11th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Updated November 30, 2013.  Schedule and locations are subject to change. Please check back for updates.

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WEDNESDAY – December 11, 2013
Start Time End Time Session Type
04:00 pm 06:00 pm Registration

THURSDAY – December 12, 2013
Start Time End Time Session Type
08:00 am 09:00 am Registration
09:00 am 09:45 am Keynote 1
Gary Bader, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Toronto, Canada

Pathway Analysis of Genomics Data – from Correlation to  Causation
09:45 am 10:25 am Oral Presentations 1 - 4
10:25 am 10:45 am Break
10:45 am 11:15 am Keynote 2
Benjamin Good, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA, USA

The Cure: A Game with the Purpose of Gene Selection for Breast Cancer Survival Prediction
11:15 am 11:55 am Oral Presentations 5 - 8
11:55 pm 04:00 pm Ski Break
04:00 pm 04:30 pm Keynote 3
Peter Karp, Ph.D.
Director, Bioinformatics Research Group
Artificial Intelligence Center
SRI International
Menlo Park, CA, USA

A Flux Balance Analysis Model of E. coli K-12 MG1655 Derived From the EcoCyc Database

04:30 pm 05:10 pm Oral Presentations 9 - 12
05:10 pm 05:30 pm Break
05:30 pm 06:00 pm Keynote 4
Chijioke O. Elekwachi, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham, UK

eMBRLitMine and eMBRHelper: Bioinformatics Approaches for Improved Microbial Bioremediation Outcomes

06:00 pm 06:30 pm Oral Presentations 13 - 15
07:00 pm 10:00 pm Banquet, Thursday, December 12, 2013
Location: Il Poggio Restaurant, Snowmass Village
(Transportation provided from Viceroy Hotel Lobby beginning at 6:45pm)

FRIDAY – December 13, 2013
Start Time End Time Session Type
08:00 am 05:30 pm Registration
09:00 am 09:45 am Keynote 5
Melissa Haendel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon, USA

Tales from the Crypt: Do You Know Where Your Data Has Been?
09:45 am 10:25 am Oral Presentations 16 - 19
10:25 am 10:45 am Break
10:45 am 11:35 am Oral Presentations 20 - 24
11:35 am 12:05 pm Keynote 6
Greg Carter, Ph.D.
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME USA

Modeling Genetic Complexity with Integrated Interaction Analysis across Multiple Phenotypes
12:05 pm 04:00 pm Ski Break
04:00 pm 04:30 pm Keynote 7
Catherine Lozupone, Ph.D.
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO USA

Application of Network Analysis to the Human Gut Microbiota and Use of Comparative Genomics to Understand the Driving Factors of Microbial Associations

04:30 pm 05:30 pm Oral Presentations 25 - 30
05:30 pm 07:30 pm Poster Session

SATURDAY – December 14, 2013
Start Time End Time Session Type
08:00 am 11:30 am Registration
09:00 am 09:30 am Keynote 8
Kirk E. Jordan, PhD
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Emerging Solutions Executive & Assoc. Program Director
Computational Science Center
IBM T.J. Watson Research
Cambridge, MA, USA

Solving Life Sciences Problems Requires Systems that Optimize the Workflow

09:30 am 10:30 am Oral Presentations 31 - 36
10:30 am 10:50 am Break
10:50 am 11:30 am Oral Presentations 37 - 39
11:30 am   Closing

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