2015 Bioinfosummit

 


2015 UT-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit Program

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015

Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Ramin Homayouni, Ph.D.
University of Memphis

WORKSHOP:

 

Using R/qtl MQM to improve QTL mapping in inbred crosses

Danny Arends, Ph.D.
Humboldt University in Berlin

QTL mapping in inbred strains

Danny Arends, Ph.D.
Humboldt University in Berlin

Welcome and Opening Remarks

SESSION I: Where are they now?

Bioinformatics summit retrospective

Dan Goldowitz, Ph.D. 
Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia

From Junior faculty to Center Director and Entrepreneur

Ramin Homayouni, Ph.D.
University of Memphis

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2015

SESSION II: Medical Informatics

Harnessing routine clinical care to accelerate genomic discovery

Josh Denny

 

Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition and Genetics - a study sharing more than data

Hauke Bartsch
University of California, San Diego

Designing Sensor-triggered Just-in-Time Mobile Health Interventions – Challenges and Opportunities

Santosh Kumar
Department of Computer Science at the University of Memphis

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2015

SESSION III: Epigenetics

Leveraging genetic variation in the social partners to study effects of the social environment on phenotypes of biomedical relevance

Amelie Baud, Ph.D.
European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK

Discussion

 

Epigenetic Variation in Human Health and Disease

Michael S. Kobor 
Department of Medical Genetics at UBC

Leveraging epigenome-wide data for human studies of complex traits

Alicia Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University