Speaker: Michael Oldham, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
 
Talk title: “How should we identify optimal marker genes?”
 
About the Speaker:
Dr. Oldham is a neuroscientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumor Center at UCSF. His lab uses novel computational and experimental strategies to study the molecular basis of cellular identity in the human brain. Because gene expression lies at the root of cellular identity, much of his lab's work focuses on understanding the organization of the human brain transcriptome. To this end, the Oldham lab generates and analyzes vast quantities of gene expression data from human brain samples and uses custom computational pipelines to identify and compare patterns of gene activity across many independent datasets. Lab members are particularly interested in understanding how patterns of gene activity in normal human brain samples are perturbed by disease, with an emphasis on adult malignant gliomas. 

Streaming Link (MyAccess ID required):
https://ucsf.box.com/s/tqp5eymrh61x13mpjjykxj0q74brp0e3

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This a recurring monthly meeting focused on cancer genomics and computational cancer biology and oncology. It provides a forum for UCSF labs to share largely unpublished work and to get feedback and input.

C3 Faculty Leadership: Joe Costello, Hani Goodarzi, Franklin Huang, Marina Sirota, Alejandro Sweet-Cordero

For more information, please email edna.rodas@ucsf.edu