Tutorial and Workshop Abstracts

Tutorial 1
Title: Beyond CSI:  The science and non-science of forensic DNA analysis and interpretation

  • Presenter: Mike Raymer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University

Tutorial 2
Title: Regulatory and Epigenetic Landscapes of Genomes: Fundamental Concepts and In Silico Analysis Methods

  • Presenters:
    Laura Elnitski, Head, Genomic Functional Analysis Section, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Lonnie Welch, Stuckey Professor, School of Elec. Eng. & Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering Program, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ohio University
  • Frank Drews, Assistant Professor of School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University
  • Stephen Sauchi Lee, Associate Professor of Statistics, Affiliated Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Statistics, College of Science, University of Idaho

Tutorial 3
Title: Introduction to Bioinformatics

  • Presenters:
    Zhong-Hui Duan, Department of Computer Science and Department of Biology, Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron
  • Francisco Moore, Department of Computer Science and Department of Biology, Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron

Tutorial 4
Title: Medical Image Analysis

Tutorial 5
Title: Overview of and Statistical Analysis of “-omic” Data

  • Presenters:
    Mark Adams
    , Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
  • Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Assistant Professor, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
  • Mark Chance, Professor and Director, Center for Proteomics, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
  • Jean-Eudes Dazard, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
  • Sunil Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Workshop 1
Choose Ohio First Scholars Workshop

Workshop 2
Ohio Bioinformatics Curriculum and Education Workshop

International Society for Computational Biology
International Society for Computational Biology grants affiliate status to the Ohio Bioinformatics Consortium
Ohio Regional Student Group

Paper and Poster Awards

Click on the links below for the winners of the poster and paper awards at the Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics 2009.
Paper awards.
Poster awards.

Previous Conferences

OCCBIO 2006
OCCBIO 2007
OCCBIO 2008
OCCBIO 2009
OCCBIO 2010

Current Conference

GLBIO2011