Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012

Agenda at a Glance

All meetings are being held at the Michigan League Building, University of Michigan
http://uunions.umich.edu/league/maps/floorplans/


Updated May 08, 2012
(Schedule and locations are subject to change. Please check back for updates.)
go directly to: [Wednesday - May 16] [Thursday - May 17]

MONDAY - May, 14 2012
4:00pm - 6:00pm Registration (Concourse Room)
4:00pm - 6:00pm Group Hike
Nichols Arboretum
www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/see/nicholsarboretum.asp

Nichols Arboretum "the Arb" is a 123 acre living museum set in the hills adjacent to the UM main campus. Originally designed by OC Simonds in 1906. Long views are framed by the Huron River Valley and unique plants. The Total hiking trail distance is just over 2 miles, with numerous points of interest and historical areas as well as viewing points of the surrounding areas. We will follow self-guided tours in small groups depending on the number of people who join us.

We will meet at the GLBIO Registration Area in the Michigan League (2nd floor, Concourse), at 4 pm and travel as a group to the hike start.  

If you wish, you can meet us directly at the Nichols Arboretum, Washington Heights entrance (1610 Washington Heights; www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/files/ArbGuide.pdf).  We will be arriving there around 4:15pm - 4:20pm. 

TUESDAY - May 15, 2012
  Mendelssohn Theatre  Vandenberg Room Hussey Room
8:00am - 5:00pm Registration
9:00am - 11:00am Tutorial 1
High Performance Computing in Massive Omics Data
Ma, Ping
Univ. of Illinois
Tutorial 2
RNA-Seq Approach to Study Gene Expression
Wijeratne, Asela
Ohio State Univ.
Tutorial 3
Using New Tools for Predicting 3D Structural Motifs in Non coding RNAs
Leontis, Neocles
Bowling Green
State Univ.
11:00am - 11:10am Break
11:10am  - 11:30am Industry Track 1
Bioteam

(Mendelssohn Theatre)
11:30am - 12:45pm Lunch Break (lunch on own)
12:45pm - 2:45pm Tutorial 4
An Informatics Platform for Processing Cancer Jin, Victor
Ohio State Univ.
Tutorial 5
Accessing Free, Large-scale Computation and Data Resources for Bioinformatics through the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
Blood, Philip
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Tutorial 6
Structural Variation Detection Using Next-generation Sequencing
Hayes, Matthew Case Western Reserve Univ.
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 5:00pm Tutorial 7
Practical Biological Network Visualization and Analysis
Jurisica, Igor
Univ. of Toronto
Tutorial 8
Knowledge-based Interpretation of High throughput Data
Farfan, Fernando
Univ. of Michigan
Tutorial 9
RNA 3D Structural Motifs: Definition, Analysis, and Prediction
Laing, Christian Wilkes Univ.
5:00pm - 5:20pm Industry Track 2
Cambridge Computer

(Mendelssohn Theatre)
5:30pm - 7:30pm Poster Session A and Reception (Ballroom)
Poster Session List by Presenter Last Name
Poster Session List By Number

WEDNESDAY - May 16, 2012
  Mendelssohn Theatre Hussey Room
8:00am - 5:00pm Registration (Concourse Room)
9:00am - 10:00am Keynote 1
Learning Population Histories from Genome
Variation Data


Russell Schwartz, Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
and Lane Center for Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
10:00am - 10:10am Break
10:10am - 10:30am Industry Track 3
Compendia Bioscience

10:30am - 12:00pm WA1 Oral Presentations
Gene Regulations and Transcriptiomics 

OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4,
OP5, OP6
WA2 Oral Presentations
Protein Structure & Function, Databases and Ontologies
OP7, OP8, OP9, OP10, OP11, OP12

12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break (lunch on own)
1:30pm - 2:30pm Keynote 2
Pathogen Diversity from an Ecological Perspective

Mercedes Pascual, Professor

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Affiliate of the Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
2:30pm - 4:00pm WP1 Oral Presentations
Evolution & Comp. Genomics, Population Genomics
OP13, OP14, OP15, OP16, OP17, OP18

WP2
Oral Presentations
Protein Interaction and Molecular Networks, Metagenomics
OP19, OP20, OP21, OP22, OP23, OP24

4:00pm - 4:15pm Break
4:15pm - 5:15pm S1 - Special Session
Proteins in Motion: Computational Studies in Protein Flexibility and Dynamics
S2 - Special Session
Computational Proteomics: Understanding Network Perturbations in Cancer
5:15pm - 7:15pm Poster Session B and Reception
Poster Session List by Last Name
Poster Session List By Number
7:30pm - 10:00pm 7:30pm - 8:30pm
UMICH Museum Art Viewing
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8:30pm to 10:00pm
Dinner and Keynote 3 
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Designing Bioinformatics for the Wetware.  Usability Challenges with Massive Amounts of Data.

Howard Cash, President
Gene Codes Corporation
Gene Codes Forensics, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI - USA

THURSDAY - May 17, 2012
  Mendelssohn Theatre Hussey Room
8:00am - 12:00pm Registration (Concourse Room)
9:00am - 10:00am
S3 - Special Session
Creating Teams for Bioinformatics
Ohio Bioinformatics Consortium Meeting
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 12:00pm RA1 Oral Presentations - Sequence Analysis
OP25, OP26, OP27, OP28, OP29, OP30, OP31

RA2 Oral Presentations
Algorithm & Machine Learning, Bioimaging, Disease Models & Epidemiology
OP32, OP33, OP34,
OP35, OP36, OP37, OP38
12:00pm-1:00pm Keynote 4
Mutation, Drift, and the Evolution of Subcellular Features

Michael Lynch, Professor

Department of Biology
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN - USA
1:00pm - 1:15pm Adjourn

go directly to: [TOP] [Wednesday - May 16] [Thursday - May 17]

Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012

Full Agenda

All meetings are being held at the Michigan League Building, University of Michigan
http://uunions.umich.edu/league/maps/floorplans/

Updated May 10, 2012
(Schedule and locations are subject to change. Please check back for updates.)
go directly to: [Wednesday - May 16] [Thursday - May 17]
 

--> MONDAY - May 14, 2012

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Registration (Concourse Room)

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Group Hike
Nichols Arboretum
www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/see/nicholsarboretum.asp

Nichols Arboretum "the Arb" is a 123 acre living museum set in the hills adjacent to the UM main campus. Originally designed by OC Simonds in 1906. Long views are framed by the Huron River Valley and unique plants. The Total hiking trail distance is just over 2 miles, with numerous points of interest and historical areas as well as viewing points of the surrounding areas. We will follow self-guided tours in small groups depending on the number of people who join us.

We will meet at the GLBIO Registration Area in the Michigan League (2nd floor, Concourse), at 4 pm and travel as a group to the hike start.  

If you wish, you can meet us directly at the Nichols Arboretum, Washington Heights entrance (1610 Washington Heights; www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/files/ArbGuide.pdf).  We will be arriving there around 4:15pm - 4:20pm. 

 

--> TUESDAY - May 15, 2012

8:00am - 5:00pm  
Registration (Concourse Room)
9:00am - 11:00am
Mendelssohn Theatre
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Tutorial 1
High Performance Computing in Massive Omics Data

Ping Ma, Ph.D., Department of Statistics, University of Illinois

ABSTRACT: New discoveries in genomics and proteomics are profoundly changing our view of biological sciences. Notwithstanding these exciting developments, we are at an important crossroads in this area of endeavor. While analytical technologies are evolving at unprecedented speed, the biologists engaged in this enterprise are facing major computational and analytical challenges in analyzing the massive omics data. It calls for new computing strategies for genomics and proteomics to conduct large-scale analyses of complex biological systems, and to transform the massive data into reliable information for the extraction of new knowledge. Harnessing these methods for genomics and proteomics will certainly result in new computing technologies and algorithms for data analysis.
9:00am - 11:00am
Vandenberg Room
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Tutorial 2
RNA-Seq Approach to Study Gene Expression Profiles in Non-Model Organisms

Asela Wijeratne, Ph.D., Saranga Wijeratne, & Tea Meulia, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center (MCIC), Ohio State University/OARDC

ABSTRACT: Transcriptome analyses provide fundamental insights into biological processes. High-throughput sequencing coupled with the development of bioinformatics tools allow transcriptome analyses in non-model organisms for which reference genome sequence and annotations are limited. We will demonstrate the use of a custom transcripome analysis pipeline, and discuss challenges for data analysis.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory to Intermediate

REQUIREMENTS: Attendees should have basic knowledge on high-throughput sequencing data technologies, familiarity with Illumina sequencing platform, knowledge of basic bioinformatics tools (Blast) and some familiarity with the GALAXY platform. As there will be hands on demonstration, participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop to the session.
9:00am - 11:00am
Hussey Room
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Tutorial 3
Using New Tools for Predicting 3D Structural Motifs in Non-coding RNAs

Neocles B. Leontis, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Craig Zirbel, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University

ABSTRACT: This session covers prediction of RNA 3D structure from sequence. Participants will learn about new resources which organize RNA 3D structures and known RNA motifs. Participants will get RNA sequences, fold them using standard programs, and use a new tool called JAR3D to predict the 3D structures of the internal and hairpin loops.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory/Advanced

REQUIREMENTS: The intended audience is molecular and systems biologists interested in non-coding RNAs, RNA 3D structure, and RNA function. Participants should bring their own laptops and an interest in RNA structure and function. After an initial overview of RNA 3D structure, the workshop will provide hands-on instruction in the navigation of the author’s website and use of their software.
11:00am - 11:10am  Break
11:10am  - 11:30am
Mendelssohn Theatre
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Industry Track 1
Bioteam
11:30am - 12:45pm  Lunch Break (lunch on own)
12:45pm - 2:45pm
Mendelssohn Theatre 
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Tutorial 4
An Informatics Platform for Processing Cancer ‘Omics Data


Victor Jin, Ph.D. & Xun Lan, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University

ABSTRACT: The tutorial will demonstrate five specific tools:
1) W-ChIPeaks: A web application for processing ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq data;
2) BALM: A bi-asymmetric-Laplace model for analyzing MBD-seq;
3) HiCPeaks: a latent Poisson model for identifying interacting loci from Hi-C data;
4) W-ChIPMotifs: a web application tool for de novo motif discovery.
5) PORT: a portable ‘omics regulatory toolkit using HRTBLDb as an example.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Intermediate

REQUIREMENTS: The tutorial is suitable for cancer biologists who apply different high throughput technologies to study cancers, attendees with a biology background who are interested in computation,
12:45pm - 2:45pm
Vandenberg Room
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Tutorial 5
Accessing Free, Large-scale Computation and Data Resources for Bioinformatics Through the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)
 
Philip Blood, Ph.D., & Alexander J. Ropelewski, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University

ABSTRACT: In certain bioinformatics applications (e.g. next generation sequencing) the cost and availability of computational and data storage resources presents a bottleneck that limits scientific progress. This tutorial will demonstrate how investigators can use NSF’s diverse, cutting-edge resources for open scientific research, integrated within XSEDE, to alleviate this bottleneck.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory to Intermediate

REQUIREMENTS: Some familiarity with the UNIX command line will be helpful, but not necessary, for this tutorial. It will not be possible to provide attendees with access to XSEDE resources during the tutorial due to time constraints, but researchers who already have access to these resources are welcome to follow along with the demonstrations.
12:45pm - 2:45pm
Hussey Room
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Tutorial 6
Structural Variation Detection using Next-Generation Sequencing

Matthew Hayes, Ph.D. student & Jing Li, Ph.D., Computational Biology Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University

ABSTRACT: The tutorial will provide a survey of structural variation (SV) detection methods. It will cover common techniques for finding variants, including depth of coverage (DOC) methods, paired-end methods, and single-read methods. We will demonstrate how sequence read alignments are visualized, and we will demonstrate the use of a few SV detection programs to find structural variants in a cancer dataset.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory

