Join us for a panel to explore career and research opportunities in the combined field of Computer Science and Life Sciences. You will have a chance to hear from industry and academic leaders and networking with them in small groups.
The event is for any students who are interested in pursuing a degree and a career combining Computer Science and Life Sciences (Microbiology&Immunology, Biology) or simply like to get more information about this major.
Date: Wed., Jan 20, 2016
Time: 5:15 – 6:15 pm – career panel
6:15 – 7:30 pm – food and networking
Location: Life Sciences Centre Lecture Hall 3 (LSC 3), 2350 Health Sciences Mall
Information: http://www.microbiology.ubc.ca/news-events/events
Registration: https://goo.gl/J9lpqY
Moderator:
Dr. Michael Gold, Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Panelists:
Dr. Rosalia Aguirre-Hernandez, Bioinformatics Scientist, Contextual Genomics Inc.
Dr. Mohammed Alshalalfa, Senior Bioinformatician GenomeDx Biosciences Inc.
Dr. Steven Hallam, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Founder MetaMixis
Dr. Michael Murphy, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. Paul Pavlidis, Professor, Centre for High-Throughput Biology; Director, NeuroDevNet Neuroinformatics Core, UBC
Dr. Sohrab Shah, Canada Research Chair in Computational Cancer Genomics, Dept of Pathology, UBC; Dept of Molecular Oncology, BC Cancer Agency
For further information & questions about the event please contact:
Dr. Parvin Bolourani: parvin@mail.ubc.ca
MICB/CS combined Major Liaison, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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