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SUMMARY:DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer Research
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday January 31\, 2024\n1:00pm – 5:30PM\nYawkey Conference Center\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\nRegistration. \n2024 Keynote Speaker: Jeff Leek\, PhD\nChief Data Officer\, Vice President\, and J Orin Edson Foundation Chair of Biostatistics at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center\nTalk Title: “Taking Calculated Career Risks to Impact the World Through Data Science” \nIntroductions by: \n\nRamesh Shivdasani\, Deputy Director of the DF/HCC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School\, and\nLaurie Glimcher\, Director of the DF/HCC and President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\n\nEarly career investigators are a unique reservoir of new ideas\, innovation\, and excellence in cancer research. To celebrate this\, we welcome you to join the 11th Annual DF/HCC Celebration of Early Investigators in Cancer Research. This symposium will showcase the talent of early career investigators at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) who work in several areas of population science\, including epidemiology\, biostatistics\, outcomes\, diversity\, and survivorship. We invite all members of the public to attend the event. We also invite students\, post-docs\, residents\, clinical fellows\, and early career investigators to submit abstracts for consideration as oral or poster presentations. We look forward to an exciting afternoon of discussion\, sharing new discoveries\, and building new collaborations. – Lorelei Mucci\, ScD (HSPH)\, Giovanni Parmigiani\, PhD (DFCI)\, Erica Feick (DFCI)\, Bailey Vaselkiv (HSPH)\, and Hannah Guard (HSPH). \nCurrently\, the event will be broadcast live without any recording option. All speakers must attend in person. Adjustments to the event status will be considered if there are changes to masking regulations.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/df-hcc-celebration-of-early-career-investigators-in-cancer-research/
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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SUMMARY:Quantitative Methods in Implementation Research: Concepts\, Goals\, and Applications
DESCRIPTION:Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar \nTuesday February 6\, 2024 @ 1pm ET\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, Room 11081 \nYou Tube Link \nDonna Spiegelman\, ScD\nSusan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine\, Yale School of Medicine Professor\, Department of Statistics and Data Science\, Yale University \nThis talk will provide an overview of the key concepts and goals of quantitative methods that are popular in implementation research\, with a wide range of real-world applications. Randomized\, quasi-experimental and observational designs will be covered.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/frontiers-in-biostatistics-donna-spiegelman/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing the Chronology of Somatic Events From Precursor Conditions to Advanced Stage Myeloma
DESCRIPTION:Elevate @ Eleven: Comp Bio Connections \nWednesday February 7th\, 2024\n12:00-1:00PM\nIn-person only\, Zelen Commons\, 11th floor of the Center for Life Sciences Building \nMehmet Samur\, Senior Research Scientist\, Department of Data Science \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/reconstructing-the-chronology-of-somatic-events-from-precursor-conditions-to-advanced-stage-myeloma/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Call for Abstracts: Health Disparities and Cancer
DESCRIPTION:We invite students\, postdocs\, residents\, clinical fellows\, and early career faculty to submit abstracts for consideration as a lightning talk at the 2024 Marvin Zelen Memorial Symposium. Submit via this form by Friday March 1st\, speakers will be notified by Friday March 8th. \n  \nFriday April 5\, 2024\n1:00-5:30PM ET \nYawkey Conference Center\n450 Brookline Ave\, Boston\, MA \nRegistration for in person and virtual attendance. \nInvited speakers: \n\nAdewole Adamson\, MD\, MPP\, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin\nCynthia Dwork\,PhD\, Harvard University\nNate Fillmore\,PhD\, VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School\nCarmen E. Guerra\, MD\, MSCE\, University of Pennsylvania\nJinani Jayasekera\, PhD\, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities\nBogdan Pasaniuc\,PhD\, University of California Los Angeles\n\n 
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/call-for-abstracts-health-disparities-and-cancer/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T130000
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SUMMARY:Frontiers in Biostatistics: A Framework for Personalizing the Timing of Surveillance Testing
