Merge pull request #137 from van-bug/feb-2026

Feb 2026

Author: emilyyzhangg

src/archive/2026/2026-02-19.md

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+# Sep - Anne Condon
+
+!!! info "Event Details"
+
+    **Date/Time:**
+
+    Thursday, February 19th, 2026 :material-clock: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
+
+    **Location:**
+
+    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion South ([899 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvM16Frig5VjA9e69)), 1891 Lecture Theatre
+
+/// html | div[class="bio"]
+
+![headshot](./images/anne-condon.jpg)
+
+/// html | div
+
+**Featured Speaker**: Dr. Anne Condon
+
+**Talk Title:**  Some how’s and why’s of computing with DNA molecules
+
+<!---![type:video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/JcN11lVhwos)-->
+
+**Affiliation:**
+
+Professor, Computer Science, The University of British Columbia
+
+///
+
+///
+
+**Bio:**
+
+Anne Condon is a Professor in Computer Science at UBC, where she has served as Department Head and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Science. Trained as a computer science theoretician, her current research interests are in biomolecular computation and computational prediction of RNA and DNA reaction kinetics.
+
+Anne received her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from University College Cork, Ireland (1982), and her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Washington (1987).
+
+She is an ACM Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and recipient of the Computing Research Association's Habermann Award for her work on increasing the numbers and successes of women in computing research.
+
+**Abstract:**
+
+Principles of computing transcend silicon-based technologies. DNA and other biomolecules compactly store information, and nature has provided an incredible toolbox for processing this information in a test tube or a cell. How might we “compute” with biomolecules in innovative, robust, and efficient ways not found in nature? What might such
+computations be useful for? Computational models of bio-computation at different levels of abstraction are helpful in tackling these questions and in guiding wet-lab DNA computations.
+
+In this overview talk we’ll describe such models, ranging from chemical reaction networks as a high-level programming language, to stochastic models of DNA kinetics that aim to predict how DNA strands fold, interact, and “compute” in a test tube. 
+
+We’ll also touch on what makes the highly interdisciplinary field of bio-molecular computation intellectually stimulating and very fun to work in, despite, or perhaps because of, the lack of clear answers yet to the second question above.
+
+---
+
+/// html | div[class="bio"]
+
+![headshot](./images/maxwell-douglas.png)
+
+/// html | div
+
+**Trainee Speaker:** Maxwell Douglas
+
+**Affiliation:** Ph.D. student in Bioinformatics, Park Lab, UBC & BC Cancer Research Centre
+
+**Talk Title**: Hunting for mediation in expression quantitative trait loci: a case-study using ovarian cancer
+
+///
+
+///

src/archive/2026/images/anne-condon.jpg

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 ## VanBUG Monthly Event
 
 {%
-   include-markdown "./archive/2025/2025-09-18.md"
-   start="# Sep - Ewan Gibb"
+   include-markdown "./archive/2026/2026-02-19.md"
+   start="# Feb - Anne Condon"
 %}

src/archive/2026/images/maxwell-douglas.png

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     :material-clock: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
-    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre ([2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bvXxcRMzUaC2cQkG7)), 1020 Lecture Theatre
+    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion South ([899 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvM16Frig5VjA9e69)), 1891 Lecture Theatre
 
-    Featured Speaker: TBA
+    Featured Speaker: Iman Hajirasouliha
 
-    Trainee Speaker: TBA
+    Trainee Speaker: Mahdi Asmae
 
 - ### Feb 19th, 2026, Thursday
 
     :material-clock: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
-    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre ([2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bvXxcRMzUaC2cQkG7)), 1020 Lecture Theatre
+    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion South ([899 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvM16Frig5VjA9e69)), 1891 Lecture Theatre
 
-    Featured Speaker: TBA
+    Featured Speaker: Anne Condon
 
-    Trainee Speaker: TBA
+    Trainee Speaker: Maxwell Douglas
 
 - ### Mar 19th, 2026, Thursday
 
     :material-clock: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
-    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre ([2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bvXxcRMzUaC2cQkG7)), 1020 Lecture Theatre
+    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion North ([899 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvM16Frig5VjA9e69)), 141 TF
 
-    Featured Speaker: TBA
+    Featured Speaker: Emilia Lim
 
-    Trainee Speaker: TBA
+    Trainee Speaker: Asli Munzur
 
 - ### Apr 30th, 2026, Thursday
 
     :material-clock: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
 
-    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre ([2775 Laurel St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bvXxcRMzUaC2cQkG7)), 1020 Lecture Theatre
+    :material-map-marker: **Location:** Vancouver General Hospital, Jimmy Pattison Pavilion North ([899 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pvM16Frig5VjA9e69)), 141 TF
 
-    Featured Speaker: TBA
+    Featured Speaker: Dave Clark
 
-    Trainee Speaker: TBA
+    Trainee Speaker: Nairuz Elazzabi
 
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