Open House

Research Opportunities in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, AI and Data Science

April 17, 2025, 1 - 4pm, Medical Science Building MSB-282
Zoom details below (please RSVP: michael.hallett@uwo.ca)

Open M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions
Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Capstone Courses

Artificial Intelligence, Generative Modelling, Statistical Inference, Modelling, Algorithms, Genomics, Systems Biology, Evolution, Health Informatics

  • Short presentations from a diverse range of principal investigators
  • Funding opportunities and academic degree programs
  • Tour of experimental labs supporting our interdisciplinary research
  • Chat with PIs and graduate students doing bioinformatics-driven research
  • Free coffee, free lunch

https://western-bioinfo.github.io/events/open-house

Zoom: Zoom Link

Event Schedule

Below is the schedule for the event.

Time Speaker/Session Details Affiliation/Department
1-1:10 Greetings
M. Hallett
Computational Oncology
Hallett Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry and Oncology
1:10-1:16 Natasha Mhatre
Modelling the mechanics and physics of animal communication systems
Mhatre Lab		 Dept. of Biology, & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
1:17-1:30 Ali Khan
ML Collaborative Specialization / Computational image processing in the neurosciences
Khan Lab		 Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Centre for Brain and Mind
1:31-1:37 Jorn Diedrichsen
Computational neuroscience
Diedrichsen Lab		 Dept. of Computer Science
1:38-1:44 Alexander Timoshenko
Galectin networks in human cells and tissues
Timoshenko Lab		 Dept. of Biology, Oncology
1:45-1:51 Art Poon
Virus evolution and epidemiology
Poon Lab		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1:52-1:58 Jen Guthrie
Pathogen Genomics
Guthrie Lab		 Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Epi & Biostatistics
1:59-2:05 Vera Tai
Aquatic microbial ecology
Tai Lab		 Dept. of Biology
2:06-2:12 Greg Gloor
Metagenomics
Gloor Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry
2:12-2:40 Lunch Break  
2:40-2:45 Angela Roberts
Academic training programs; AI in health informatics
Roberts Lab		 Dept. of Communication Sciences
2:45-3:00 Christina Castellani
MBI training program
Epigenetics and the epigenome
Castellani Lab		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
3:00-3:06 Pingzhao Hu
Artificial Intelligence empowered Health Research
Hu Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry
3:07-3:13 Andreanne Zizzo
Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Zizzo Lab		 Children’s Hospital, LHSC, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
3:14-3:20 Tallulah Andrews
Single Cell & Spatial Omics
Andrews Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry
3:21-3:27 Parisa Shooshtari
Computational Genomics of Complex Diseases
Shooshtari lab		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine & Computer Science
CHRI, LHRI, OICR
3:28-3:34 Vanessa Dumeaux
From single cells to systems: data science powering precision medicine
Dumeaux Lab		 Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Oncology
3:35-3:41 Mark Daley
Artificial Intelligence
Daley Lab		 Dept. of Computer Science
3:42-3:47 Stephanie Bishop
Metabolomic approaches for exploring microbial metabolism
Bishop Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry
3:48-3:55 Lyle Muller
Computational approaches in sensory processing and memory
Muller Lab		 Dept. of Mathematics
3:56-4:02 Osvaldo Espin-Garcia
Statistical genetics, deep phenotyping, design of multi-phase stuies
Espin-Garcia Lab		 Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
4:02-4:20 Closing remarks, Coffee Snacks  



We thank bioinformatics.ca and all of the undergraduate societies for advertising this event.