NorthernBug 12
- Date: 28th June, 2024
- Location: Newcastle University
- Hosts: Rachel Queen and Ann Hedley
General
We are thrilled to announce next NorthernBUG meeting which will be held on June 28th at the Centre for Life in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Centre For Life is about 4 minutes walk from Newcastle Central Station.
The meeting will include a talk from Dr Simon Cockell: ‘Putting the “space” into spatial transcriptomics: Lessons from computational geography’ and an optional morning Workshop: ‘From tissue to FASTQ: Understanding core technologies for spatial transcriptomics’.
Call for Speakers and Poster Presentations: We invite you to contribute to the success of this event by submitting your abstracts for talks and poster presentations. We are friendly group and this will be an excellent opportunity to get feedback from other bioinformaticians about your research. We particularly welcome abstracts from people wishing to talk about real world bioinformatics issues, help problem solving with a project, or from those looking for feedback at the early stage of a project.
Prizes: To recognize exceptional contributions, we will award £100 for the best talk and the best poster presentations. Your expertise could not only enlighten fellow attendees but also earn you a prize!
Limited Spaces: Please note that spaces for this event are limited. Priority will be given to presenters and those who present or register early. Don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of this enriching experience.
Agenda (provisional)
| Time | Speaker | Presentation | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Registration opens and Tea/coffee | Registration open all day | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Optional Workshop | From tissue to FASTQ: Understanding core technologies for spatial transcriptomics | |
| 12:00-12.55 | Lunch and Posters | ||
| 13:00 - 13.40 | Simon Cockell - Newcastle University | Putting the “space” into spatial transcriptomics: Lessons from computational geography | |
| 13:40 - 14.40 | Short talks 1 | ||
| Emily Johnson - University of Liverpool | Challenges and approaches to analysing NanoString GeoMX spatial transcriptomics data – a case study in adenomyosis | ||
| Syed Murtuza Baker - University of Manchester | Challenges in Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis | ||
| Danielle Taylor - University of York | TBC | ||
| 14.40 - 15.10 | Tea/coffee | ||
| 15.10 - 16.50 | Short talks 2 | ||
| Xingna Zhang - University of Liverpool | Evaluating the impact of using mobile vaccination units to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Cheshire and Merseyside, UK: a synthetic control analysis | ||
| Arief Gusnanto - University of Leeds | The use of sparse correlation matrices in genomics analysis | ||
| Matthew Teasdale - Newcastle University | Hiding in plain sight: the genomic analysis of manuscripts | ||
| Shoumit Dey - University of York | Spatial multi-omics identifies acyltransferase activity associated with granulomas. | ||
| Wasim Iqbal - Newcastle University | Surveying biology-informed language models for health outcome prediction using transfer learning | ||
| 16.50 - 17.00 | Prizes |
Registration
Secure your spot and register now by following this registration link
Location:
Biomedicine West Wing, Life Science Centre International Centre for Life Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne