[Physics-grads-open] Physics & Astronomy Student Seminar (PASS) tomorrow, July 13th at 4 pm, Phys 3027

[Yongda Zhu]

Happening in 35 minutes!

Best regards,
Yongda

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:14 PM Yongda Zhu <yongda.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Liz (4th year PhD student in John Barton's group) will give a talk
> on SARS-Cov-2 sequence data this Wednesday. Please come and ask questions
> if you're interested!
>
> *Title: Back projection methods for the refinement of SARS-Cov-2 sequence
> data*
>
> Liz Finney (University of California, Riverside)
>
> *Abstract:* As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to evolve, viral sequencing
> data has extensively been used to identify novel genome mutations. Reliable
> genomic surveillance data is needed in order to investigate viral variants,
> but important epidemiological features are either absent from the data, or
> inherently un-observable.
> In this talk I will explain how we apply a deconvolution method from
> epidemiology, known as back-projection, to these missing data problems that
> arise in our SARS-Cov-2 selection model. This approach can improve the
> quality of data in regions where sampling is rare or infrequent, and aid in
> the detection of Covid-19 variants of concern.
>
> *Date and time:* July 13th at 4 pm, Phys 3027
>
> Please check our program here: [Program
> <https://jibancat.github.io/ucr-student-seminars/program/index.html>].
> To submit abstracts: [Abstract Submission
> <https://jibancat.github.io/ucr-student-seminars/registration/index.html>
> ].
>
> Thanks,
> Yongda
>
> --
> Yongda Zhu, PhD candidate
> Physics and Astronomy
> University of California, Riverside
> https://ydzhuastro.github.io
>
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