2014-15: Bioinformatics: Opening Workshop: September 8-12, 2014
Workshop Information
September 8, 2014 - 8:30am - September 12, 2014 - 1:00pm
Registration for this workshop is currently closed.
The workshop was held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, a short walk from SAMSI.
The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the topics of the program and to identify research themes that will be developed in working groups over the length of the program.
For further information please send an email to [email protected]
Schedule
Participant List
Speakers Titles Abstracts
Poster Titles
Monday, September 8, 2014
Hamner Conference Center at the NC Biotechnology Center
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:00-8:45 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:45-9:00 | Introduction and Welcome Richard Smith, SAMSI |
| General Overview Lectures Chair: Katerina Kechris, University of Colorado-Denver |
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| 9:00-10:15 | Rebecca Doerge, Purdue University Wanted: Large Complex `Omic Data Seeking Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-12:15 | Susan Holmes, Stanford University High Dimensional Data Integration |
| 12:15-1:45 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| 1:45-3:00 | Mark Gerstein, Yale University Human Genome Analysis |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:45 | Terry Speed, UC-Berkeley, and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (Australia) Statistical and Mathematical Bioinformatics: Past, Present and Future (one person’s view) |
| 4:45-5:00 | Discussion |
| 5:00-7:00 | Poster Session and Reception SAMSI will provide poster presentation boards and tape. The board dimensions are 4 ft. wide by 3 ft. high. They are tri-fold with each side being 1 ft. wide and the center 2 ft. wide. Please make sure your poster fits the board. The boards can accommodate up to 16 pages of paper measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches. NOTE: posters will stay up through Thursday late morning. |
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Hamner Conference Center at the NC Biotechnology Center
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Announcements |
| Evolutionary Bioinformatics Chair: Jeff Thorne, North Carolina State University |
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| 9:00-9:45 | Ziheng Yang, University College London Multispecies Coalescent and its use in Population Genetic Inference from Genomic Data |
| 9:45-10:30 | Laura Kubatko, Ohio State University Species-Level Phylogenetic Inference using Large-Scale Sequence Data |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | David Pollock, University of Colorado-Denver Epistasis, Convergence, and the Evolutionary Stokes Shift |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| Epigenetics Chair: Shili Lin , Ohio State University |
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| 1:15-2:00 | Kim Siegmund, University of Southern California Statistical Analysis of Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadArrays |
| 2:00-2:45 | Kasper Hansen, Johns Hopkins University Statistical Analysis of Epigenomewide Data |
| 2:45-3:30 | Jun Liu, Harvard University Bayesian Inference of Three-Dimensional Chromosomal Organization from Hi-C Data |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion |
| 3:45-4:15 | Break |
| 4:15-5:15 | Panel: "Role of the Mathematical Sciences in Bioinformatics Education" Moderator: Karin Dorman, Iowa State University Claudia Neuhauser, University of Minnesota Susmita Datta, University of Louisville Curtis Huttenhower, Harvard University |
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Hamner Conference Center at the NC Biotechnology Center
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:50-9:00 a.m. | Announcements |
| Metagenomics Chair: Alex Aleseyenko, New York University |
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| 9:00-9:45 | Greg Buck, Virginia Commonwealth University Changing Paradigms of the Vaginal Microbiome in Health, Disease and Pregnancy |
| 9:45-10:30 | Curtis Huttenhower, Harvard University Identifying Personal Microbiomes Using Metagenomic Codes |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-11:45 | Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania Microbiome, Metagenomics and High Dimensional Composiitonal Data Analysis |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| High-dimensional Data Integration Chair: Dan Nettleton, Iowa State University |
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| 1:15-2:00 | Susmita Datta, University of Louisville An Integrative Exploratory Analysis of –Omics Data from the ICGC Lung Cancer Data |
| 2:00-2:45 | Marina Vannucci, Rice University Bayesian Models for Integrative Genomics |
| 2:45-3:30 | Veera Baladandayuthapani, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Bayesian Models for “Integromics” |
| 3:30-3:45 | Discussion |
| 3:45-4:15 | Break |
| 4:15-5:15 | Panel: "Practices for Reproducible Research in Bioinformatics" Moderator: Susan Holmes, Stanford University Keith Baggerly, Univ of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Vincent Carey, Harvard University Elizabeth Purdom, University of California-Berkeley |
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Hamner Conference Center at the NC Biotechnology Center
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 8:50-9:00 a.m. | Announcements |
| High-dimensional Data Integration (continued) Chair: David Dunson, Duke University |
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| 9:00-9:45 | Jean Yang, University of Sydney Joint Ranking of Micro-Rnas and Pathways from Matched Mirna and Mrna Data |
| 9:45-10:30 | Debashis Ghosh, Universtity of Colorado Public Health Kernel Machine Methods for Genomics Studies |
| 10:30-10:45 | Discussion |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Short Overview of Working Groups - working group leaders |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| 1:30-5:00 | Working Group Formation and Initial Meetings |
Friday, September 12, 2014
Hamner Conference Center at the NC Biotechnology Center
15 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
| 9:00-12:00 | Working Group Meetings |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch (Galleria) |
| 1:00 | Adjourn |