Schedule for: 22w5085 - Deep Learning for Genetics, Genomics and Metagenomics: Latest developments and New Directions

Beginning on Sunday, June 5 and ending Friday June 10, 2022

All times in UBC Okanagan, Canada time, PDT (UTC-7).

Sunday, June 5
18:00 - 20:00 Check-in begins at 16:00 on Sunday and is open 24 hours (Front Desk Nechako Residence)
Monday, June 6
08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast (Sunshine/ADM)
08:45 - 09:00 Introduction and Welcome by UBCO-BIRS Staff (ART 386)
09:00 - 09:40 Anshul Kundaje: Deep learning oracles for genomic discovery (Zoom)
09:40 - 10:05 Yi Xing: Deep-learning augmented RNA-seq analysis of transcript splicing (ART 386)
10:05 - 10:20 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
10:20 - 10:45 Jian Zhou: Sequence-based modeling of three-dimensional genome architecture from kilobase to chromosome scale (Zoom)
10:45 - 11:10 Julien Gagneur: A genetic algorithm with deep learning based guided mutations improves de novo peptide sequencing (ART 386)
11:10 - 11:35 Mathieu Blanchette: Learning from Evolution (Zoom)
11:35 - 12:00 Sara Mostafavi: Discussion morning session (Zoom)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (Sunshine)
13:00 - 14:00 Walkabout on Campus Trail (ASC 310)
14:00 - 14:20 Group Photo (EME East Entrance)
14:20 - 14:45 Camille Rochefort-Boulanger: Deep learning on genetic data with Diet Network and its application to a complex phenotype (ART 386)
14:45 - 15:10 Joseph Szymborski: RAPPPID: Deep, Regularised Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction that Generalises to Unseen Proteins (ART 386)
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
15:30 - 16:10 James Zou: Geometric Deep Learning for Multiplex Spatial Biology (Zoom)
16:10 - 16:35 Jian Tang: Geometric Deep Learning for Drug Discovery (Zoom)
16:35 - 17:00 Anshul Kundaje: Discussion afternoon session (Zoom)
17:00 - 17:25 Selin Jessa: Data-driven approaches to identify the origins of pediatric brain tumors (ART 386)
17:25 - 17:50 Jesse Islam: Case-Base Neural Networks: survival analysis with time-varying, higher-order interactions (Zoom)
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner (Sunshine)
Tuesday, June 7
08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast (Sunshine/ADM)
09:00 - 09:25 Wei Sun: Biologically-informed neural networks for scRNA-seq data (Zoom)
09:25 - 09:50 Jingshu Wang: Model-Based Trajectory Inference for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Using Deep Learning with a Mixture Prior (Zoom)
09:50 - 10:15 Mingyao Li: Deciphering tissue microenvironment by integrative analysis of spatial transcriptomics with histology images and single cells (Zoom)
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
10:30 - 11:10 Ritambhara Singh: Towards spatial and temporal modeling of gene regulation using deep learning (ART 386)
11:10 - 11:35 Claudia Kleinman: Assessing cell-type prediction methods for developmental single-cell RNA datasets (Zoom)
11:35 - 12:00 Hongyu Zhao: Non-linear archetypal analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data by deep autoencoders (Zoom)
12:00 - 12:25 Mengjie Chen: Discussion morning session (Zoom)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (Sunshine)
14:00 - 14:40 Jessica Li: An all-in-one statistical framework that simulates realistic single-cell omics data and infers cell heterogeneity structure (ART 386)
14:40 - 15:05 Hongkai Ji: Cross-modality prediction and imputation of functional genome on single cells (Zoom)
15:05 - 15:20 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
15:20 - 15:45 Sara Mostafavi: Deep learning of immune cell differentiation (Zoom)
15:45 - 16:10 Nancy Zhang: Deep neural networks for denoising and batch correction in single cell genomics (Zoom)
16:10 - 16:35 Rui Jiang: Deep learning for cell type identification based on single-cell chromatin accessibility data (Zoom)
16:35 - 17:00 Jesse Shapiro: Discussion afternoon session (Zoom)
17:00 - 20:00 Dinner (Sunshine)
Wednesday, June 8
08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast (Sunshine/ADM)
09:00 - 09:25 Sach Mukherjee: A deep architecture for the large-scale learning of causal molecular networks (Zoom)
09:25 - 09:50 Sriram Sankararaman: Interpretable deep learning for genomic discovery (ART 386)
09:50 - 10:30 Michael Hoffman: Reproducibility standards for machine learning in the life sciences (Zoom)
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
10:45 - 11:10 Jessica Gronsbell: Leveraging electronic health records for genetic research (ART 386)
11:10 - 11:35 Yue Li: Neural topic modeling of electronic health records (Zoom)
11:35 - 12:00 James Zou: Discussion morning session (Zoom)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch (Sunshine)
13:30 - 17:30 Free Afternoon (Kelowna)
17:30 - 20:00 Dinner (Sunshine)
Thursday, June 9
08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast (Sunshine/ADM)
09:00 - 09:25 Kushal Dey: Evaluating the informativeness of deep learning annotations for human complex diseases (Zoom)
09:25 - 09:50 Zihuai He: Deep neural networks with controlled variable selection for the identification of putative causal genetic variants (Zoom)
09:50 - 10:05 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
10:05 - 10:30 Valentina Boeva: Deciphering shared intratumor transcriptional heterogeneity of human tumors (Zoom)
10:30 - 11:10 Amin Emad: Deep Learning in Cancer Precision Medicine (ART 386)
11:10 - 11:35 Pingzhao Hu: Deep learning-empowered breast cancer radiogenomics for precision medicine (Zoom)
11:35 - 12:00 Wei Sun: Discussion morning session (Zoom)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch (Sunshine)
13:30 - 13:55 Lei Sun: Unusual suspects: Recent advances and new challenges in X chromosome-inclusive analyses (ART 386)
13:55 - 14:20 Xihong Lin: Estimation of the number of ancestry PCs using bulk eigenvalue matching analysis (ART 386)
14:20 - 14:45 Wei Pan: DeLIVR: A Deep Learning Approach to Testing for Non-linear Causal Effects in Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies (Zoom)
14:45 - 15:10 Gabriela Cohen-Freue: Scaling up Mendelian randomization for high-dimensional -omics data (Zoom)
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break (ASC 310)
15:30 - 15:55 Shuangning Li: Searching for Robust Associations with a Multi-Environment Knockoff Filter (Zoom)
15:55 - 16:20 Linxi Liu: Identifying putative causal loci in whole-genome sequencing studies via knockoff Statistics (Zoom)
16:20 - 16:45 Fengzhu Sun: DeepLINK: Deep learning inference using knockoffs with applications to genomics (Zoom)
16:45 - 17:15 Jingyi (Jessica) Li: Discussion afternoon session (ART 386)
17:30 - 20:00 Dinner (Sunshine)
Friday, June 10
08:00 - 08:45 Breakfast (Sunshine/ADM)
09:00 - 10:30 General Discussion TBA (ART 386)
10:30 - 11:00 Checkout by 11AM (Nechako Residence)
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch (Sunshine)