MonBUG (Montreal Bioinformatics User Group) is an association of researchers, other professionals and students in the Greater Montreal area who have an interest in the field of bioinformatics, computational biology, and data sciences. MonBUG meets every month, from September through April. Research presentations by bioinformatics leaders, students and industry representatives are followed by networking over snacks and refreshments

Schedule:

17 h 30 — Student speaker
Speaker : Eric Huang
Affiliation : Li Lab at McGill Computer Science | McGill University
Title : scTimeBench: a streamlined benchmarking platform for single-cell time-series analysis
Time : 12 min presentation + 3 min Q&A
Presentation language : english

17 h 45 — Main speaker
Speaker : Sébastien Lemieux
Affiliation : Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) | Université de Montréal
Title : Bare Metal Transcriptomics: What a Read Count Actually Tells You
Time : 40 min presentation + 10 min Q&A
Presentation language : english

18 h 35 — Networking event
Drinks and bites will be served.