March 7, 2014: Perspectives on Big Data in Biology
Presidential Lectures are free public colloquia centered on four main themes: Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Neuroscience and Autism Science. These curated, high-level scientific talks feature leading scientists and mathematicians and are intended to foster discourse and drive discovery among the broader NYC-area research community. We invite those interested in the topic to join us for this weekly lecture series.
March 7, 2014, 12:30-5:30 p.m. EST
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation
160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
This Biotech Symposium focused on perspectives on big data in biology from leading practitioners in the field. Other Biotech Symposia topics have included single nucleotide polymorphism detection, diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, structural variant detections and resting state fMRI. Future symposia will focus on related bioinformatics and neuroimaging topics.
Speakers:
David Lipman, M.D. (First video below, begins at 00:03:30)
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health
What Is the Big Data Problem in Biology?
Nicholas Carriero, Ph.D. (First video below, begins at 01:05:20)
Yale University
Scaling Up Bioinformatics Pipelines
David Haussler, Ph.D. (Second video below)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Large-Scale Cancer Genomics
Charles Sawyers, M.D. (Third video below)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health