We are pleased to announce that Dr. Fran Supek will be the guest speaker of our upcoming virtual Sven Furberg Seminar in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics on Thursday February 17th at 14:30 through Zoom (see Zoom info below and at https://www.mn.uio.no/sbi/english/furberg-seminars/dr.-fran-supek.html).

There is the possibility to virtually meet Dr. Supek after his talk. Reach out to me at anthony.mathelier@ncmm.uio.no if you want to book a time with Dr. Supek.

Dr. Fran Supek, Group Leader at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain, will present his work on "Mutation clusters in cancer genomes: causes, consequences and opportunities."

Abstract
Tumor genome sequences present an opportunity to learn about mechanisms causing mutations, usually resulting from disturbances in DNA replication or repair -- a common occurrence in cancers.  Genomics also presents an opportunity of how these mutagenic mechanisms can be better exploited to selectively target cancer cells, improving treatment prospects.  I will describe our statistical methods for detecting somatic mutation clustering , and an application thereof to classify mutation signatures resulting from the APOBEC cytosine deaminases (Mas-Ponte & Supek, Nature Genetics 2020).  Moreover I will describe a combined experimental and genomic study to uncover the unique vulnerability of APOBEC-overexpressing lung cancer cells -- the HMCES DNA protective enzyme -- demonstrating a novel of synthetic lethal relationship (Biayna, ..., Supek* and Stracker*, PLOS Biology 2021).  Finally I will comment on our recent analyses that systematically examined various types of mutation signatures, including APOBEC and many others, as drug sensitivity markers in cancer cell line panels (Levatic, Salvadores, Fuster & Supek, 2021 biorxiv).

More information at https://www.mn.uio.no/sbi/english/furberg-seminars/dr.-fran-supek.html.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the seminar.

Best
Manuela & Anthony

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