Sessions will be composed of 3-4 talks, 20 minutes each with time for questions. There will be a total of 3 sessions, followed by a poster session. Individuals interested in being considered for a poster presentation should submit an abstract with their registration.
Tentative schedule:
| Registration and Opening Remarks (Ford Alumni Center – Lee Barlow Giustina Ballroom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | BGMP Staff | University of Oregon | Registration and coffee/refreshments |
| 9:00 AM | Stacey Wagner | University of Oregon | Opening remarks |
| Session 1 (Ford Alumni Center – Lee Barlow Giustina Ballroom) | |||
| 9:15 AM | Patrick Phillips | University of Oregon | Confronting genomic complexity cell by cell |
| 9:45 AM | Ron Yu | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | Genes, Genome and the Critical Period of Neural Development |
| 10:15 AM | Ivan Liachko | Phase Genomics | From Contigs to Chromosomes: How Hi-C is Revolutionizing Genome and Metagenome Assembly |
| 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 AM | Andy Berglund | University of Florida | Using genomics to better understand the mechanisms of myotonic dystrophy and focus our therapeutic efforts |
| Session 2 – BGMP Alumni Perspectives (Ford Alumni Center – Lee Barlow Giustina Ballroom) | |||
| 11:30 PM | Ashley Woodfin | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | My Transcriptional Journey |
| 11:45 PM | Kyle Duyck | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | Neurogenetics of Sensory Receptors |
| 12:00 PM | Mary Wood | Oregon Health and Science University | From insects to immunotherapy: my research journey |
| Lunch | Caribbean Buffet: Smoked jerk chicken, Jerk tofu, Strawberry mango salad, Pineapple cilantro rice, House black beans, Grilled zucchini | ||
| Session 3 (Ford Alumni Center – Lee Barlow Giustina Ballroom) | |||
| 1:30 PM | Kyle Ambert | Intel (Nervana) | Deep Learning Applications in the Life Sciences |
| 2:15 PM | Brian Piening | Providence Health | Transforming cancer care with clinical next-gen sequencing |
| 2:45 PM | Ganapati Srinivasa | Omics Data Automation | |
| 3:15 PM | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:45 PM | Judith Eisen | University of Oregon | Developmental interactions between the microbiome and the nervous system |
| 4:15 PM | Steve Turner | Pacific Biosciences | A revolution in structure, and the structure of the revolution |
| 4:45 PM | Adam Margolin | Oregon Health and Science University | Data driven precision medicine |
| Session 4 – Poster Session (Ford Alumni Center – Susie & Randy Papé Hearth Foyer) | |||
| 5:15 PM | Poster Session and Reception | ||
| 7:00 PM | Meeting End | ||