SHIVA 9th Mini-Symposium
Human genome 2.0: why the pangenome graph is superior for genetic and epigenetic analyses
Monday 15 January - 12:00 - 13:00
Conference room, Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle Bordeaux (CGFB)
Open to all, presential & videoconference
Speaker:
Guillaume Bourque, PhD
Professor, Dept . Human Genetics
Canadan Research Chair in Computational Genomics and Medicine
Director of Bioinformatics
McGill Genome Center
Bio: Professor in the Department of Human Genetics, a Canada Research Chair in Computational Genomics and Medicine and the Director of Bioinformatics at the McGill Genome Center. He leads the Canadian Center for Computational Genomics (C3G) and the Epigenomics Mapping Center at McGill. Dr. Bourque is also on the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) and on the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). He leads a new project called the Pan-Canadian Genome Library, which will allow for easier analysis and sharing of genomic data across the country.