DESCRIPTION:**This seminar has been canceled. A new date will be announced shortly**\nFrontiers in Biostatistics Seminar \nTuesday March 12\, 2024 @ 1pm ET \n  \nAasthaa Bansal\, PhD\nAssociate Professor\, The Comparative Health Outcomes\, Policy\, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute\, University of Washington\nJoint Associate Professor\, Public Health Sciences Division\nJoint Associate Professor\, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR)\nFred Hutch Cancer Center \nAbstract: Frequent surveillance testing using biomarkers is recommended and routinely conducted in several disease settings. Although surveillance tests provide information about current disease status and present an opportunity to detect disease progression early\, the complications and costs of frequent tests may not be justified for patients who are at low risk of progression. I will discuss our recently developed Personalized Risk-Adaptive Surveillance (PRAISE) framework\, a method for embedding dynamic predictions into a sequential decision-making framework to determine the time point at which the next collection of biomarker data would be most valuable. I will demonstrate a preliminary application of the framework in cystic fibrosis and ongoing work in colorectal cancer to develop more cost-effective and personalized surveillance strategies.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/frontiers-in-biostatistics-aasthaa-bansal/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T130000
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SUMMARY:2024 Marvin Zelen Symposium: Health Disparities and Cancer
DESCRIPTION:Friday April 5\, 2024\n1:00-5:00PM ET \nYawkey Conference Center\n450 Brookline Ave\, Boston\, MA\nIn-person event only\, the recording will be available post-event. \nRegistration for in person attendance. \nInvited speakers: \n\nAdewole Adamson\, MD\, MPP\, Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin\, “AI and Melanoma Disparities”\nCynthia Dwork\,PhD\, Harvard University\, “Individuals\, Groups\, Indistinguishability\, and Loss: 15 Years of Algorithmic Fairness in 20 Minutes”\nNate Fillmore\,PhD\, VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School\, “Health Disparities and Cancer in the National VA Healthcare System”\nCarmen E. Guerra\, MD\, MSCE\, University of Pennsylvania\, “The (Mis)use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research”\nJinani Jayasekera\, PhD\, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities\, “Personalized Clinical Decision Tools to Support Equitable Breast Cancer Care”\nBogdan Pasaniuc\,PhD\, University of California Los Angeles\, “Polygenic risk scoring in personalized medicine: promises and challenges”
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/2024-marvin-zelen-symposium-health-disparities-and-cancer/
LOCATION:Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\, 450 Brookline Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T160000
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SUMMARY:Data Integration in Statistical Inference and Risk Prediction
DESCRIPTION:Joint Seminar with Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health \nThursday April 11\, 2024 @ 4pm ET\nFXB Building Room 301 \nYu Shen PhD\nConversation with a Living Legend Professor & Chair ad interim\nDepartment of Biostatistics\nThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center \nIn comparative effectiveness research and risk prediction for rare types of cancer\, it is desirable to combine multiple sources of data\, e.g.\, the primary cohort data together with aggregate information derived from cancer registry databases. Such integration of data may improve statistical efficiency and accuracy of risk prediction\, but also pose statistical challenges for incomparability between different sources of data. We develop the adaptive estimation procedures\, which used the combined information to determine the degree of information borrowing from the aggregate data of the external resource. We apply the proposed methods to evaluate the long-term effect of several commonly used treatments for inflammatory breast cancer by tumor subtypes\, while combining the inflammatory breast cancer patient cohort at MD Anderson and external data.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/data-integration-in-statistical-inference-and-risk-prediction/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240417T120000
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SUMMARY:Deconvolving Clonotype from High-Throughput Perturb-Seq and Novel Splice Identification of Prematurely Terminated mRNA
DESCRIPTION:Elevate @ Eleven CompBio Connections \nWednesday April 17th\, 2024\n12:00 – 1:00 PM\nZelen Commons\, Center for Life Sciences Building \nJared Brown\, PhD\, Research Fellow\, Data Science \n  \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/deconvolving-clonotype-from-high-throughput-perturb-seq-and-novel-splice-identification-of-prematurely-terminated-mrna/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T120000
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SUMMARY:Identifying Transcription Factor Binding using Open Chromatin\, Transcriptome\, and Methylation Data
DESCRIPTION:Elevate @ Eleven CompBio Connections \nWednesday May 1st\, 2024\n12:00 – 1:00 PM\nZelen Commons\, Center for Life Sciences Building \nMichael Hoffman\, PhD\, Senior Scientist and Chair\, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Associate Professor\, University of Toronto \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/identifying-transcription-factor-binding-using-open-chromatin-transcriptome-and-methylation-data/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T130000
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CREATED:20240304T124913Z
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SUMMARY:Cancer Risk Prediction\, Early Detection and Minimal Residual Disease
