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Air date:	Friday, March 13, 2015, 8:30:00 AM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 1,256 (565 Live, 691 On-demand)
Category:	Conferences
Runtime:	02:39:25
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Description:	The National Institutes of Health will celebrate Pi Day 2015 with a series of events on Pi Day Eve (March 13, 2015) to promote data science, which combines statistics, computer science, and the biological sciences. The inaugural NIH Data Science Lecture at this year's Pi Day will feature Dr. Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, speaking about the quantitative sciences in biomedicine. Dr. Lander is the founding director and serves as a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. One of the principal architects of the Human Genome Project, he and his colleagues have a long-standing interest in applying genomics to understand the molecular basis of human physiology and disease. Dr. Lander also serves as co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which advises President Obama on issues that are scientific and technical in nature. For more information go to http://nihpiday.nih.gov

NLM Title:	NIH Pi Day 2015.
Author:	Lander, Eric S. NIH Pi Day (Conference) National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): The National Institutes of Health will celebrate Pi Day 2015 with a series of events on Pi Day Eve (March 13, 2015) to promote data science, which combines statistics, computer science, and the biological sciences. The inaugural NIH Data Science Lecture at this year's Pi Day will feature Dr. Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, speaking about the quantitative sciences in biomedicine. Dr. Lander is the founding director and serves as a core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. One of the principal architects of the Human Genome Project, he and his colleagues have a long-standing interest in applying genomics to understand the molecular basis of human physiology and disease. Dr. Lander also serves as co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which advises President Obama on issues that are scientific and technical in nature.
Subjects:	Anniversaries and Special Events Biomedical Research Computational Biology
Publication Types:	Congress Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	QU 26.5
NLM ID:	101655818
CIT Live ID:	15906
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=15906

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