CIGars - Center for Integrative Genomics Advanced Research Seminar

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. 

“Automated Real-Time Detection of Infrequent Animal Behaviors in Naturalistic Environments Enables Functional Single-Cell Transcriptomics"

Tucker Lancaster, Ph.D. Graduate Student, Quantitative Biosciences – Patrick McGrath, Ph.D., Advisor Georgia Tech   

“Insights from Structural Variant Analysis in Lake Malawi Cichlids"

Nikesh Kumar, Ph.D. Graduate Student, Quantitative Biosciences – Patrick McGrath, Ph.D., Advisor Georgia Tech   

This is a great opportunity to: 

• Improve your presentation skills as a speaker
• Communicate science, research, and technology to an audience with diverse backgrounds
• Practice giving your talk for an upcoming conference, thesis defense, or qualifying oral exams
• Enjoy free lunch and hear about a wide range of work happening in the local bioscience community