Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Program

The 2020 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology concluded last week, after the annual “Pipelines into Biostatistics Symposium” was held virtually on Thursday, July 2nd. Research project presentations were given by seventeen … Continue reading “Summer Program Concludes with a Successful Pipelines into Biostatistics Program”

DFCI Zoominars for Data Science Lineup

The Department of Data Sciences at DFCI will host a new weekly Zoominar for Data Science. Rather than a traditional seminar format, Rafael Irizarry will moderate a Q&A with invited speakers on … Continue reading “DFCI Zoominars for Data Science Lineup”

DFCI Zoominars for Data Science Lineup

The Department of Data Sciences at DFCI will host a new weekly Zoominar for Data Science. Rather than a traditional seminar format, Rafael Irizarry will moderate a Q&A with invited speakers on … Continue reading “DFCI Zoominars for Data Science Lineup”

BIOC2020 – Abstracts Due 3/3

Rolando Acosta Named C-Change Ambassador

Congratulations to Rolando Acosta, who has been named one of the new Student Ambassadors for the Harvard Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE). Rolando is a third year … Continue reading “Rolando Acosta Named C-Change Ambassador”

Matthew Ploenzke Receives NCI F99/K00 Award

Congratulations to PhD student Matthew Ploenzke who recently received an NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)! This funding opportunity was open to only one applicant at the University. Matt was that applicant and … Continue reading “Matthew Ploenzke Receives NCI F99/K00 Award”

Paper: Most Highly Cited in Oxford Journals

Congratulations to Stephanie Hicks, William Townes, Mingxiang Teng, and Rafael Irizarry, whose paper “Missing data and technical variability in single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments” made the Oxford Journals’ list of most highly cited 2017-2018 … Continue reading “Paper: Most Highly Cited in Oxford Journals”