You are cordially invited to the first seminar of our Women in Computing seminar series. We are delighted to have Dr Simone Ecker speaking about her research on "Unraveling DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Variability in Human Blood Cells".

This event is open to everyone with an interest, especially gender minorities in academia and industry.

About Dr Simone Ecker:

Simone Ecker worked as a programmer and team leader in IT industry before she studied Biomedical Informatics at UMIT University, where she received a prize for the best Master’s thesis from the Austrian Society for Biomedical Technology for her work on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She went on to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Alfonso Valencia at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre which she finished with highest honours. After completing her doctorate, she joined Stephan Beck’s Medical Genomics group at UCL. Simone Ecker’s research focuses on the analysis of biological variability in health and disease. In particular, she works on epigenetic and transcriptional variability of blood cells in the framework of large consortia like the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) and the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) to better understand phenotypic plasticity in the human immune system.

Directions:

From reception, go straight ahead through the glass doors then exit through the door on your left. Cross the courtyard into the building in front of you (North Wing), carry on straight along the corridor and B4 is on the left

Schedule:

5:30pm - 6:00pm: Registration

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Talk by Dr Simone Ecker

7:00pm - 8:00pm: Socialising

This event is run by researc/hers code and hosted by King's College London

Women in Computing Seminar Series: Bioinformatics