Classes   The lectures and workshops in the TECBio program are designed to provide a high-level overview of and practical experiences in major research themes in computational biology including: bioinformatics and genomics, complex data analysis and visualization, molecular structural biology, and molecular-to-cellular modeling and simulations. TECBio REU @ Pitt 2018 Classes Date Topics (Instructor) Tuesday 5/22 9-10:30 Bioimaging (Chakra Chennubhotla) Wednesday 5/23 9-10:30   Structural Biology and Drug Discovery (David Koes) Tuesday 5/29 9-10:30 Systems Biology (Jim Faeder) Wednesday 5/30 9-10:30   Genomics and Evolutionary Biology (Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis)

Seminars   The TECBio REU @ Pitt Research and Career Seminar Series will host faculty and scientists from a wide variety of disciplines to present and discuss their work and career experiences. Students will have the opportunity to meet with each speaker over a breakfast held prior to each seminar and/or over coffee and pastries that will follow. Seminars are held at 9:00am (breakfast at 8:45) on Tuesdays, unless otherwise noted. TECBio REU @ Pitt 2018 Seminar Schedule   Date Presenter Affiliation May 29 Seminar Speaker TBD 9:00-10:00 June 5 Research Roundtable Time: 4-6 p.m. Presented by TECBio Students June 12 Dan Spagnolo, PhD 9:00-10:00 June 26 Erik Wright, PhD 9:00-10:00  Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh July 3 Research Roundtable Time: 4-6 p.m. Presented by TECBio Students July 10 Timothy Lezon, PhD 9:00-10:00  Computational Biology, University of Pittsburgh July 17 Seminar Speaker TBD 9:00-10:00

 

Journal Club   Each student will give a ~20-25 minute presentation plus ~5 minutes for discussion of one research article during the Journal Club. The article (a primary research paper, no reviews please) will be selected with the help of the research mentor after discussing the student’s research interests and background. We ask that students arrange for a member of the research mentor’s group to attend the journal club to facilitate the presentations and discussions. TECBio REU @ Pitt 2018 Journal Club Schedule   Date Moderator Presenter Mentor May 24 Intro Amanda Kowalczyk Nathan Clark May 31 Samantha Furman Naina Balepur Jonathan Rubin Caleb Reagor James Faeder June 7 Fen Pei Jenea Adams Ivet Bahar Olivia Campos Bing Liu June 21 Amanda Kowalczyk Jason Dennis Robert Parker Lauren Petrina Jason Shoemaker June 28 Wynn Meyer Gabrielle LaRosa Dennis Kostka Gabrielle Coffing Nathan Clark July 5 Omer Acar Dominique Cantave Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis Thomas Dougherty Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis July 12 Jennifer Williams Alexander Ludwig David Koes Joseph Monaco Chakra Chennubhotla July 19 Bentley Wingert Gabriella Gerlach Carlos Camacho Jack Zhao Sean Xie