DESCRIPTION:Frontiers in Biostatistics Seminar \nTuesday May 7\, 2024 @ 1pm ET \nIn-person and Zoom available. \nCristian Tomasetti\, Ph.D.\nDirector\, Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection\, City of Hope\nProfessor and Director\, Division of Mathematics for Cancer Evolution and Early Detection\, Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine\, City of Hope
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/frontiers-in-biostatistics-cristian-tomasetti/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T153000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20240501T111032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T171723Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence Methods in Cancer
DESCRIPTION:DF/HCC Cancer Data Sciences Lunch Workshop \nStep into the future of oncology where our speakers will discuss the cutting-edge intersection of AI and cancer research. This workshop is geared towards researchers and clinicians who are eager to delve into the innovative methodologies that AI brings to the battle against cancer. Join us\, learn\, and contribute to a future where AI and human ingenuity converge to save lives. \nSponsored by the Cancer Data Sciences Program at the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center and the Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core. \nSpeakers: \n\nJason M. Johnson\, PhD\, Senior Vice President\, Chief Data and Analytics Officer\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\nWilliam Lotter\, PhD Assistant Professor\, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\nMichael Rosenthal\, MD\, PhD Investigator\, Hale Family Center For Pancreatic Cancer Research\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\, Assistant Professor\, Harvard Medical School\nCaroline Uhler\, Full Professor\, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Institute for Data\, Systems and Society\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nEliezer Van Allen\, MD Associate Professor\, Harvard Medical School\, Chief of the Division of Population Sciences\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\nKun-Hsing Yu\, MD\, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Harvard Medical School\n\nRegister for this hybrid event by May 24. 
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/artificial-intelligence-methods-in-cancer/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240724T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
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SUMMARY:Bioconductor Conference 2024: Where Software and Biology Meet
DESCRIPTION:July 24-26\, 2024\nVan Andel Institute\nGrand Rapids\, Michigan USA\nRegistration open now!\nWelcome to BioC2024 – Your Bioinformatics Community Awaits \nQuick Reasons to Join Us \n\nFor Everyone in Bioinformatics: Whether you’re deep in research or just starting out\, BioC2024 has something for you. Connect\, learn\, and share in a space that welcomes every level of curiosity and expertise.\nConnect Across the Globe: With our Hopin platform\, you’re not just attending a conference; you’re joining a worldwide community ready to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations.\nLearn From the Best: Our lineup includes some of the most forward-thinking minds in bioinformatics. Expect insights that could change how you see your work or study.\nDiversity Drives Us: We’re proud to host a diverse and inclusive event. Your unique perspective enriches our community\, and we strive to make BioC2024 accessible to all.\n\nWhat’s in Store \n\nTalks That Inspire: From quick insights to deep dives\, our sessions are designed to spark new ideas and provide practical knowledge.\nHands-On Experience: Enhance your skill set with workshops and demos that put theory into practice. It’s learning made relevant\, regardless of your experience level.\nShaped by You: Your feedback has been our guide. Expect more interactive opportunities\, a broader range of topics\, and even better virtual engagement.\n\nJoin the BioC2024 Experience \nBioC2024 is more than a conference – it’s a chance to grow\, connect\, and contribute to the bioinformatics field. Don’t miss out. Secure your spot now and be ready to be inspired.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/bioconductor-conference-2024-where-software-and-biology-meet/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T140000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T144154Z
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SUMMARY:Challenges of Producing High-Quality Labelled Data
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 13 @ 1:00PM Eastern Time\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, 11th floor\, room 11081\n3 Blackfan Circle\, Boston \nPeter Lipman\nTechnical Lead & Manager\nData Science & Human Computation\, Google \nZoom: https://bit.ly/plipman
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/challenges-of-producing-high-quality-labelled-data/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T112937Z
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SUMMARY:Fall schedule to be announced
DESCRIPTION:Watch here for updates on our fall seminar schedule. You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay informed of data science events in the Boston area.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/fall-schedule-to-be-announced/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20240904T112923Z
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SUMMARY:Hierarchical Causal Models
