SBME Research Seminar: The RNA folding problem remains open – Dr. Rhiju Das
The discovery and design of biologically important RNA molecules has lagged behind proteins, in part due to the general difficulty of three-dimensional RNA structural characterization. What are the prospects for an ‘AlphaFold moment’ for RNA? I’ll describe some recent progress in modeling RNA structure from old-fashioned and new machine learning, cryoelectron microscopy, and current and upcoming internet-scale competitions hosted on the Eterna, Kaggle, and CASP platforms.
SBME Research Seminar: The RNA folding problem remains open – Dr. Rhiju Das
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SBME Seminar: Dr. Samira Rahimi
June 5 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
SBME Seminar: Dr. Samira Rahimi
Location:
Lecture Theatre B1009, Gordon B. Shrum Building – 6088 University Boulevard, Vancouver BC
Co-hosted by Centre for Aging SMART
Dr. Samira Rahimi’s Biography:
Dr. Samira A. Rahimi, B.Eng, PhD. is an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Family Medicine Department and Mila – Quebec AI Institute. She is a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in AI and Advanced Digital Primary Health Care, Co-Director of McGill’s Collaborative for AI and Society (McCAIS) and Research Co-Director of the General Practice Residency (GPR) program at the Jewish General Hospital.
Her interdisciplinary research focuses on developing and implementing advanced digital health technologies, including AI-enabled decision support tools, to enhance primary health care, particularly for vulnerable populations such as older adults and individuals with chronic diseases.
Dr. Rahimi’s research has been funded by organizations such as FRQS, NSERC, and CIHR. She has received numerous awards, including the 2022 New Investigator Primary Care Research Award from The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), recognizing her significant contributions to primary care research.