TorBUG meets on the last Wednesday of every month from September through April. Research presentations from bioinformatics leaders, students and industry representatives.

Meetings for 2025-2026 will be held in-person at CCBR Black Room (limited capacity), and virtually via Zoom at 3:00 pm and are FREE and OPEN to all.

Join via Zoom
3:00pm – 3:05pmIntroduction
3:05pm – 3:20pmTrainee Presentation
3:20pm – 4:00pmGuest Speaker Presentation
4:00pm – 5:00pmTorBUG Social, CCBR White room (limited capacity)

2025-2026 Season

Next Talk: November 26, 2025

Join via Zoom

3:00-3:05pm – Introduction

3:05 – 4:05pm – Trainee Presentations:

  1. Daniel Stueckmann, Bader Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics – Benchmarking RNA-seq deconvolution methods using real-world ground truths
  2. Jessica Shen, Babaian Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics – Petabase-scale Discovery of Papillomaviruses
  3. Micaela Consens, Moses Lab, Department of Computer Science, Gamba: Using evolution as signal to train a genome language model 
  4. Sara Pour, Hughes Lab, Department of Molecular Genetics – Sequence Features and the Hidden Grammar of mRNA 3′ End Choice.
  5. Sridevi Venkatesan, Gillis/Li Labs, Department of Physiology –  Decoding developmental time in the brain: transcriptomic signatures across diverse contexts.

4:00-5:00pm – Social in-person in CCBR, White Room.

Upcoming Events 2025-2026

  • September 24, 2025 – Dr. Mor Nitzan, Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • October 29, 2025 – Career Fireside Chat – Michelle Brazas & Jacob Fine
  • November 26, 2025 – Trainee Speaker Rounds
  • January 28, 2026 – Trainee Speaker Rounds
  • February 25, 2026 – Trainee Speaker Rounds
  • Spring events to be announced soon.

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