Oklahoma Bioinformatics Society Symposium
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Friday, October 28
   
8:00 am   Posters will be put up throughout the day for viewing, but actual Poster Session will be held from 5-7 pm only.
     
8:00 - 9:00 am   Registration & Continental Breakfast
     
8:00 am - 7:00 pm   Vendor's booths/displays open
   
9:00 am   Introductory remarks
    Dr. Jonathan Wren
Research Assistant Professor, Advanced Center for Genome Technology, Dept. of Botany & Microbiology, University of Oklahoma
     
9:10 am   Keynote address
    Dr. Richard Cummings
    Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Topic: Glycobiology, Glycomics and Bioinformatics: Sugars Shaking Hands with Computers
     
10:00 am   Plenary Speaker
    Dr. Anton Yuryev
Executive Director, Ariadne Genomics, Inc.
Topic: Pathway Analysis of Biological Association Networks
     
10:45 am   Refreshment Break
     
11:00 am   Plenary Speaker
    Dr. Harold Garner
Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Topic: Text Mining and Drug Discovery
     
Noon   Networking Buffet Lunch 
     
1:00 pm   1st Oral Presentation 
    Dr. Mike Centola
Director of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Microarray Facility and President of RiGen, Inc.
Topic: Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systems Biology Analysis
   
1:40 pm   2nd Oral Presentation 
    Dr. Tyrrell Conway
Professor, Department of Botany & Microbiology, University of Oklahoma
Topic: From Data to Interpretation: The Biologist's Perspective
   
2:20 pm   3rd Oral Presentation
    Dr. Yuriy Gusev
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, OU Health Sciences Center
Topic: Common Genes of Common Cancers: Comparative Analysis of Known Molecular Interactions in Human Cancers.
   
3:00 pm   Refreshment Break 
   
3:15 pm   4th Oral Presentation
    Dr. Mikhail Dozmorov
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Urology, OU Health Sciences Center
Topic: Integrating Bioinformatics Tools with Deep Biological Knowledge to Develop Testable Hypotheses
   
3:45 pm   5th Oral Presentation
    Dr. Edward Knobbe
Vice President for Research, Nomadics Inc.
Topic: Biomolecule Sensors Using High-Q Microring Resonators
   
4:15 pm   6th Oral Presentation
    Dr. Dee Wu
Section Chief, Technological Application Development and Translational Research; Associate Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences
Topic: An Integrated Educational Approach to Clinical Informatics
   
4:40 pm   7th Oral Presentation
    Dr. John McMurray
Professor and Bioinformatics Program Director, Biology Department, Oklahoma City Community College
Topic: Bioinformatics Education at the Community College Level
     
5:05 pm    Closing Remarks
    Dr. Yuriy Gusev
Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics, Department of Surgery; OU Cancer Center University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
   
5:15 pm   Poster Session
   
6:00 pm   Adjourn