
QLS & Medicine – Fall 2020 Lecture Videos
McGill’s Quantitative Life Sciences (QLS) PHD program, the Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (CAMBAM), the McGill initiative in Computational Medicine (MiCM), and the Ludmer Center for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health have join forces to offer weekly interdisciplinary seminars. To see the weekly program, invited speakers and abstracts, click here.
Talks, with permission from the speaker, will be posted 1 week after the lecture. To view a recorded talk, click on the videos below. They are also viewable from the Ludmer YouTube Channel (select icon on the navigation bar).
Looking for a PHD Program, the deadline to apply for the QLS program is January 15, 2021.
We have added a tutorial to the Nov. 3 QLS Lecture on ePRS (poster left): Register here

Emergence and control of spatiotemporal sequences of neuronal activity in biological neuronal networks
Arvind Kumar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sept. 15, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by CAMBAM
Bifurcations in the era of big data: applications in cardiology and ecology (This talk was not recorded; however, we have added a related May 2020 talk.)
Thomas Bury, McGill University
Sept. 22, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by CAMBAM
Challenges and opportunities for biomarker discovery when applying machine learning techniques to large RNA-Seq Cohorts
Sebastien Lemieux, University of Montreal
Sept. 29, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by QLS
Pangenome evolution on human time scales
Jesse Shapiro, McGill University
Oct. 6, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by QLS
Statistical laws of protein motion in neuronal dendritic trees
Tatjana Tchumatchenko, Max Planck
Oct. 13, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by CAMBAM

The shifting science of screen time, social media use, and adolescent development
Candice Odgers, Duke University
Oct. 27, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by MiCM
Deriving a biologically-informed, expression-based Polygenic Risk Score (ePRS) – Method Lecture
Patricia Silveira, McGill University
Nov. 3, 2020
Register for the additional tutorial: here
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by Ludmer Centre

Lessons in Disaster: How Can We Learn From Data Analysis Failures?
Roger Peng
Johns Hopkins University
Nov. 10, 2020
Abstract: click here
Sponsored by MiCM





The Self-Organization and robustness of Biological Systems
Corina E. Tarnita
Princeton University
Jan. 26, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

Platforms to improve computational reproducibility in biomedical research
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
Princess Margaret Hospital – University of Toronto
Feb. 2, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

Inference and dynamics using clinical data for mathematical physiology and biomedicine
David Albers
Columbia University
Feb 9, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

Measuring behavior across scales
Gordon Berman
Emory University
Feb. 16, 2021
Full recording here
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Variable selection in high-dimensional genetic data
Sahir Bhatnagar
McGill University
Feb. 23, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

From circadian click mechanism to sleep disorders and jet lag: Insights from a computational approach
Albert Goldbeter
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Mar. 9, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

Dynamics and bifurcations of sleep-wake behaviors
Victoria Booth
University of Michigan
March 16, 2021
Abstract: pending
Full recording here
Sponsored by QLS

Model-based imaging and image-based modeling. .
Daniel Alexander
University College London
Mar. 23, 2021
Full recording here
Sponsored by CAMBAM

Structured neural variability and its roles in neural computation
Cristina Savin
New York University
Mar. 30, 2021
Sponsored by CAMBAM
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