[Colloquium] 3/12 Talks at TTIC: Hosna Jabbari, University of Alberta

[Mary Marre via Colloquium]

*When:     Monday, March 12th at 10:30 am*

*Where:    TTIC, 6045 S Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526*

*Who:       Hosna Jabbari, University of Alberta *


Title:       Computational Informatics for Improving Efficacy of Gene
Therapy



Abstract:  With the amount of genomic data produced every day, advances in
life sciences and development of new gene modification tools, a revolution
in medicine is expected.  Recent approval of the first gene therapies by
FDA is a leap towards this revolution. Computational methods provide unique
opportunities to realize this revolution by providing both an inexpensive
framework (in terms of cost, time and safety) to explore the complex
biological systems of diseases, and a reduced search space for treatment
options. In this talk, I will describe an example of such framework for
treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy through gene therapy, and
highlight some of the challenges and future opportunities.


Bio:  Dr. Hosna Jabbari is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Ingenuity
Lab, a multidisciplinary research laboratory at the University of Alberta.
Her main research goal is to help diagnose and cure human diseases by
developing novel diagnostics and therapeutics through research using
techniques from (algorithmic) bioinformatics, data science and
computational genomics. She obtained a Ph.D.  in 2015, in computer science
– bioinformatics from the University of British Columbia, advised by Anne
Condon and supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
of Canada (NSERC). Hosna has served as a technical program committee for the
31st Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence conference
(AAAI 2017) and the 25th International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI 2016).



 Host: Jinbo Xu <j3xu at ttic.edu>




Mary C. Marre
Administrative Assistant
*Toyota Technological Institute*
*6045 S. Kenwood Avenue*
*Room 504*
*Chicago, IL  60637*
*p:(773) 834-1757*
*f: (773) 357-6970*
*mmarre at ttic.edu <mmarre at ttic.edu>*
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