Education Archive
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Pietro Berico - 3D Chromatin Rewiring During Melanoma Phenotypic Transition
Dr. Pietro Berico of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine presents the March 2024 Seminar on Physical Genomics
Erez Lieberman Aiden - Fossils of Ancient Chromosomes
Dr. Erez Lieberman Aiden of Baylor College of Medicine presents the February 2024 Seminar on Physical Genomics
Anna Lappala - The X Factor: Unveiling the Secrets of the X-Chromosome with Data-Driven 3D Modeling
Dr. Anna Lappala of Harvard University presents the January 2024 Seminar on Physical Genomics
David Gorkin - Towards an Understanding of Chromatin Remodeler Function in Mammalian Development at Single-Cell Resolution
Dr. David Gorkin of Emory University presents the October 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics
Dr. Nicola Neretti: Transcriptional and Nuclear Changes in Cellular Senescence
Dr. Nicola Neretti of Brown University presents the November 2023 BME Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Cancer and Physical Sciences Program at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering
Igor Efimov - Genomics and Transcriptomics of Heart Disease
Dr. Igor Efimov of Northwestern University presents the September 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics
Nick Gilbert - Gene Structure Heterogeneity and Loop Extrusion Drive Transcriptional Noise in Human Cells
Dr. Nick Gilbert of the University of Edinburgh presents the August 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics
Physical Genomics Training Program Research Showcase
Graduate trainees in the T32 Physical Genomics Training Program at CPGE present their research, with talks by Jorin Graham, Sophia Lamperis and Lucas Carter.
Bas van Steensel - Probing Principles of Genome Organization and Function
Dr. Bas van Steensel of the Netherlands Cancer Institute presents the June 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Clodagh O'Shea - Cracking the Nuclear Codes: Finding Order in Chaos
Dr. Clodagh O'Shea of the Salk Institute of Biological Studies delivers the keynote lecture at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Rachel Patton McCord - Alterations in Spatial Genome Compartmentalization Associated with Constriction and Expansion
Dr. Rachel Patton McCord of the University of Tennessee presents the May 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Chuan He - RNA Methylation in Chromatin Regulation
Dr. Chuan He of the University of Chicago presents his research at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Song Li - Mechano-Epigenetics for Cell Engineering
Dr. Song Li of the University of California, Los Angeles presents his research at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Gary Karpen - New Insights into Formation, Organization and Function of Heterochromatin Condensates
Dr. Gary Karpen of the University of California, Berkeley presents his latest research at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Carolyn Larabell - Quantitative Imaging of Nuclear Organization
Dr. Carolyn Larabell of the University of California, San Francisco presents her research at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics and Engineering.
Question and Answer - Part I
The invited speakers at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics answer questions from the audience. Part one of two.
Question and Answer - Part Two
The invited speakers at the 2023 Symposium on Physical Genomics answer questions from the audience. Part two of two.
Dr. Susan Gasser - Chromatin and Nucleosome Density: How DNA Damage Response Alters Chromatin Dynamics
Dr. Susan Gasser of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research presents the March 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics.
Dr. Meenal Datta: Abnormal Mechanics in Brain Tumors: Implications for Immunotherapy
Dr. Meenal Datta of the University of Notre Dame presents the April 2023 Monthly Seminar on Physical Genomics.
Physical Genomics Training Program Seminar - Feb. 15, 2022
Dr. Vadim Backman, Director of the Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering at Northwestern University, and PGTP Administrator Dr. Jayms Peterson provide an overview of the NIH T32 Physical Genomics Training Program at Northwestern and discuss exciting developments in this fascinating new field of convergent science.
2021 Symposium on Physical Genomics
The 2021 Symposium featured lectures by world-renowned scientists including Dr. Richard Kriwacki, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Dr. Melike Lakadamyali, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Andrew Spakowitz, Stanford University; Dr. Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Song Li, UCLA.
WWT/CPGE Seminar: A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist
This seminar provides insights into the reality of a career in data science and an overview of a unique collaboration between World Wide Technology, which provides technology and supply chain services with a focus on the enterprise commercial, public and telecom service provider sectors, and Northwestern’s Center for Physical Genomics and Engineering (CPGE)