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Systems Biology Seminars

The seeds of the DCSB were nurtured by regular open meetings that interleave research presentations with tutorials and journal clubs. The basic character of these meetings remains the same: free and open discussions where all are invited, and so-called dumb questions are not only accepted but welcomed. These questions are critical to educating ourselves and forming crucial links between disciplines.

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Spring 2013

Time: 2-3pm Wednesdays
Place: French Family Science Center room 4233 

Date Title/Speaker
Jan. 16 "Cause and effect in gene regulatory networks"
Amy Schmid, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Jan. 23 "Evolutionary systems biology: Are fungal genomes interesting or relevant?"
Nicolas Buchler, Depts. of Biology and Physics, Duke University
Jan. 30 "Engineering tools for systematic identification of drug resistance pathways in cancer"
Kris Wood, Dept. of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University
Feb. 4* "Reprogramming heterochromatin with small RNA and its consequences in the germline"
Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

*Time Change: 4pm Monday, February 4, in FFSC 4233
Feb. 13 Discussion: Systems biology training at Duke
Led by DCSB postdoctoral fellows
Feb. 20 Tutorial: Probabilistic graphical models, hidden Markov models, and genomic data
Alex Hartemink, Dept. of Computer Science
Feb. 27 "Strategies for generating neuronal complexity in the olfactory system"
Pelin Volkan, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Mar. 6 Discussion: What aspects of network topology control the biological function?
Steve Haase, David McClay, and Greg Wray
Mar. 13 No Seminar - Spring Break
Mar. 20*

"Fossilized proviruses coordinate gene expression networks during development"
Todd Macfarlan, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

*Room Change: 147 Nanaline Duke
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Cell Biology and the Duke Center for Systems Biology
Mar. 27 "Modularity, subnetworks, and meso-scale systems biology"
Paul Magwene, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Apr. 3 Discussion: Is the temporal ordering of dynamics within a network essential for its function?
Philip Benfey, Steve Haase, and Lingchong You
Apr. 10 "Brainstorming systems approaches using DNase and expression data from 112 human cell types."
Greg Crawford, IGSP and Dept. of Pediatrics, Duke University
Apr. 17 "Convergent transcriptome specializations in speech and vocal learning brain regions of humans and song learning birds"
Erich Jarvis, Neurobiology, Duke School of Medicine
Apr. 24

CANCELLED
  Suggested upcoming seminars: 
Brian English, 1-2pm April 22 in Bryan Research 103 (Biology Dept Seminar)
Leor Weinberger (UCSF), "Does expression rate or level drive organismal fitness?"; 11am-12pm April 18 in FFSC 4233
 

Fall 2012

Date Title/Speaker
Sept. 5 "Rebooting Systems Biology Seminars"
Greg Wray and Alex Hartemink
Sept. 12 "On the Edge of Quantitative Network Models: I Don't Know What I Don't Know"
Steve Haase, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Sept. 19 "Challenges of Collaborating with Quantitative Scientists"
Philip Benfey, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Sept. 26 "So You Think You Can Model"
Joshua Socolar, Dept. of Physics, Duke University
Oct.  3 No seminar
Oct.  4* Duke Systems Biology Symposium
Oct. 10 "Inference in Dynamical Systems"
Sayan Mukherjee, Dept. of Statisical Science, Duke University
Oct. 17 No Seminar
Oct. 24 "Systems Modeling of Tissue Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury"
Mihai Podgoreanu, IGSP & Duke University Medical Center
Oct. 31 "Perturbation Analyses and Gene Regulatory Networks"
David McClay, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Nov. 7 "Edge Finding for Gene Regulatory Networks"
John Harer, Dept. of Mathematics, Duke University
Nov. 14 "Quantification of Gene Function and Genetic Interactions Genome-Wide in the Worm"
Ryan Baugh, Dept. of Biology, Duke University
Nov. 21 No Seminar
Nov. 28 "Integrating cell fate commitment and the cell cycle during sex determination"
Blanche Capel, Dept. of Cell Biology, Duke University
Dec. 5

"The cell as a playground: building gene circuits for fun, insight, and maybe applications"
Lingchong You, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Dec. 12 No Seminar