DESCRIPTION:HSPH Biostatistics and DFCI Data Science Colloquium Series \nThursday September 12\, 2024\n4:00-5:00PM\nHSPH FXB Building Room 301 \nDavid Blei\, PhD\nProfessor of Statistics and Computer Science\nColumbia University \nAnalyzing nested data with hierarchical models is a staple of Bayesian statistics\, but causal modeling remains largely focused on “flat” models. In this talk\, we will explore how to think about nested data in causal models\, and we will consider the advantages of nested data over aggregate data (such as data means) for causal inference. We show that disaggregating your data—replacing a flat causal model with a hierarchical causal model—can provide new opportunities for identification and estimation. \nAs examples\, we will study how to identify and estimate causal effects under unmeasured confounders\, interference\, and instruments. \nThis is joint work with Eli Weinstein.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/hierarchical-causal-models/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20240917T172017Z
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SUMMARY:Inference for Treatment-Specific Survival Curves using Machine Learning
DESCRIPTION:HSPH Biostatistics and DFCI Data Science Colloquium Series \nThursday September 19\, 2024\n4:00-5:00PM\nHSPH FXB Building Room 313 \nTed Westling\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Mathematics & Statistics\, University of Massachusetts Amherst \nIn the absence of data from a randomized trial\, researchers often aim to use observational data to draw causal inference about the effect of a treatment on a time-to-event outcome. In this context\, interest often focuses on the treatment-specific survival curves; that is\, the survival curves were the entire population under study to be assigned to receive the treatment or not. Under certain causal conditions\, including that all confounders of the treatment-outcome relationship are observed\, the treatment-specific survival can be identified with a covariate-adjusted survival function. Several estimators of this function have been proposed\, including estimators based on outcome regression\, inverse probability weighting\, and doubly robust estimators. We propose a cross-fitted doubly-robust estimator that incorporates data-adaptive estimators of the conditional survival functions. We establish conditions on the nuisance estimators under which our estimator is consistent and asymptotically linear\, both pointwise and uniformly in time. We also propose an ensemble learner for combining multiple candidate estimators of the conditional survival estimators. Our methods and results accommodate events occurring in discrete or continuous time (or both). We investigate the practical performance of our methods using an application to the effect of a surgical treatment to prevent metastases of parotid carcinoma on mortality. Time permitting\, we will discuss ongoing work concerning sensitivity analysis for survival curves.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/inference-for-treatment-specific-survival-curves-using-machine-learning/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
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SUMMARY:Call for abstracts: DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators
DESCRIPTION:The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center will be holding its annual Celebration of Early Career Investigators on December 3rd\, 2024 from 1:00 – 5:00 PM in-person at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. \nWe encourage students\, postdocs\, residents\, clinical fellows\, and instructors to submit abstracts for consideration as a short talk or as part of the PATHFINDER sponsored poster presentation by October 11th. \n\nTo submit an abstract\, please visit: https://bit.ly/ECIS2024Abstract\nTo register to attend the event\, please visit: https://bit.ly/ECIS2024\nFor more information\, please visit our event website.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/call-for-abstracts-df-hcc-celebration-of-early-career-investigators/
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241008T113529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T164100Z
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SUMMARY:Empirical Bayes Matrix Factorization\, and Genomic Applications
DESCRIPTION:Data Science Seminar\nFriday\, October 18\, 3:00 PM ET \nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, 11th Floor \nMatthew Stephens\, PhD\nChair\, Department of Statistics; Ralph W. Gerard Professor of Statistics\, Human Genetics\, University of Chicago
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/empirical-bayes-matrix-factorization-and-genomic-applications/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241011T180746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T172801Z
UID:5608-1729684800-1729688400@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Targeting CARM1 in Dendritic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy
DESCRIPTION:Compbio Connections\n\nOctober 23rd\, 12:00 -1:00 PM ET\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, 11th floor\, Zelen Commons \nXixi Zhang\, PhD\nResearch Fellow\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/targeting-carm1-in-dendritic-cells-for-cancer-immunotherapy/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241029T141932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T141932Z
UID:5644-1730894400-1730898000@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Harnessing Bioinformatics for Cancer Research at DFCI
DESCRIPTION:Compbio Connections\n\nNovember 6\, 12:00 -1:00 PM ET\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, 11th floor\, Zelen Commons \n\n\n\n\nMichael Tolstorukov\nDirector\, Bioinformatics and Molecular Data\, Informatics and Analytics\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute \n\n\n\n\nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/harnessing-bioinformatics-for-cancer-research-at-dfci/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/T_Michael_headshot-e1730211557553.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T140000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241022T163857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T140641Z
UID:5623-1730898000-1730901600@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows Program Informational Session
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Data Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is thrilled to announce our second annual Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows Program. We invite recent Ph.D. graduates and doctoral candidates who are nearing graduation and have a passion for applied statistics\, machine learning\, or computational biology to consider this exciting opportunity. \nThis is an incredible opportunity to advance your career in data science while making a meaningful impact on cancer research. We encourage you to join us at the Informational Session on November 6th from 1pm-2pm EST to learn more about how you can be a part of our dynamic research community. \nPlease visit our postdoctoral page to register & more information: https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/postdocs
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/data-science-postdoctoral-fellows-program-informational-session/
CATEGORIES:Recruitment
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241023T164140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T164140Z
UID:5634-1730973600-1730980800@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Ligand Receptor Analysis in a Spatial Context
DESCRIPTION:The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core in partnership with The Cancer Data Sciences Program at DF/HCC are very excited to present the Fall seminar series: \nNovel Applications in Single Cell Omics \n\n\n\nLigand receptor analysis in a spatial context \nNovember 7th\nSizun Jiang\, PhD\nBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School \nMartin Hemberg\, PhD and Jingyi Cao\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nHarvard Medical School \nTrajectory inference in single cell data\nNovember 21st\nLuca Pinello\, PhD and Cameron Ray Smith\, MD\, PhD\nMassachusetts General Hospital \nSpatial transcriptomics deconvolution analysis\nDecember 5th\nKevin Wei\, MD\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nRuben Dries\, PhD and George Chen Boston University School of Medicine \nAll seminar sessions are hybrid events being held from 10am to noon.\nLocation: CLSB Building\, 3 Blackfan Circle\, Boston MA 02115 \n\n\n\n\nRegister now at: https://bit.ly/fall2024_speaker_series
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/ligand-receptor-analysis-in-a-spatial-context/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241108T140605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T192210Z
UID:5679-1732104000-1732107600@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Niche-Driven Phenotypic Plasticity And Cis-Regulatory Dynamics Of A Revised Model For Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation
DESCRIPTION:CompBio Connections \nNovember 20th at 12pm\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, 11th floor \nSwarnabh Bhattacharya\nResearch Fellow Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\n\nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/niche-driven-phenotypic-plasticity-and-cis-regulatory-dynamics-of-a-revised-model-for-intestinal-epithelial-differentiation/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Zico_headshot-e1731074579602.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241029T142503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T142503Z
UID:5650-1732183200-1732190400@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Trajectory Inference in Single Cell Data
DESCRIPTION:The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core in partnership with The Cancer Data Sciences Program at DF/HCC are very excited to present the Fall seminar series: \nNovel Applications in Single Cell Omics \n\n\n\nLigand receptor analysis in a spatial context\nNovember 7th\nSizun Jiang\, PhD\nBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School \nMartin Hemberg\, PhD and Jingyi Cao\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nHarvard Medical School \nTrajectory inference in single cell data\nNovember 21st\nLuca Pinello\, PhD and Cameron Ray Smith\, MD\, PhD\nMassachusetts General Hospital \nSpatial transcriptomics deconvolution analysis\nDecember 5th\nKevin Wei\, MD\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nRuben Dries\, PhD and George Chen Boston University School of Medicine \nAll seminar sessions are hybrid events being held from 10am to noon.\nLocation: CLSB Building\, 3 Blackfan Circle\, Boston MA 02115 \n\n\n\n\nRegister now at: https://bit.ly/fall2024_speaker_series
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/trajectory-inference-in-single-cell-data/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241119T210657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T123840Z
