FAES Educational Webinar Series: What You Can Discover with Single-Cell Sequencing: A Field Guide to scRNA-seq Applications
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 12PM – 12:30PM ET
Speaker: Rajee Ganesan, Ph.D. Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University (BIOF 555, BIOF 556)
Single-cell RNA sequencing has revolutionized the study of genomics. Here, we
discuss just a few applications of scRNA-seq downstream analysis, ranging from identifying cell-type-specific gene expression to uncovering regulatory evolution across species. We'll show how to use the bioinformatics pipeline established in BIOF 555/BIOF 556 as the foundation for answering large-scale biological questions. Whether you're interested in disease, development, or evolution, learn how to turn single-cell datasets into meaningful biological insights!
Rajee Ganesan is a Biological Sciences Ph.D. candidate in the Pfenning lab at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Her thesis studies vocal learning at a computational level, specifically enhancer evolution and comparative genomics across mammalian and avian clades. Rajee received her Bachelor’s Degree from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. She has served as a teaching assistant and instructor for BIOF 555 and BIOF 556, the FAES course series on Single Cell Sequencing, for three years.
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