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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) holds a monthly advanced research seminar (CIGars) with two presentations given by graduate students and post-docs. Each presentation is approximately 25 minutes with five minutes for questions. These talks are directed to graduate students and post-docs but are open to anyone who is interested in the topics.
“Genetic Ancestry Inference at Biobank Scale"
Shivam Sharma, Ph.D. Graduate Student, Bioinformatics Ph.D. Program – King Jordan, Ph.D., Advisor Georgia Tech
“Sick Individuals Sick Populations: A Test of the Rose Hypothesis for Health Disparities"
Sonali Gupta, Research Scientist with the Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL)
This is a great opportunity to: