LS Seminar: Single Cell multi omics technologies-from DNA to translation

Seminar organised by the Cancer, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology Master's programme. 

Topic

TBA

Speaker

Alexander van Oudenaarden

Alexander van Oudenaarden is group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, professor of quantitative biology of gene regulation at the University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University and Investigator at Oncode Institute. The Van Oudenaarden group combines biology with physics and informatics to gain insight in the quantitative biology of development and stem cells. They develop new techniques to quantify gene expression and study the regulation of gene expression in single cells. Alexander van Oudenaarden is one of the pioneers of single cell RNA-sequencing and his lab has developed several bio-informatics tools to analyze these data in detail. Their main interest is to investigate the mechanisms by which cells with the same genotype and identical growth environment develop different phenotypes.

The Van Oudenaarden group uses a combination of experimental, computational, and theoretical approaches to quantitatively understand decision‐making in single cells, with a focus on questions in developmental and stem cell biology.

We are particularly interested in how cells use gene networks to make robust decisions even in the presence of significant fluctuations in gene expression. We use and develop a wide range of single-cell methods including single-cell sequencing and quantitative imaging tools.

When and where

The seminar will take place on Thursday May 28^th from 16.00-17.00 in Megaron.

Registration

A registration link will be shared during the seminar.

Drinks

After the seminar there will be drinks and bites to enjoy for everyone. This social event will take place in the restaurant of the Educatorium from 17:00 to 18:00. This gives you the opportunity to ask questions to the speaker in a less formal setting and do some socialising and networking with your fellow students!

If you have any questions, you can contact us at lsa@umcutrecht.nl. We are excited to see you all on Thursday and hope to meet you for the drinks afterwards!