REQUIREMENTS: Basic knowledge of next-generation sequencing platforms is assumed (particularly the Illumina platform). We also assume that the participants have a basic foundation in molecular biology and nucleic acids.
2:45pm - 3:00pm   Break
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Mendelssohn Theatre 
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Tutorial 7
Practical Biological Network Visualization and Analysis

Igor Jurisica, Ph.D., Ontario Cancer Institute and University of Toronto

ABSTRACT: There are many visualization software packages, such as Cytoscape, VisANT, NAViGaTOR, Pajek, Osprey, Ondex, PathwayLab, Interviewer3, Geomi, Forg3d to name a few. Individual systems differ greatly in terms of features and standards they support, and consequently diverse analyses they enable. Considering complexity and diversity of data and tasks, there is no single best layout, no single best file format or visualization tool: one size does not fit all. One way to cope with these dynamics is to support multiple scenarios and workflows. Interactive data visualization and data mining proofs a useful approach.

Exploratory data analysis through network visualization remains a challenge. Overlapping nodes and edges make the interpretation of large networks difficult, so much so that these are sometimes referred to as “hairballs”. However, integrated network analysis and visualization is emerging as a fruitful approach to revealing patterns in data. Such an approach may lead to improved understanding of complex systems. Due to many different types of users and tasks, "one size does not fit all," and a useful tool needs to be: 1) flexible in satisfying diverse user needs through various workflows, 2) intuitive to allow for different displays with a mix of automated and manual improvements, and 3) scalable in terms of memory and speed, which is especially important for large graphs.

Our goal is to emphasize importance these aspects and directly involve tool developers and biologists in a dialogue during Q&A sessions to focus future development in the most useful direction and to increase awareness of helpful features. Prior to the tutorial, we will provide example datasets online, which will enable participants to experiment with specific workflows discussed.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory/Intermediate.

REQUIREMENTS: Only rudimentary biology knowledge will be required. The tutorial will include practical examples and participants are encouraged to bring their laptops, ideally with Internet connection so that online searches and datasets can be used. Prior to the tutorial, all related datasets and workflow examples will be provided on a web server.
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Vandenberg Room
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Tutorial 8
Knowledge-Based Interpretation of High Throughput Data

H.V. Jagadish, Ph.D., & Fernando Farf an, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

ABSTRACT: In this tutorial we will showcase the use of novel approaches that exploit the rich information encapsulated in biological pathway graphs. We show how a thorough and rigorous analysis of biological pathways, using complex factors, can provide more meaningful hypotheses to describe the biological phenomena captured by high throughput experiments.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Hussey Room
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Tutorial 9
RNA 3D Structural Motifs: Definition, Analysis, and Prediction

Christian Laing, Ph.D., Department of Biology and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wilkes University & Jason Wang, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

ABSTRACT: RNA 3D structure is highly modular, composed of several repetitive patterns called 3D motifs. Determining 3D motifs is an important step in the RNA folding problem. In this tutorial we introduce the concept of RNA 3D motifs, provide examples, and describe the recent advances on 3D motif prediction and analysis.

TUTORIAL LEVEL: Introductory

REQUIREMENTS: Suitable for an audience with interests in RNA structure prediction and analysis. An introductory knowledge of statistics and data mining is desired but not required.
5:00pm - 5:20pm
Mendelssohn Theatre
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Industry Track 2
Cambridge Computer
>> Click here for abstract

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Poster Session A and Reception (Ballroom)

Poster Session list by Last Name
Poster Session list by Number

 

--> WEDNESDAY - May 16, 2012

8:00am - 5:00pm
Registration (Concourse Room)
9:00am - 10:00am
Keynote 1
...................................
Learning Population Histories from Genome Variation Data

Russell Schwartz, Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
and Lane Center for Computational Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
10:00am - 10:10am  Break
10:10am - 10:30am
Mendelssohn Theatre
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Industry Track 3
Compendia Bioscience
10:30am - 12:00pm
Mendelssohn Theatre 
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WA1 Oral Presentations
Gene Regulations and Transcriptiomics

Session Chair:  Shin-Han Shiu, Michigan State University

OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4, OP5, OP6
10:30am - 12:00pm
Hussey Room
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WA2 Oral Presentations
Protein Structure & Function, Databases and Ontologies

