ROCKY 2015 PROGRAM BOOK

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Rocky 2015 Program Book

13th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference

SPONSORS


PLATINUM:

IBM's Technical Computing organization
IBM's Technical Computing organization
is the high performance computing organization in IBM Systems and Technology Group. This group is responsible for the strategy, marketing and identification of areas that can benefit from IBM's high end technology. The life sciences is such an area, and IBM is and will continue to bring valued solutions to life sciences.

IBM's Research Division is a partner with IBM's Technical Computing organization, developing the next generation of high performance computers. In addition, the Research Division has many groups investigating numerous application areas in collaboration with IBM's customers and partners. This includes IBM’s Computational Biology Center with IBM’s new Computational Science Center.


GOLD:

The Gold Lab at the University of Colorado

The Gold Lab at the University of Colorado was established in 1971 by Dr. Larry Gold upon his arrival at the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Starting with basic research on bacteria and bacteriophage, the lab shifted its focus to human disease following the invention of the SELEX process in 1989. While at the university, Dr. Gold served as the chairman of the department from 1988 to 1992. Dr. Gold is one of a handful of people associated with the beginnings of biotechnology in Colorado. He cofounded an early biotech company, Synergen, and then founded NeXstar, a company that discovered Macugen, a drug to treat age-related blindness. Dr. Gold is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Currently Dr. Gold serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SomaLogic, a proteom.


SILVER:

Biodesix

Biodesix® is a molecular diagnostics company advancing the development of innovative products for precision medicine. The company provides physicians with diagnostic tests for earlier disease detection, more accurate diagnosis, disease monitoring and better therapeutic guidance, which may lead to improved patient outcomes. Biodesix discovers, develops and commercializes multivariate protein diagnostics based on their proprietary advanced integrated analytics and mass spectrometry-based discovery platform. VeriStrat®, a multivariate serum protein test, included in standard of care and therapy, is developed with this technology. The commercially available test provides oncologists with information to help them select between erlotinib and single-agent chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer patients. For more information about Biodesix and the technology, please visit www.biodesix.com/technology/


BEST PAPER AWARD SPONSOR:

Springer
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DISPLAY TABLE SPONSOR:

College of I
nformation Science & Technology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
College of Information Science &; Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/

UNO’s graduate program in Biomedical Informatics is a recently established joint program with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and offers both a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree. The program is designed to train the next generation of computational biologists to advance research and practice in bioinformatics and IT in the context of basic and translational biomedical research, healthcare services, public health care, and healthcare delivery. Our facilities include a Top 500 supercomputer and state-of-the-art research laboratories that foster collaborations both within and outside the campus, in a city consistently ranked as one of the most livable in the country. By offering a balance of cutting-edge courses and research-intensive training, the program prepares its graduates to conduct high-quality basic and applied research, opening up employment opportunities in academia as well as in the IT healthcare industry.


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