OCCBIO 2008 – Session Organizers and Keynote Speakers
Workshop 1: An Ohio Bioinformatics Curriculum. Steve Gordon, Ohio Supercomputer Center/Ralph Regula School of Computational Science, Senior Director of Education and Client Support, and Zhong-hui Duan, University of Akron, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Workshop 2: Defining research infrastructure requirements for bioinformatics in Ohio. Introduction by M. Raymer & Ashok Krishnamurthy. Mike Raymer, Wright State University, Assoiate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, and Ashok Krishnamurthy, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Senior Director of Research, and Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State University
Tutorial 1: Virtual Microscopy to Microarray.http://www.osc.edu/research/sc/2007/partner1.shtml. David Billiter, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Thomas Barr, Imaging Manager at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. http://www.c3big.org/
Tutorial 2: PathCase: Biological Pathways Database System. Ali Cakmak, Brendan Elliott, Mustafa Kirac, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University
Tutorial 3: Predicting Protein Structure. Xiche Hu, University of Toledo, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Tutorial 4: Introduction to Bioinformatics. Mike Raymer, Wright State University, Assoc. Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Tutorial 5: Introduction to PERLscripting. Yuan Zhang, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Client & Technology Support Engineer, and Pete Carswell, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Client & Technology Support Engineer
Tutorial 6: Motif Discovery. Lonnie Welch, Ohio University, Stuckey Professor/Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Keynote 1: Robert H. Waterston, University of Washington, Professor & William Gates III Chair, Dept. of Genome Sciences,
Title of talk: “Making a Worm: Every Gene, Every Cell, Every Minute”
Session A. Assembly and Annotation. Chun Liang, Miami University, Assistant Professor of Botany
Session B. RNA Structure and Function. Neocles Leontis, Bowling Green State University, Professor of Chemistry
Plenary 1: Predicting Motifs and Regulation. Lonnie Welch, Ohio University, Stuckey Professor/Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Session C. New Microarray Methods. Doug Leaman, University of Toledo, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Session D. Proteomics Tomorrow. Shigeru (Nick) Okada, Ohio University, Konneker Research Center, Com-Pediatrics
Plenary 2: New Algorithms and Hardware. Kevin Wohlever, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Director of Supercomputing Operations
Keynote 2: Jignesh M. Patel, University of Michigan, Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Title of talk: ‘Indexing for Success: Scaling to Handle the Increasing
Volume and Complexity of Biological Databases”.
Session E. Genome Analyses. Marianne Huebner, Michigan State University, Associate Professor of Statistics and Probability
Session F. Definitions and Ontologies. GQ Zhang, Case Western Reserve University, Associate Professor, EECS Dept., http://newton.case.edu/
Keynote 3: Atul Butte, Stanford University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and, by
courtesy, of Computer Science, Director, Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics, Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital
Title of talk: “Exploring Genomic Medicine Using Translational Bioinformatics”.
Session G. Predicting Protein Structure. Gerry Alter, Wright State University, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Session H. Genetics of Gene Expression. Margit Burmeister, University of Michigan, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Res. Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Plenary 3: Translational Applications of Bioinformatics. Bruce Aronow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Professor, Co-Director, Computational Medicine Center
Session I. Computational Systems Biology. Anuj Kumar, University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Session J. Pathogen Genomics. Helen Piontkivska, Kent State University, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Plenary Session 4: Industry Panel Discussion
Topic: "Bioinformatics from an Industry Perspective: What we do and who we need."
Moderator: Bill Tacon, BioOhio, Senior Director, Workforce and Education