Open House

Research Opportunities in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, AI and Data Science

April 17, 2025, 1 - 4pm, Medical Science Building MSB-282
Zoom details to come (please RSVP)

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

RSVP: michael.hallett@uwo.ca

1-1:10 Greetings
Presenter: M. Hallett
Computational Oncology
Hallett Lab		 Dept. of Biochemistry and Oncology  
       
  Short presentations    
1:10-1:16 Natasha Mhatre
Modelling the mechanics and physics of animal communication systems		 Dept. of Biology, & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy  
1:17-1:23 Vanessa Dumeaux
From single cells to systems: data science powering precision medicine
Dumeaux Lab		 Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Oncology  
       
1:24-1:30 Jorn Diedrichsen
Computational neuroscience		 Dept. of Computer Science  
1:31-1:36 Alexander Timoshenko
Galectin networks in human cells and tissues		 Dept. of Biology, Oncology  
1:37-1:43 Art Poon
Virus evolution and epidemiology
Poon Lab		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
1:44-1:50 Jen Guthrie
Pathogen Genomics		 Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Epi & Biostatistics  
1:51-1:56 Vera Tai
Aquatic microbial ecology		 Dept. of Biology  
1:57-2:03 Greg Gloor
Metagenomics		 Dept. of Biochemistry  
2:00-2:30 Lunch Break    
2:30-2:45 Angela Roberts
Academic training programs
AI in Health Informatics		 Dept. of Communication Sciences  
2:45-3:00 Christina Castellani
MBI training program
Epigenetics and the epigenome		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine  
3:00-3:06 Pingzhao Hu
Artificial Intelligence empowered Health Research		 Dept. of Biochemistry  
3:07-3:13 Andreanne Zizzo
Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Children’s Hospital, LHSC		 Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics  
3:14-3:20 Tallulah Andrews
Single Cell & Spatial Omics		 Department of Biochemistry  
3:21-3:27 Parisa Shooshtari
Computational Genomics of Complex Diseases
shooshtarilab.com		 Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine & Computer Science
CHRI, LHRI, OICR		  
3:28-3:34 Ali Khan
Computational image processing in the neurosciences		 Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Centre for Brain and Mind  
3:35-3:41 Mark Daley
Artificial Intelligence		 Dept. of Computer Science  
3:42-3:47 Stephanie Bishop
Metabolomics approaches for exploring microbial metabolism		 Dept. of Biochemistry  
3:48-3:55 Lyle Muller
Computational approaches in sensory processing and memory		 Depart. of Mathematics  
3:56-4:20 Closing remarks, Coffee Snacks    

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