Session Chair:  Laura Brown, Michigan Technological University

OP7, OP8, OP9, OP10, OP11, OP12
12:00pm - 1:30pm  Lunch Break (lunch on own)
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Keynote 2
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Pathogen Diversity from an Ecological Perspective

Mercedes Pascual, Professor

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Affiliate of the Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Mendelssohn Theatre
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WP1 Oral Presentations
Evolution & Comp. Genomics, Population Genomics

Session Chair:  Helen Piontkivska, Kent State University

OP13, OP14, OP15, OP16, OP17, OP18
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Hussey Room
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WP2 Oral Presentations
Protein Interaction and Molecular Networks, Metagenomics

Session Chair:  Madhavi Ganapathiraju, University of Pittsburgh

OP19, OP20, OP21, OP21, OP23, OP24
4:00pm - 4:15pm  Break
4:15pm - 5:15pm
Mendelssohn Theatre
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S1 - Special Session
Proteins in Motion:
Computational Studies in Protein Flexibility and Dynamics
 
The knowledge of the dynamics and flexibility of protein structure is critical for understanding how proteins perform their functions. In recent years computational modeling of protein flexibility and dynamics has emerged and gained momentum. This modeling finds applications in various important areas, including modeling and prediction of protein disorder, protein-drug interactions, investigations of structure-function relationships, and modeling of folding and unfolding of proteins. These timely topics will be addressed in our special session.
 
Organized by Daisuke Kihara & Lukasz Kurgan

DESCRIPTION: The session addresses emerging developments concerning computational methods for elucidating protein flexibility and dynamics. These methods find applications in functional studies of proteins in various areas, including protein disorder, folding and unfolding of proteins, protein-drug interactions, and structure-function relationships focusing on ligand recognition.

SPEAKERS (order of the presentations):
  1. How to Mine Protein Flexibility for Inhibitor Selectivity
    Leslie Kuhn

    Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    Computer Science & Engineering
    Michigan State University

  2. Biomolecular Motors and Switches: From Machines to Drugs
    Barry Grant

    Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
    University of Michigan

  3. Disorder in Proteins: Current Characterization Efforts
    Lukasz Kurgan
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    University of Alberta, Canada

  4. Prediction of Real-Value Fluctuation of Proteins Using Static Structural Features
    Daisuke Kihara

    Department of Biological Sciences
    Computer Science
    Purdue University

4:15pm - 5:15pm
Hussey Room
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S2 - Special Session
Computational Proteomics: Understanding Network Perturbations in Cancer

Organized by Rob M Ewing

>>Agenda Attached (.pdf)<<

DESCRIPTION: Interaction proteomics approaches are generating large-scale interaction maps, leading to new biological problems and computational challenges. This session will highlight analyticaland computational developments in the field of interaction proteomics and how these techniques may be applied to understanding interaction networks in cancer cells.

SPEAKERS:

  1. Rob M. Ewing, Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics
    Case Western Reserve University
  2. Alejando Balbin, Department of Pathology
    University of Michigan Health System
  3. Mehmet Koyuturk, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  Case Western Reserve University

5:15pm - 7:15pm  Poster Session B and Reception

Poster Session List by Last Name
Poster Session List by Number

7:30pm - 8:30pm
UMICH Museum Art Viewing
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8:30pm to 10:00pm
Dinner and Keynote 3 
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Designing Bioinformatics for the Wetware.  Usability Challenges with Massive Amounts of Data.

Howard Cash, President
Gene Codes Corporation
Gene Codes Forensics, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
 

-->  THURSDAY - May 17, 2012

8:00am - 12:00pm
Registration (Concourse Room)
9:00am - 10:00am
Mendelssohn Theatre
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S3 - Special Session
Creating Teams for Bioinformatics - The educational challenge for biology and computer science at the undergraduate and graduate level: Four case studies from the Great Lakes area

Organized by Guenter Tusch

DESCRIPTION: The panel will explore the state of art of bioinformatics education in the Great Lakes Region by investigating different approaches at the undergraduate and graduate level under the aspect of future team building in research or industry.

