Special events from TOG celebrate the research achievements from the community, facilitate the exchange of new techniques, and make knowledge and presentation opportunities more accessible!
See below for the upcoming and past special events from TOG!
TOG Research Day 2024
Get ready for an exciting day to showcase your research and connect with your peers! On December 6, 2024, we will hold our annual TOG Research Day, featuring:
- Keynote Speaker
- 3MT Talks
- Poster Sessions
- Networking
- Awards
Don't miss out on this special TOG event! Sign up to present or participate here!
Past events
Health Commons Metadata
Health Commons Metadata is a new hub platform for storing and disseminating metadata pertaining to human biological samples and omics research data developed by Genome BC
Genome BC will have a session to demonstrate how to use the platform including the data & metadata submission, and every project submitted with P.I’s permission and approved will get a $500 electronic gift card to a store of their choice.
Date: 2024, Oct 10, 11-12 pm
Location: 2108, BCCHR
TOG 3MT
To wrap up the year on December 15, 2023, the Trainee Omics’ Group hosted our inaugural 3MT Data Conference, where speakers from the institute and other organizations competed to distil the essence of their research into a captivating 3-minute presentation with just a single slide! Our presenters shined with this opportunity to participate in a dynamic and informative conference where brilliant minds converge to share, learn, and celebrate the power of concise communication. Thank you to all who attended and the judges for the adjudication. Congratulations to the winners of the conference!
Winner of 3MT presentation:
Nikolay Alabi: Using AI to See More in Bladder Cancer
People's choice winners:
Lorena Zoltan: The evolution of high-grade serous ovarian cancer under the pressure of non- cytotoxic and cytotoxic treatment
Cathy Yan: Personalized oncogenomics at single-cell resolution
"Spooktacular" Virtual TOG Kick-Off Week: Tuesday Oct 27th - Thursday Oct 29th, 2020
You are invited to our virtual 2020 kick-off week - get excited for three afternoons full of 'omics learning and social opportunities! Keep an eye on your email inbox for details on how you can join by Zoom. We will send information via our mailing list (click "Contact Us" to sign up) and the BCCHR Research Education team.
Schedule:
Tuesday Oct 27th, 2:00 - 3:30 pm: Welcome, overview, and social
- Welcome and introduction to the Trainee Omics Group (Samantha Schaffner and Amanda Lorentzian, TOG co-chairs)
- Overview of statistics resources at BCCHR (Dr. Mike Irvine, Biostatistical Lead, Clinical Research Support Unit at BCCHR)
- Q & A period
- Virtual Jackbox games session & social!
Wednesday Oct 28th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm: "Spooky" seminar series
- Phillip Richmond (PhD Candidate, Wasserman Lab): "Expanding the utility of whole genome sequencing in the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders"
Thursday Oct 29th, 2:00 pm: "Monstrous" methylome-wide association workshop
- Part 1 of 3-part series on epigenome-wide association analysis (Will Casazza and Samantha Schaffner): "Working with data from GEO and differential methylation analysis in limma"
TOG Kick-Off #2 - Friday June 7th, 2019
Our second kick-off event was a smashing success! We welcomed trainees from across the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and other sites such as UBC campus for a day full of learning, food, and networking. Some inspiring keynote talks were given by Sara Mostafavi and Phillip Lange, plus our afternoon panel of 'omics experts. See a video recording of the day here in case you missed it!
