Weekly Seminars

The seeds of the CSB were nurtured by regular open meetings that interleave research presentations with tutorials and journal clubs. The basic character of these meetings remains the same: free and open discussions where all are invited, and so-called dumb questions are not only accepted but welcomed. These questions are critical to educating ourselves and forming crucial links between disciplines.

Systems Biology Seminars are currently held from 2:00pm - 3:00pm on Wednesdays in French Family Science Center room 4233.

Spring 2012 Schedule

Date	Title/Speaker
Jan. 18	Statistical approaches to decompose complex expression phenotypes Iulian Pruteanu-Malinici, Postdoctoral Associate in the Ohler Lab, Dept. of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Duke University
Jan. 25	Integrating genetic and gene expression evidence into genome-wide association analysis of gene sets Sayan Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Statistical Science Duke University
Feb. 1	Cleaning the attic: Searching for order, sense and function in 'junk' DNA Huntington Willard, Director of IGSP and Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences Duke University
Feb. 8	Taking a picture of transcriptional activity along a chromosome Arjun Raj, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
Feb. 15	Gene expression dynamics during transition from developmental arrest to growth Ryan Baugh, Assistant Professor of Biology Duke University
Feb. 22	Modeling developmental gene regulatory networks Josh Socolar, Professor of Physics Duke University
Feb. 29	Musings on the Hopf bifucation Dave Schaeffer, James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics Duke University
Mar. 14	A comparison of quantitative methods for finding periodicity in gene expression data Anastasia Deckard, Computational Biology & Bioinfomatics graduate student, Harer Group Duke University
Mar. 21	The inoculum effect and band-pass bacterial response to periodic antibiotic treatment Robert P. Smith, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Post Doctoral Associate, You lab Duke University
Mar. 26*	Controlling Gene Expression Fluctuations During Development Alexander van Oudenaarden, Professor of Physics and Professor of Biology, MIT *Joint seminar with CBB: 1pm Monday, March 26 in FFSC 2231
Apr. 4	No Seminar David Goldstein has postponed until fall 2012
Apr. 18	Systems analysis of biological timing in Arabidopsis Via teleconference Andrew Millar, Chair & Director, Centre for Systems Biology University of Edinburgh
Apr. 25	Time-keeping mechanisms during Drosophila embryonic development Stefano Di Talia, Molecular Biology Postdoc, Princeton University Host: Nick Buchler
May 2	Exploration of novel environmental inputs to the circadian clock in Arabidopsis Wei Wang, Biology graduate student, Dong lab Duke University
May 7*	Developing tools to perform genome wide analysis of zebrafish cardiac development Bushra Gorsi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah Host: Molly Megraw, Ohler Lab *12:30pm Monday, May 7 in FFSC 4233
May 9	What goes up must come down: Measuring periodic dynamics in single cells Nick Buchler, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics Duke University

Fall 2011 Schedule

Date	Title/Speaker
Sep. 7	Exploring the root clock as a molecular mechanism for periodic branching in Arabidopsis roots Jaimie Van Norman, Duke University Postdoctoral Associate Philip Benfey lab, Duke University
Sep. 14	A generalized model for multi-marker analysis of cell-cycle progression in synchrony experiments Michael Mayhew, CBB Graduate Student Duke University
Sep. 21	p53 Oscillations control gene expression and cell fate decisions Jeremy Purvis, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School
Sep. 28	Checkpoint control of the transcription network oscillator in budding yeast Steve Haase, Associate Professor of Biology Duke University
Oct. 5	The host response to infectious diseases - A paradigm for developing novel biomarkers of health and disease Geoff Ginsburg, Director, IGSP Center for Genomic Medicine Professor of Medicine and Pathology, DUMC
Oct. 12	A nucleotide resolution view of the chromatin landscape and insights into the establishment of the DNA replication program Dave MacAlpine, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Duke University
Oct. 19	The challenge of understanding global RNA dynamics Jack Keene JBD Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University.
Oct. 26	A cell fate switch in gene regulatory networks David McClay Duke University
Nov. 2	Uncovering cis- and trans- regulators of mammalian sex determination Anirudh Natarajan & Danielle Maatouk Blanche Capel lab, Duke University
Nov. 9	New approaches to dissect sporulation variability in S. cerevisiae Colin Maxwell & Ioanna Manolopoulou, Paul Magwene & Mike West labs Duke University
Nov. 16	Environmental influences on the sea urchin gene regulatory network Daniel Runcie, Graduate Student, Greg Wray lab Duke University
Nov. 23	No seminar Thanksgiving break
Nov. 30	Gene regulatory networks in archaea: response to extreme environments Amy Schmid Duke University
Dec. 7	Statistics and dynamic models in single cell biological studies - Two vignettes Fernando Bonassi, Ioanna Manolopoulou & Mike West Statistical Science, Duke University
Dec. 14	Towards a comprehensive atlas of open chromatin Greg Crawford, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and IGSP Duke University