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Joint Fisher Centre & Bloomsbury Research Institute Meeting
Date and time
Location
LRI
Lincoln's Inn Fields 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LY United KingdomDescription
This is a special joint event involving the RA Fisher Centre for Computational Biology and the Bloomsbury Research Institute.
The Bloomsbury Research Institute is a centre of excellence on infectious diseases resulting from a joint venture between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UCL
The goal of RA Fisher Centre meetings is to bring together UCL and Crick Institute research groups active in Computational Biology research. The meeting location alternates between UCL and LRI, with this next event taking place at UCL.
The meeting will take place at the LRI in room G37 A and B.
Provisional Schedule
11:00-12:30: eLife focus group (Location to be announced shortly)
12:30-1:30: Lunch & poster session (sponsored by eLife)
1.35-1.40: Opening remarks
1.40-2.20: Dr Suana Campino (LSH): QTL analysis to identify genes involved in P. falciparum red blood cell invasion
2.20-2.40: Chris Ruis (UCL Division of Infection & Immunity): Emergence of new norovirus strains from unsampled reservoir populations
2.50-3.20: Coffee break
3.20-3.40: Jody Phelan (LSH): Whole genome sequencing provides insights into mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic diversity
3.40-4.00: Dr Jan Janouskovec (GEE/UGI, UCL): Origin of cryptic plastids and parasitism in apicomplexan parasites
4.00-4.20: Prof. Natasa Przulj (CS, UCL): Data-driven biology
4.20-4.25: Closing remarks
4.25-5.30: Drinks
About the Fisher Centre
The RA Fisher Centre for Computational Biology is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence for mathematical and computational analysis of the fast-growing data in genetics and biology.
More info: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ra-fisher-centre
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