Special Lecture Sponsored by NIAMS
Lecture Title: “Predicting cancer-specific vulnerability via data driven detection of synthetic lethality” Eytan Ruppin, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB) Professor of Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park, MD Friday, February 27, 2015, 1:00 pm Building 50, Room 1327 Professor Eytan Ruppin is currently the Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB). Prior to the University of Maryland, Dr. Ruppin was a professor in the Schools of Computer Science and Medicine at Tel-Aviv University. He is world-renowned for his research involving neural networks, systems biology and personalized cancer research. His current focus involves systems biology, which works to construct empirical models of protein interactions within a cell. Professor Ruppin graduated from Tel-Aviv University with his Ph.D. in 1993, then completed a postdoctoral program in our department under James Reggia. Selected publication: “Predicting cancer-specific vulnerability via data-driven detection of synthetic lethality.” Jerby-Arnon L, Pfetzer N, Waldman YY, McGarry L, James D, Shanks E, Seashore-Ludlow B, Weinstock A, Geiger T, Clemons PA, Gottlieb E, Ruppin E. Cell. 2014 Aug 28;158(5):1199-209. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.07.027.
