22/05/2025
WHO: Prof. Ron Shamir, Tel-Aviv University
WHEN: Thursday, May 22nd 2025 at 12:00
WHERE: BUILDING 503 (Computer Science) AUDITORIUM
Algorithmic analysis in cancer and Parkinson’s disease
The growing availability of large-scale, heterogeneous biological and medical datasets presents new opportunities to advance our understanding of both basic science and medicine, with an emphasis on personalized analysis. Although analyzing individual data types can yield valuable insights, integrative approaches offer the potential for more comprehensive, systems-level discoveries. In this talk, we present algorithms that operate on multiple levels, including multi-omics-based subtyping, and the identification of individual-specific cancer-driving mutations. Additionally, we describe a methodology to enhance the commonly used scale for tracking Parkinson’s disease progression.
short bio:
Ron Shamir (PhD, UC Berkeley 1984) is a professor emeritus of Computer Science and Bioinformatics at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He develops algorithms and software for understanding the genome and human disease. His group’s computational tools were downloaded tens of thousands of times and are used in hundreds of laboratories around the world. He is a Fellow of the ISCB and the ACM, a recipient of the Landau and Kadar prizes, the Senior Scientist Award of the ISCB and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the ISBCB.
