Bioinformatics Graduate Program at Boston University

11/26/2020

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground is hosting the following event, "Regenerating from Racism and Ethnocentrism: a Boston University Student-Faculty Forum."

When: Thursday, December 3 from 6:30 – 8 pm EST.

Register for Zoom Webinar: https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aplQsmRqRqWapFoFPRel7Q

After a year filled with pain, hardship and suffering due to the pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, the final Student-Faculty Forum of 2020 will look to regeneration. Specifically, how to bring health, repair, recovery, growth, and new life to where there was once damage, disease, and destruction.


Featuring:

Katherine Kennedy, Director of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground

Harvey Young, Dean of the College of Fine Arts

Timothy Longman, Director ad interim, of the African Studies Center; Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs; Professor of International Relations and Political Science

Moderated by Virginia Sapiro: Professor, Department of Political Science; Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, and Dean Emerita of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Photo credit: Tony Webster on Wikipedia Commons. Creative Commons.

08/06/2020

The CMD-IT Center For Minorities And People With Disabilities In IT is hosting a panel discussion, "Standing Against Racial Injustices: Sharing Our Stories."

Join us August 7th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm CT for a panel discussion examining racial injustice from the perspective of Black professionals in computing. Our panelists will provide their stories of overcoming racial injustices to get to where they are today. They will also share advice and insights about systemic changes needed for equity and inclusion.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Jamika D. Burge is a lead for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design team that supports the conversational agent, Eno, at scale, at Capital One. She is also co-founder of blackcomputerHER.org.

Dr. Nicki Washington is a professor of the practice of computer science at Duke University and the author of Unapologetically Dope: Lessons for Black Women and Girls on Surviving and Thriving in the Tech.

Dr. Joel W. Branch is Chief of Product at Lucd, Inc., where he leads development of platforms for end-to-end governance, explainability, and trust in building and deploying AI solutions in the enterprise.

Dr. Bryant W. York was an associate professor of computer science at Boston University (1986 – 1991) and Northeastern University (1991 – 2001), and professor of computer science at Portland State University (2001 – 2019).

Register now!:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/standing-against-racial-injustices-sharing-our-stories-tickets-115102719332

Standing Against Racial Injustices: Sharing Our Stories

07/18/2019

PhD candidate Yuqing Zhang attended the 2019 Symposium of Data Science and Statistics from May 29 – June 1, 2019 in Bellevue, Washington. Where she presented h

03/24/2019

Did you know that the BU Bioinformatics Program offers Merit Scholarships to Master's Students? These scholarships do not require a separate application, and are available to both international students and U.S. citizens. Make sure to submit your application for Fall 2019.

03/12/2019

Apply Now for the BU's BEST Mentoring Circles Program! http://tinyurl.com/BUMentorCircle19

04/05/2018

Recent Bioinformatics grad, Emily Speranza from the Connor Lab, was featured in BU Today for their work done on early immune responses in Ebola

BU researchers, colleagues: early immune response may lead to diagnosis sooner

04/04/2018

In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. Service of Remembrance

April 4, 2018, 6-7pm
Marsh Chapel at Boston University

Please join us for a service of remembrance in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (’55) and the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination.

Rev. Cornell William Brooks, STH/LAW Visiting Professor of Social Ethics, Law, and Justice Movements and former president of the NAACP will preach the sermon. Marsh Chapel Dean Robert A. Hill, chaplains, and choirs (Marsh Chapel Choir, Thurman Choir, and Inner Strength Gospel Choir), and associates will lead the service.

Photo courtesy of Boston University Photo Services. Portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. taken on April 4, 1957 on the steps of Marsh Chapel with BU President Harold Case.

03/19/2018

The Genome Science Institute is pleased to announce its next seminar of the Spring series! Please join us from 3-4pm on Tuesday, March 20th, 2018, in K-103 (Conte Building).

“Making Sense of Non-Coding Transcription”
Presented by:
Karen Adelman, Ph.D.
Professor Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School


STUDENTS/POSTDOCS: Lunch with Dr. Adelman will be held from 12:00 – 1:00PM in the GSI Conference Room (Evans 307). Please RSVP to [email protected] if you plan to attend!

Feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions or concerns.
Refreshments will be served and all are welcome. We hope to see you there!

02/21/2018

Join us for the first annual Theory in Biology Meeting here at Boston University, Thursday May 24-Friday May 25, made possible by the generous support of the Simons Foundation through their MMLS Program. The meeting is organized around the theme of community ecology, metabolism, and the origin of life.
Registration is required at bit.ly/theoryinbio2018.
The conference fee for registration before April 1 is $150, which covers lunch and coffee breaks for the two days (fee is $200 for registration after this deadline). Posters are welcome from all participants; the registration form contains an option for submitting titles and abstracts.

12/13/2017

Don't forget to join us for the final student seminar of the year this afternoon in LSE 103!

4:00 – Daniel Lancour
Advisors: Lindsay Farrer & Simon Kasif
Title: Walking on Networks to Improve Genetic Studies

4:45 – Katherine Norwood
Advisor: Tom Kepler
Title: How Machine Learning Can Help Us Design Better Vaccines: Moving Towards Automated Immunoglobulin Repertoire Analysis

Pizza and beer will be served!

12/06/2017

Don't forget about the Annual Bioinformatics Holiday Party tonight from 6-10 pm! You must have a valid ID to enter, so please remember to bring it with you.

12/05/2017

Please join us for Emily Speranza’s Thesis Defense, today, December 5th at 1:00 pm in Room L-504, 72 East Concord Street, BUMC

Circulating Immune Response to Ebola Virus Disease in Humans and Non-Human Primates

Major Professor: John Connor