Description:

Title: "Long-read strategies to study the human transcriptome"

Abstract:

Long-read RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a transformative technology for transcriptomics, but its widespread adoption has been hindered by challenges such as a high base error rate, modest throughput, and computational hurdles. In this presentation, I will discuss our lab’s recent efforts to overcome these primary technological obstacles of long-read RNA-seq and showcase its innovative biomedical applications.  

Guest Speaker:

Yi Xing, PhD; Professor & Francis West Lewis Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center for Computational and Genomic Medicine
Executive Director, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania