boston University |
| 2026-01-09 | TBD | TBD |
| 2026-02-06 | Heterogeneous mediation analysis with high-dimensional omics data | Ningyuan Wang, Boston University |
| 2026-02-20 | TBD | TBD |
| 2026-03-06 | Using molecular data to find and understand gene-environment interactions | Dr. Kenneth Westerman, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute |
| 2026-03-27 | Deep learning improves interpretability and cross-platform reproducibility in proteomics | Dr. Zhi Yu, Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute |
| 2026-04-10 | From tissue architecture to cell-cell interactions in spatial omics | Dr. Xiyu Peng, Texas A&M University |
| 2026-05-08 | TBD | TBD |