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QLS Seminar Series Fall 2024

Quantitative Life Sciences (QLS) and the Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM) are pleased to offer weekly interdisciplinary seminars during the fall and winter terms.

Seminars are presented in a hybrid format on Tuesdays from 12-1pm EST.

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  • In Person:Ìý550 Sherbrooke, Room 189 (for directions, emailÌýcoordinator.qls [at] mcgill.ca)

To watch video recordings of past seminars, visit ourÌý.

Date Speaker Topic

September 10

Jason Bramburger
(Concordia University)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Data-driven system analysis using polynomial optimization and the Koopman operator

September 17
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Satoshi Yoshiji
(ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University)
Sponsored by QLS

Leveraging genomics, proteomics, and other omics for drug target discovery in cardiometabolic diseases and complex traits: Toward better clinical care

September 24

Yelena Simine
(ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÌýUniversity)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

New Approaches to Computational Simulation of Amorphous Materials

October 1

Qihuang Zhang
(ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University)
Sponsored by QLS

From Spatial Coordinates to Gene Discovery: Methodological Explorations in Spatial Transcriptomics

October 8Ìý

Nandita Garud
(UCLA)
Sponsored by QLS

Inference of demography and selection from human gut commensal microbiota

​October 15

No Seminar Reading Week

October 22

Niklas Brake
(ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University)
Sponsored by QLS

An orchestra out of rhythm: aperiodic EEG and the 1/f spectral trend

October 29

Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova
(Exeter)
Sponsored by CAMBAM
Saddle-Node Separatrix-Loops and Neuronal Network Dynamics

November 5

Marc D McKee
(ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University)
Sponsored by QLS

3D imaging and quantification of synthetic and natural biomineralization systems: Growing and analyzing biorocks

November 12

Priya Moorjani
(Berkeley University)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Reconstructing Evolutionary History and Processes: Insights from Analysis of Present-day and Ancient Genomes

November 19

Eve Donnelly
(Cornell University)
Sponsored by QLS

The paradox of fragile but dense bones in Type 2 diabetes

November 26

Patrick Desrosiers
(U.Laval/CERVO)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Graph and geometry-based approaches for cellular-level analysis of structure and function in neuronal networks

December 3

Catie Chang
(Vanderbilt)
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Tracking time-resolved brain states with functional neuroimaging

December 10

Serguei Saavedra
(MIT)
Sponsored by QLS

The feasibility principle in community ecology

QLS thanksÌýDr. Jesse Shapiro, Dr. Suresh Krishna, and Dr. Celia GreenwoodÌýfor their help with organizing the seminars.

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