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Oct 26: Guoqin Yu, The Promise and Challenge of Human Microbiota Research
Human-associated microbial communities (microbiota) play an essential role in immunity, health, and disease. Understanding human microbiota and its genomes (microbiome) will increase the possibility of various applications including personalized medicine and cancer immune therapy. Dr. Yu will talk about her research in microbiota, exposures, and lung cancer. She will also discuss the challenges of microbiota research.
Session details...
BIO:
Dr. Guoqin Yu got her Ph.D. in Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is now a Research Fellow in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute. Her research focuses on human microbiota and its relationship to exposures and diseases.
SUMMARY:
Topic: The Promise and Challenge of Human Microbiota Research
Speaker: Guoqin Yu, Ph.D.
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM ET
Room: 2E908
You are invited to listen to Dr. Yu's presentation in the NCI Shady Grove Building on Medical Center Drive or via WebEx.
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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