The Bioinformatics Journal Club presents the movie Gattaca on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 4:35 p.m. in the Academic and Research Center (ARC) 321. The discussion leader is David Parisi.
“Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Hawke stars as Vincent, an ‘In-Valid’ who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent’s dreams steadily unravel,” according to the Sony Pictures website.
The Bioinformatics Journal Club provides a discussion forum for research articles from the premier journals and conferences in the field of computational biology. The forum is open to all members of the Ohio University community. Please email suggestions for discussion topics to welch@ohio.edu. Discussion questions and more at the Bioinformatics website.
Upcoming Events
Meetings are Tuesdays from 4:35 to 5:25 p.m. in ARC 321.
Nov. 19: What is a support vector machine?
Discussion leader: Al-Ouran Rami
“Support vector machines (SVMs) are becoming popular in a wide variety of biological applications. But, what exactly are SVMs and how do they work? And what are their most promising applications in the life sciences?” asks William S. Noble, author of article “What is a Support Vector Machine?” in Nature.
Dec. 3: Will Sequencing Your Genes Change The Way You Live — And Die?
Discussion leader: Ashwini Naik
View Richard Resnick’s TED Talk on “Will Sequencing Your Genes Change The Way You Live — And Die?” In this talk, Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (even insurance, and politics) upside down.
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