SPEAKERS:
  1. Robert Blumenthal, Ph.D., Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Director of the Program in Bioinformatics& Proteomics/Genomics, College of Medicine, University of Toledo
  2. Sorin Draghici. Ph.D., Endowed Chair in Systems Biology - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical and Translational Science, & Computer Science, Wayne State University
  3. Neocles Leontis, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University
  4. Russell Schwartz, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences and Lane Center for Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University
9:00am - 10:00am
Hussey Room
Ohio Bioinformatics Consortium Meeting
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 12:00pm
Mendelssohn Theatre
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RA1 Oral Presentations - Sequence Analysis

Session Chair: 
TBA

OP25, OP26, OP27, OP28, OP29, OP30, OP31

10:15am - 12:00pm
Hussey Room
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RA2 Oral Presentations
Algorithm & Machine Learning, Bioimaging, Disease Models & Epidemiology

Session Chair: 
Guenther Tusch, Grand Valley State University

OP32, OP33, OP34, OP35, OP36, OP37, OP38

12:00pm -1:00pm
Keynote 4

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Mutation, Drift, and the Evolution of Subcellular Features

Michael Lynch, Professor

Department of Biology
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN  USA
1:00pm - 1:15pm Adjourn
 
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Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012

GLBIO 2012 On-site Registration Schedule

  • Monday, May 14, 2012 – 4pm – 6pm
    Michigan League Building,  2nd floor Concourse Room
  • Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 8am – 5pm
    Michigan League Building,  2nd floor Concourse Room

Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012

Industry Tracks

Updated May 07, 2012

Industry Track 2
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm
Mendelssohn Theatre
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Presenter:  Chris Robertson, Solution Architect, Cambridge Computer

Topic:  Reigning in Research Data: Adding Intelligence to Conventional File Systems

Description: There is a growing need to put structure on unstructured research data, being driven by a number of different factors:

  • Granting agencies are requiring investigators to specify and conform to data management plans that preserve and make data available to other researchers
  • Research institutions are seeking to charge storage consumption back to individual grants and projects
  • Data storage administrators need better content classification in order to manage data protection and life cycle management
  • As capacity grows and time progresses, it becomes futile to rely on any given individual's memory as the only means for content classification

Unfortunately, research scientists are fundamentally resistant to traditional efforts to put structure on their unstructured data. Commercial content management systems are seen as cumbersome to operate, not to mention that they might add latency to high-performance processing jobs. As such, many scientists have no tools other than directory names to identify their data. Others rely on spreadsheets and home-grown software applications to track their files, but often these links break as files are moved and renamed. Cambridge Computer has embarked on a project to define the best practices for content classification of research data. We are collaborating with a number of leading institutions and have completed development of a working prototype. The purpose of this talk is to share the highlights of our work, stimulate discussion, and make contact with potential collaborators.

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Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2012

Advisory Committee

Updated October 13, 2011

Lonnie Welch (co-chair), Ohio University


Bruce Aronow,  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Robert Blumenthal, University of Toledo
Michelle D. Brazas, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 
Karl Broman,  University of Wisconsin
Victor Chan,  Air Force Research Lab
Mark Chance, Case Western Reserve University
Robert Colvin, Ohio University 
Sorin Draghici, Wayne State University
Lynda B.M. Ellis, University of Minnesota
Laura Elnitski, National Human Genome Research Institute
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University
Brian Golding, McMaster University
Dan Janies, The Ohio State University
Igor Jurisica, Ontario Cancer Institute
Janet Kelso, Max Planck Institute
Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University
Sun Kim, Indiana University
Kevin King, Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.
Ashok Krishnamurthy, Ohio Supercomputer Center
Neocles Leontis, National Science Foundation
Terry Lewis, co-founder of OCCBIO/GLBIO
Jundong Liu, Ohio University 
Ping Ma, University of Illinois
BJ Morrison McKay, International Society for Computational Biology
Robert Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University
Nicholas Provart, University of Toronto
Burkhard Rost, Columbia University
Ward Wheeler, American Museum of Natural History
GQ Zhang, Case Western Reserve University