Location: Study Lounge #224, Library at Langara College (170 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver)
Special event to kick off the 2024 academic year with VanBUG. VanBUG is hosting a Bioinformatics Career Night on Friday, October 18, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This event will feature three career speakers from different stages of their careers, offering valuable insights into various career paths in bioinformatics. Additionally, we are honored to have Dr. Kayla King (Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in the Departments of Zoology and Microbiology & Immunology at the University of British Columbia, as well as Professorial Fellow in Biology, University of Oxford) as our keynote speaker.
This seminar will be live-streamed via Zoom.
There will be a social over complimentary food and refreshments after the talks.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kayla King
Talk Title: Rapid evolution of pathogen virulence and resistance in ‘protected’ hosts.
Career Speakers: Anmol Singh, Bioinformatics graduate, Venus Lau, Custom Solutions Lead, Magna Labs, Shaun Jackman, Computational Biologist, 10X Genomics
Source: VanBUG