UID:5686-1732204800-1732208400@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Enhanced Insights for Rare Diseases: Leveraging External Controls and Longitudinal Data in snSMART Designs
DESCRIPTION:HSPH Biostatistics/DFCI Data Science Colloquium \nThursday\, November 21 at 4:00pm\nHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health\nFXB-G01 \nKelley Kidwell\, PhD\nProfessor\, Biostatistics\nAssociate Chair for Academic Affairs\, Biostatistics\nUniversity of Michigan\, Ann Arbor
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/enhanced-insights-for-rare-diseases-leveraging-external-controls-and-longitudinal-data-in-snsmart-designs/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241029T142848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T125040Z
UID:5655-1733230800-1733245200@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:2024 DF/HCC Celebration of Early Career Investigators in Cancer Research
DESCRIPTION:Early career investigators are a unique reservoir of new ideas\, innovation\, and excellence in cancer research. To celebrate this\, we welcome you to join the 12th Annual DF/HCC Celebration of Early Investigators in Cancer Research. This symposium will showcase the talent of early career investigators at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) who work in several areas of population science\, including epidemiology\, biostatistics\, outcomes\, diversity\, and survivorship. We invite all members of the public to attend the event. \nThis event will be held in-person at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the Yawkey Conference Center. \nAgenda  \nRegister to attend.  \nKeynote Speaker\n  \nScout\, Ph.D.\, M.A.\, Executive Director of the National LGBT Cancer Network\nVisit Profile
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/2025-df-hcc-celebration-of-early-career-investigators-in-cancer-research/
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241029T143216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T124841Z
UID:5660-1733392800-1733400000@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Spatial Transcriptomics Deconvolution Analysis
DESCRIPTION:The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core in partnership with The Cancer Data Sciences Program at DF/HCC are very excited to present the Fall seminar series: \nNovel Applications in Single Cell Omics \n\n\n\nLigand receptor analysis in a spatial context\nNovember 7th\nSizun Jiang\, PhD\nBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School \nMartin Hemberg\, PhD and Jingyi Cao\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nHarvard Medical School \nTrajectory inference in single cell data\nNovember 21st\nLuca Pinello\, PhD and Cameron Ray Smith\, MD\, PhD\nMassachusetts General Hospital \nSpatial transcriptomics deconvolution analysis\nDecember 5th\nKevin Wei\, MD\, PhD Brigham and Women’s Hospital\nRuben Dries\, PhD and George Chen Boston University School of Medicine \nAll seminar sessions are hybrid events being held from 10am to noon.\nLocation: CLSB Building\, 3 Blackfan Circle\, Boston MA 02115 \n\n\n\n\nRegister now at: https://bit.ly/fall2024_speaker_series
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/spatial-transcriptomics-deconvolution-analysis/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241204T191023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241211T183620Z
UID:5718-1733918400-1733922000@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:EVOCANCERGPT: Generating Cancer Progression and Treatment Responses with Single-Cell RNA Sequences
DESCRIPTION:CompBio Connection Seminar Series \nWednesday December 11 at 12:00pm\nZelen Commons\, 11th floor\nCenter for Life Sciences Building \nSam Wang\, Computational Biologist\, Department of Data Science \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/evocancergpt-generating-cancer-progression-and-treatment-responses-with-single-cell-rna-sequences/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20241209T183348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T202112Z
UID:5733-1734609600-1734613200@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Interpretable and Data-driven Machine Learning Models for Analyzing High-dimensional Biological Data
DESCRIPTION:Data Science Seminar \nThursday December 19\, 2024 – 12pm-1pm\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, room 11081 \nJunchen Yang\nDepartment of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics\, Yale University
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/interpretable-and-data-driven-machine-learning-models-for-analyzing-high-dimensional-biological-data/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250205T130000
DTSTAMP:20260412T105547
CREATED:20250128T174809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T180933Z
UID:5793-1738756800-1738760400@ds.dfci.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Nice-Driven Cell Identities in the Self-Renewing Stomach Corpus Epithelium
DESCRIPTION:CompBio Connections Seminar\nWednesday February 5 at 12:00pm\nCenter for Life Sciences Building\, Zelen Commons\nKe Li\, PhD\, Research Fellow\, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School \nLunch is provided.
URL:https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/event/nice-driven-cell-identities-in-the-self-renewing-stomach-corpus-epithelium/
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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