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Population and Statistical Genetics Working Group Evening Lecture

The NYGC has created a Population and Statistical Genetics Working Group that brings together leading population and statistical geneticists and focuses on human population genomics, statistical analyses, and applications to precision medicine. The group is led by Adam Siepel, PhD, of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and David Knowles, PhD, of New York Genome Center and Columbia University.

Discussion and Q&A will take place after the speaker presents.

Any questions on this event, contact events@nygenome.org.

Speakers

  • Jaehee Kim, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Department of Biology
    Stanford University
    Assistant Professor (Incoming Jan 2022)
    Department of Computational Biology
    Cornell University

    "Bayesian Inference of Dependent Population Dynamics in Coalescent Models"
  • Xinzhu 'April' Wei, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Departments of Computer Science, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine
    UCLA
    Assistant Professor (Incoming Jan 2022)
    Department of Computational Biology
    Cornell University

    "The Lingering Effects of Neanderthal Introgression on Human Complex Traits"
Moderated by
  • Adam Siepel, PhD

    Professor, CSHL School of Biological Sciences
    Chair, Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    Affiliate Member
    New York Genome Center

  • David A Knowles headshot
    David Knowles, PhD

    Core Faculty Member
    New York Genome Center
    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Department of Systems Biology
    Columbia University

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