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Speaker: Harmen Bussemaker, PhD, Columbia University Topic: Probing the DNA binding specificity of transcription factor complexes with deep sequencing and biophysically interpretable machine learning Abstract: Quantifying sequence-specific …

Presenter: Albane Thery (University of Cambridge) Topic: Collective motion of confined biased swimmers: magnetotactic bacteria in channels and spheres Magnetotactic bacteria (MTBs) synthesize magnets in their cytoplasm and …

Presenter: Christopher Jackson Topic: Regulatory network inference using dynamic models Understanding how gene expression programs are controlled requires identifying regulatory relationships between transcription factors and target genes. These …

Presenter: Shanyin Tong (NYU/Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences) Topic: Extreme Event Probability Estimation using PDE-Constrained Optimization and Large Deviation Theory, with Application to Tsunamis Extreme events …

Speaker: Carsen Stringer, Janelia Lab Topic: Cellpose and Suite2p: anatomical and functional algorithms for cellular segmentation Abstract: Many biological applications require the segmentation of cell bodies, membranes and …

1st Speaker: Mike Shelley Topic: Welcome Back and Updates 2nd Speaker: Stas Shvartsman Topic: Maintaining symmetry in bilaterian morphogenesis

Speaker: Christopher Park, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Genomics Topic: We’ll talk a little more on the glucose-insulin circuits, then I’ll go over the paper I …

1st Presenter: Natalie Sauerwald, Ph.D., Flatiron Research Fellow, Genomics Topic: Differences in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in male and female young adults Abstract: Male sex …

Speaker: Min Wu, Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Title: Modes of size and shape regulation in cell wall and tumor spheroid growth

Topic: Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life Abstract: One of the most remarkable examples of self-organized structure formation is the development of a complex organism from a …

The group will focus on studying *hormone circuits*, which impact so much of human biology, disease (e.g. diabetes, depression) and behavior. No background is needed. The overall …

Title: How flies make and use their appendages Abstract: My plan is to present an overview of the current efforts in my lab, providing necessary background when needed …

Presenter: Dr. Elizabeth R. Gavin, Ph.D., DamonB. Pfeiffer Professor of MolecularBiology Associated Faculty of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute Princeton University Topic: Looking to the future: assembly and …

Presenter: M. Cristina Marchetti, Ph.D., Professor, Physics University of California, Santa Barbara Topic: Interfacial properties of active fluids Abstract: There are many situations where active fluids coexist …

Presenter: Professor Raymond E. Goldstein FRS Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Centre for Mathematical SciencesUniversity of Cambridge Topic: Cytoplasmic Streaming …

1st Speaker: Alex Rautu, Ph.D., Flatiron Research Fellow, Biophysical Modeling Topic: Composition, Shape and Drift Instabilities of Membrane-Bound Compartments under Active Vesicular Trafficking Abstract: We study …

How does the liver, pancreas, or any organ communicate with the brain or with each other? This is accomplished via hormones. Th Hormone Circuits Interest Groupw ill focus …

Speaker: Ellen V. Rothenberg, Distinguished Professor of Biology, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology Title: Gene network and epigenetic mechanisms controlling the dynamics and …

1st.Presenter: Christopher Park, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Genomics Topic: The darker side of the genome – Long non-coding RNA Abstract: There are now more annotated long non …

1st presenter: Julia Koehler, Ph.D., Research Scientist & Project Leader, Systems Biology Topic: How to give engaging presentations Abstract: Communicating science is not easy but necessary to reach …

Presenter: Mark E. Tuckerman, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics Dept. of Chemistry and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University Topic: Interfacing temperature-accelerated molecular …

1st Presenter: Jamie Morton, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Systems Biology Group Topic: Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that’s characterized by heterogeneous cognitive, behavioral and …

Speaker: Purushottam Dixit, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Genetics Institute, University of Florida Topic: A novel physics-based dimensionality reduction approach for microbiome data Abstract: Host associated microbiome …

… sequences via computationally expensive simulations. Thus, efficiently exploring the vast protein sequence space still remains a challenge. I will introduce a new method that combines ideas from …

1st Presenter: Reza Farhadifar, Research Scientist, Biophysical Modeling 2nd Presenter: Vladimir Gligorejivic, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Systems Biology

1st Presenter:  Sonya Hanson, PhD,  Research Scientist & Project Leader for SMB. Topic:  Coiled coils as temperature sensors in voltage-gated sodium channels of marine bacteria Abstract: How biological …

Presenter: Daniel Berenberg, Ph.D. Candidate, New York University Topic: Towards scalable protein structural comparison using graph convolutional networks

1st presenter: Julien Funk, Senior Software Engineer, Genomics Topic: Applications of Finite State Machines & Statecharts in Software Engineering Abstract: A demonstration of statecharts as used in the context …

Presenter: Vlad Gliogorijevic

Presenter: Ren Yi, Ph.D. Candidate, New York University Topic: Methods to Improve Knowledge Transfer Efficiency for Data-limited Problems in Genomics Abstract: The recent advancement in computational …

Presenters: Maria Avdeeva & Hayden Nunley Topic: Models for pattern the mammalian Inner Cell Mass (ICM) into Primitive Endoderm and Epiblast

1st presenter: Aidan Daly, PhD, Flatiron Research Fellow, Systems Biology Topic: Bridging the gap between single-cell and spatially resolved -omics Abstract: The development of spatially resolved -omics …

Presenter: James Eastwood, Ph.D. Candidate, New York University Title: Static and Dynamic Views of Peptoid Macrocycles in Theory and Experiment Abstract: Cyclic oligomers of N-substituted glycine …

Presenter: Jamie Morton, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Systems Biology Group, CCB Title: Towards an autism microbiome consortium study Abstract: In light of the major advances in discovering …

Speaker: Jaspreet Singh Topic: Review of models of cytokinesis

1st presenter: Xi Chen, PhD, Research Scientist, Genomics Topic: High-resolution chromatin accessibility and gene expression data analysis for MRSA/MSSA Abstract: As a pilot study in a …

Presenter: Daniel Berenberg Topic: Language modeling for DNA sequences Abstract: Next-generation sequencing efforts have resulted in massive deposits of reliable whole-genome data, namely coding and non …

Presenter: Meet Barot, New York University Title: Unsupervised Classification of Proteins Abstract: With the large amount of sequence information constantly being generated, it has become an important problem …

1st Speaker: Tatyana Gavrilchenko, Ph.D., Flatiron Research Fellow, Developmental Dynamics Topic: Fluctuating asymmetries in the wing venation of odonates The intricate wing structure of dragonflies has fascinated …

Presenter: Michelle Badri, Ph.D. Candidate, New York University Title: Instrumental variables design for high-dimensional microbiome data Abstract: Instrumental variables estimation is an approach to causal inference …