{"id":16734,"date":"2026-03-02T09:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=16734"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:52:56","slug":"friday-gmb-bcb-seminar-series-jichun-xie","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/event\/friday-gmb-bcb-seminar-series-jichun-xie\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday \u2013 GMB\/BCB Seminar Series: Jichun Xie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>GMB\/BCB Friday Seminar Series<\/h4>\n<p>The GMB\/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jichun Xie, Associate Professor of\u00a0Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Computer Science,\u00a0Member of the Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Dr. Xie\u2019s talk title is <em>\u201cA transcriptomics-native foundation model for universal cell representation and virtual cell synthesis\u201d<\/em>. 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