Human Genetics Seminar and Journal Club (HG 282) Winter Quarter 2011

This seminar course runs on Fridays at 1:00 PM in Gonda 5303 (5th floor conference room) and is linked to the Human Genetics Seminar Series, which runs on Mondays at 11:00 AM in Gonda 1357 (1st floor conference room). Participation in both the discussion sessions on Fridays and the departmental seminars on Mondays is required for enrolled students. Please see the link below for the departmental seminar schedule:

http://www.genetics.ucla.edu/speakers/

In the Winter quarter, graduate students of the Department of Human Genetics will present their own research projects during the discussion sessions on Fridays. Notice that enrollment is not necessary to attend and participate in the discussions--everybody is welcome! See the schedule below:

For Winter 2011, the instructors for this course are as follows:

Instructor: Esteban Dell'Angelica
Office: Gonda 6357B
Phone: 206-3749
Email: edellangelica@mednet.ucla.edu

Instructor: Julian Martinez-Agosto
Office: Gonda 4554B
Phone: 794-2405
Email: julianmartinez@mednet.ucla.edu

Winter Quarter 2011

Fridays 1 pm - 1:50pm, Gonda Center Conference Room 5303, 5th floor.

Exception: on Feb 18, in place of the usual session there will be a special seminar by Dr. Hiroshi Ohno (RIKEN, Japan) at 2:30 PM in Gonda 1307 (1st floor conference room)

Fri. Jan. 7

NO CLASS

Fri. Jan. 14

Speaker: Michael Yourshaw
Topic: Discovery of Rare Variants in Rare Disorders Using Massively Parallel Exome Sequencing

Fri. Jan. 21

Speaker: Michael Weinstein
Topic: A Role for GPIHBP1 in the Lipolysis of Triglyceride-rich Lipoprotein Particles

Fri. Jan. 28

Speaker: Chaochao Cai
Topic: Is Human Blood a Good Surrogate for Brain Tissue in Transcriptional Studies?

Fri. Feb. 4

Speaker: Rui Luo
Topic: Outlier Analysis of Gene Expression Study on Lymphoblast Cell Lines of Autism Patients

Fri. Feb. 11

Speaker: Jessica Wang
Topic: Using the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel to Study the Mechanisms of Heart Failure

Fri. Feb. 18

Speaker: Hiroshi Ohno (Japan)
Topic: Interaction of Host, Commensal Microbiota, and Pathogens: Applying the Multi-omics Approach

Fri. Feb. 25

Speaker: Tuck Ngun
Topic: The Epigenetics of Brain Sexual Differentiation

Fri. Mar. 4

Speaker: Huanhuan (Mahsa) He
Topic: TBD

Fri. Mar. 11

Speaker: Negar Ghahramani
Topic: The Genetics and Epigenetics of Sex Differences in the Brain