NorthernBUG 3
- Date: 14th January 2019
- Location: Newcastle University
- Host: Yura Grabovska, Simon Cockell
General
Newcastle University and the Bioinformatics Support Unit are excited to host the 3rd NorthernBUG meeting at The Boiler House on Tuesday January 14th 2019.
Agenda
We’d love to hear about your work! Please email talk proposals to the organisers.
| Time | Speaker | Presentation | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00-13:00 | All | Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:10 | Welcome and Introduction to Northern BUG | ||
| 13:10-13:50 | Simon Cockell (replacing Bissan Al-Lazikani) | Systems approaches to drug repurposing | Chair: Matthew Bashton |
| 13:50-14:05 | Dennis Wang | Multi-omics data integration for drug discovery | Chair: Yura Grabovska |
| 14:05-14:20 | Cristina Alexandru | The regulatory potential of widespread alternative splicing in 3′ UTR of cancer genes | |
| 14:20-14:30 | All | Discussion, session summary | |
| 14:30-15:00 | All | Coffee | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Dan Williamson & Yura Grabovska | methylCibersort: Pan-Cancer immunological tumor microenvironment estimation from methylation array data | Chair: Simon Cockell |
| 15:20-15:40 | Dave Lunt | Bioinformatics from Hull | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Claudio Angione | Combining machine learning and multi-omics modelling of metabolism | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Closing Remarks and Discussion | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | All | Drinks |
Speakers
Invited
Accepted
- Simon Cockell, Newcastle University Bioinformatics Support Unit
- Dave Lunt, University of Hull
- Claudio Angione, Teesside University
Student
- Dennis Wang, Univeristy of Sheffield
- Cristina Alexandru, University of Sheffield
Registration
Registration via EventBrite
Location
The Boiler House, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU