The recent paper is Thornburg et al. "Bringing the genetically minimal cell to life on a computer in 4D" published in Cell (lnkd.in/gANEcwP2). It is a complex paper that uses a huge variety of computational methods for the simulation. Take a look and come with questions and ideas
The topic has been a hot topic recently with some excitement about attempts to simulate all the different processes going on in a minimal bacterial cell. We thought it'd be fun to get together and discuss the idea, and try to make sense of the recent work.
April event will be a journal club focussed on whole cell simulations.
When: Thursday April 16th from 3pm.
Where: Rooms 422/423 in Computing Science (Sir Alwyn Williams Building).
Reminder: our February meeting on Bioinformatics Tools with speakers Yiyi Cheng and Elcid Aaron Pangilinan is happening tomorrow!
Date: 27th February, 3-4pm
Location: Room 331b, Maths and Stats (Note: this isn't the usual lecture theatre)
Talk 2: Deciphering complex biological systems using AI - from generative models to language models
Dr Cen Wan (Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London)
Talk 1: Multi-agent AI enables evidence-based cell annotation in single-cell transcriptomics
Dr Parashar Dhapola, Co-founder and CEO of Nygen Analytics, Lund, Sweden.
www.nygen.io
Start 2026 with deep learning and agentic AI analysis of single-cell RNAseq data.
Date and Time: Friday 30th January 2026 at 3.30pm.
Place: School of Computing Science, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Room 423/424.
Don't forget to come along today!
Fiona Achcar: Using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to study malaria parasite differentiation
Frances Blow: scRNA-seq of Schistosoma mansoni parasites during intra-mammalian development
Catarina De Almeida Marques: scRNA-seq analysis of Leishmania major parasites
Our October event is: Parasitology!
Date: 23rd October, 3-5pm
Location: Rooms: 422/423, Sir Alwyn Williams Building (School of Computing Science)
That’s a wrap! Thank you to all speakers, poster presenters and attendees for making #CompBioGlasgow a success.
We hope the posts have sparked your interest in future CompBio events and that we'll see you in October for our next event!
Massive congratulations to the winners of our awards:
Nina Fajs - Best Presentation
Benjamin Livesey and Javier Sanz-Cruzado Puig - Best Poster
They combined exciting research with engaging communication and visual design for high impact, insightful work.
This afternoon, we welcomed Dr. Katherine R Duncan from Newcastle University for our final keynote on exploring marine microbial biodiscovery. We thank her for her insights and for sparking some interesting discussions! #CompBioGlasgow
Our Software Engineering Panel explored pertinent questions for modern research and teaching. Is research code overvalued? How much coding do biologists really need to know given ChatGPT?
To find the answer, come to #CompBioGlasgow and discuss with the UK's brightest minds.
Day 2 begins with a keynote from Prof. Ram DasGupta. Excited to dive into single-cell analysis to understand immunotherapy response.
An exciting start to day 2 of #CompBioGlasgow conference 2025.
Poster session is underway! Brilliant work from our community. Stop by, ask questions #CompBioGlasgow
Featured:
Rubayet Alam - Antigenic evolution of viruses.
Javier Sanz-Cruzado Puig - Accelerating cross-encoders for biomedical linking.
Nina Fajs - Genetics link between vitamin D and suicidality.
A selection of the excellent talks today, demonstrating the breadth of knowledge shared at #CompBioGlasgow
Zita Borbala F. - Improving brain cancer treatment with electric fields.
Dr Thomas A. Wright - bioinformatics for rectal cancer.
Britt van Abeelen - Proliterative tRNA clustering.
CompBio Conference 2025 Networking Session:
Computational biology & bioinformatics can feel isolating as many labs have just one computational person.
Our Networking Session today is all about breaking those silos and building connections across groups. #CompBioGlasgow
Follow for more updates.
We’re kicking off with our first keynote: Dr. Ava Khamseh sharing insights on high-order expression dependencies in single-cell data. A fantastic start to #CompBioGlasgow!
Welcome to Day 1 of the Computational Biology Conference here in the ARC at the University of Glasgow! Registration is open. Grab your name tag, meet new faces, and get ready for an exciting day ahead. #CompBioGlasgow
The program of talks for the CompBio conference next week, in the ARC.
Thank you to all the contributors. We are excited to hear what they have to say.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Last week we hosted the 2nd CompBio Hackathon! Participants picked one of 4 projects before implementing solutions across 3 days. It was great to see those interdisciplinary collaborations! Thanks to the Centre for Data Science and AI, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and MVLS NERD for providing the funding.
There's still time to sign up for our Writing Retreat this week!
22/05, 9:00-13:00
ARC 237AB
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/wos25compbio
More info: glasgow-compbio.github.io/events/20250...
#writing #wos25 #apr #compbio
Also this month...
Need to write that paper or tricky Thesis chapter?
Join our inaugural Writing Retreat as part of Write of Spring 2025 - a supportive space to focus & network with fellow computational biologists (with cake!)
22/05, 9:00-13:00
ARC 237AB
tinyurl.com/wos25compbio
#writing #wos25
Tengyu Zhang: Exploring the spatial patterns in malignant epithelial for pancreatic cancer
#spatial #compbio #cruk
(2/2)
May event:
07/05/25, 15:00
CRUK Scotland Institute
Florent Petitprez: Spatial transcriptomics to interrogate intra- and inter-tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma
Lucas Zeiger: Spatial transcriptomics to investigate cell states and therapy resistance in colorectal cancer
(1/2)
Dr Hannah Lepper Metagenomics to analyse antibiotic resistance patterns in community and hospital wastewater in Scotland
(2/2)
March event!
31/4/25 at 15:00
Maths & Stats, Lecture Theatre: 116
Dr Umer Ijaz Understanding microbial communities through in situ omics data synthesis
Dr Andrew Free, Meta-omics and Modelling in Studies of Microbial Bioaugmentation
(1/2)
Excited to confirm the details of our March event. We are chatting metagenomics with Umer Ijaz @uofgengineering.bsky.social Andrew Free @edinburghuni.bsky.social and Hannah Lepper. 31st of March Maths&Stats Lecture Theatre