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January 31, Zhang, Addressing Big Data Challenges in the ICGC Project
Session details...
BIO:
Junjun Zhang leads the bioinformatics and data curation team that is an integral part of the software development group at OICR. He has extensive experience in designing/building automated computational workflow system and integrated biological databases, such as the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV), the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) data portal, and the NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) data portal. Prior to joining OICR in 2008, he worked as a bioinformatics developer in the Centre for Applied Genomics at Toronto's SickKids hospital developing bioinformatics tools/algorithms for biological data management, assembling/annotating human genomes, and identifying genomic variants from large-scale microarray and NGS datasets.
SUMMARY:
Topic: Addressing Big Data Challenges in the ICGC Project
Speaker: Junjun Zhang, Ph.D., Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM ET
Room: 1W032-034
WebEx: https://cbiit.webex.com/cbiit/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea736f10c8cae5a28436c1f99a25b75c7
Event Number: 735 676 973
Event Password: $Peakerseries18
You are invited to listen to Dr. Zhang's presentation in the NCI Shady Grove Building on Medical Center Drive or via WebEx. Dr. Zhang will give his presentation remotely via WebEx.
Presentation: A screen cast of the presentation will be available for viewing after the event on the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series YouTube Playlist
About the NCI CBIIT Speaker Series:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) Speaker Series presents talks from innovators in the research and informatics communities. The biweekly presentations allow thought leaders to share their work and discuss trends across a diverse set of domains and interests. The goals of the Speaker Series are: to share leading edge research; to inform the community of new tools, trends, and ideas; to inspire innovation; and to provide a forum from which new collaborations can begin. For additional information, including past speaker series presentations, visit the CBIIT Speaker Series page.
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