Welcome Scientists, Researchers and Data Analysts in Bioinformatics and Genomics: The 2nd Advances in Bioinformatics and Genomics Symposium will highlight cutting-edge advances in bioinformatics/genomics research and software development. This is an Open Access Free Event. Advanced sign-up is recommended as seating is limited (kirklafler@cs.com).  

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Special Conference Hotel Room Rates (optional)

  • Thursday, Feb. 18
    $199.00 plus 10% occupancy tax
  • Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19-20
    $139.00 plus 10% occupancy tax
  • Hotel Reservations
    650.322.1234 phone
    650.322.0975 fax
    http://www.stanfordparkhotel.com/ 

Symposium Co-chairs/Organizing Committee

Symposium Registration

  • The symposium and workshops are free to attend
  • Advanced sign-up recommended (kirkLafler@cs.com)

Symposium Luncheon (Fee event - $25)



Symposium Schedule

7:30 - 7:45am    

 Refreshments
7:45 -7:55 Opening Remarks Alice S. Whittemore
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 
Stanford University School of Medicine
 
Morning Presentation Session 
Chair: Rick Baehner 
          Director of Pathology, Research and Development 
          Genomic Health, Inc.
8:00 - 8:55 Marina Sirota (Morning Keynote Speaker) 
Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research 
Talk: Autoimmune Disease Classification by Inverse Association with SNP Alleles
9:00 - 9:25  Tzu-Ming Chu 
Research Statistician/Developer 
JMP Genomics 
Talk: Principal Variance Components Analysis for Quantifying Variability in Genomics Data
9:30 - 9:55  David M. Rocke 
Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics 
UC-Davis 
Talk: Serum Glycan Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis
10:00 - 10:25  Joe Wiemels 
Associate Professor 
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Talk: Backtracking Leukemia to Birth: Environmental Exposures and DNA Methylation Patterns in Neonatal Blood and Leukemia Cells
10:30 - 10:55  Roberta McKean-Cowdin 
Assistant Professor of Research 
USC Norris Cancer Center 
Talk: Association Between Polymorphisms in DNA Repair Genes and Glioblastoma
11:00 - 11:25  Jimmy T. Efird 
Associate Professor 
Center for Health of Venerable Populations, University of North Carolina 
Talk: Detecting Gene-Environment Interactions in Microarray Association Studies
 
Morning Workshop/Tutorial Session 
Chair: Raymond Wan President 
          Raymond Wan & Associates, Inc.
8:00 - 8:55  Eric Suess 
Chairperson 
CSUEB Dept. of Statistics 
Talk: Tutorial on "R" Programming Language 
9:00 - 9:55  Martin Morgan 
Director, Bioinformatics Shared Resources 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
Talk: Tutorial on Bioconductor
10:00 - 10:25  Duncan Temple Lang 
Associate Professor of Statistics 
UC-Davis 
Talk: R-Bridges and the Omegahat Project
10:30 - 11:25 Eugenia Bastos 
Analytic Consultant 
SAS Institute 
Talk: IML Studio/SAS-R
 
Lunchtime 1:1 Software Demonstrations Chair: 
    Sy Truong 
    President Meta-Xceed, Inc. 
11:30 - 12:55  Open Floor Demos and 1:1 Interaction with Various Software Developers 
 
Symposium Luncheon (The Left Bank Restaurant, 635 Santa Cruz Ave. - Fee Event)
11:30 - 12:55 Lunch served
12:20 - 12:45 Rick Baehner 
Director of Pathology, Research and Development 
Genomic Health, Inc. 
Talk: Gene Expression Assays for Breast Cancer 
  
Afternoon Presentation Session 1 (Menlo Room)
Chair: Mike Wulfsohn 
Vice-President Biometrics 
Gilead Sciences
1:00 - 1:55  Sandrine Dudoit (Afternoon Keynote Speaker) 
Chairperson 
UC-Berkeley Division of Biostatistics 
Title: Statistical Methods for the Analysis of High-Throughput Sequencing Data
2:00 - 2:25  Zemin Zhang 
Senior Scientist, Dept. of Bioinformatics 
Genentech 
Title: Whole Genome Sequencing
2:30 - 2:55  Martin Morgan 
Director, Bioinformatics Shared Resources 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
Talk: R/Bioconductor for High-Throughput Genomic Analysis
  
Afternoon Presentation Session 2 (Menlo Room)
Chair: Philip W. Lavori 
Chairperson, Dept. of Health Research and Policy 
Stanford University School of Medicine
3:00 - 3:25  Josh Stuart 
Associate Professor 
UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering 
Talk: Integrated Analysis of Cancer Pathways with the UCSC Cancer Genomics Browser
3:30 - 4:25  Daniela Witten (Collaborative project with Robert Tibsirani) 
Department of Statistics 
Stanford University School of Medicine 
Title: Correlate: A Method for the Integrative Analysis of 2 Genomic Data Sets
4:30 - 5:00  Mark Segal 
Director 
UCSF Center for Bioinformatics & Molecular Biostatistics 
Title: Re-cracking the Nucleosome Positioning Code
 

Afternoon Workshop/Tutorial Session (Los Altos Room) 
   Chair: Eugenia Bastos 
   Analytic Consultant 
   SAS Institute, Inc.
 

1:00 - 1:55  Laura Higgins 
Genomics Application Scientist 
SAS Institute (JMP) 
Talk: Basic Reporting Tools, Graphics, and Statistics in JMP Software with Applications in Genomics 
2:00 - 2:55  Jordan Hiller Genomics Application Scientist 
JMP Genomics 
Talk: Technical Tutorial on JMP Genomics
3:00 - 3:55  Kirk Lafler 
President 
Software Intelligence Corporation 
Talk: Tutorial on SQL and Data Federation for Genomics Researchers 
4:00 - 4:55  Sy Truong 
President 
Meta-Xceed, Inc. 
Talk: iPhone Apps Workshop for Running Bioinformatics and Genomics Applications
5:00 - 5:45  Closing Reception/Mixer (Landing Area adjacent to Atherton Room) 
Sponsored by Genentech and Advanced Clinical Services 
 

We kindly thank the WUSS LUG Program and the following organizations for their assistance and support for this symposium: 



 
    last updated on Mar 05,2010