2022 Schedule

Talks will be 20 minutes long, with 5 minutes for questions. Each day will be a mix of talks, networking times, and poster sessions.

If you or a member of your organization are interested in presenting this year, please email Stacey Wagner (sdwagner@uoregon.edu).

Tentative schedule:

Day 1 – Wednesday, January 26th
1:00 PM PST Welcome
Session 1: BGMP Alumni Talks
1:15 PM PST David Ho – Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Long tails and long reads: genomics of whiptail lizards
1:40 PM PST
Alexa Dowdell – Providence
Omics: Transforming Healthcare
2:05 PM PST Jonas Grove – Phase Genomics
Identifying Missed Connections in the Microbiome with Proximity Ligation Sequencing
2:30 PM PST Break
2:45 PM PST Alumni panel for prospective students
3:35 PM PST Break
3:45 PM PST UCSC Genome Browser workshop
5:30 PM PST End of Day 1
Day 2 – Thursday, January 27th
1:15 PM PST Welcome Day 2
Session 2: BGMP Partner talks
1:30 PM PST
Kyle Ellrott – Oregon Health and Science University
Developing data systems to support cancer research
1:55 PM PST
Teresa Lusardi – CEDAR, Oregon Health and Science University
Cancer Early Detection at CEDAR
2:20 PM PST
Ted Braun – Oregon Health and Science University
Therapeutic targeting of the leukemic epigenome
2:45 PM PST Break
3:00 PM PST
Arpiar Saunders – Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University
Mapping brain cell and circuit organization with single-cell, single-virion genomics
3:25 PM PST
Bahareh Ajami – Oregon Health and Science University
Applying Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics and Proteomics Technologies to Understand the Role of Immune Cells in Neurological Diseases
3:50 PM PST Break
4:00 PM PST Virtual Poster Session and Networking
5:30 PM PST End of Day 2
Day 3 – Friday, January 28th
9:30 AM PST Welcome Day 3
Session 3: BGMP Partner talks
9:45 AM PST
Dan Hasson – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
BiNGS – utilizing bioinformatic tools to study cancer epigenomics and transcriptomics
10:10 AM PST
Melissa Hale – Virginia Commonwealth University
Using genomic approaches to discover novel variants and define the pathogenesis of neuromuscular disorders
10:35 AM PST Break
10:45 AM PST
Chris Raymond – Salish Bioscience
On the Shoulders of Giants
11:10 AM PST
Tatjana Piotrowski – Stowers Institute for Medical Research
scRNASeq to understand sensory hair cell regeneration in zebrafish
11:35 AM PST Break
1:00 PM PST Afternoon Welcome
Session 4: BGMP Partner talks
1:15 PM PST
Sara Gosline – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Harnessing the power of ‘omics in rare disease
1:40 PM PST
Aren Ewing – Illumina
Illumina Software and Bioinformatics
2:05 PM PST Break
2:15 PM PST
Blake Hovde – Los Alamos National Laboratory
From tiny viruses to large super computers: A range of omics research at Los Alamos National Lab
2:40 PM PST Bryan Greenhouse & Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer – EPPIcenter: UCSF
Genomics for infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology
3:05 PM PST Break
3:15 PM PST Virtual Poster Session and Networking
6:30 PM PST End of Day 3