University of Rochester

Bioinformatics Cluster

The Bioinformatics cluster meets monthly for student and faculty talks on current research in the area of Bioinformatics. The meeting is open to all members of the University community. We meet at 11:30 on the second Thursday of the month and additionally for outside speakers.

Funding for cluster activities is provided by the Provost through UCIS.

Schedule 2008-2009
September  25, 2008;

4 PM

CSB 209

River Campus

Edward Dougherty, Texas A&M University, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Genomic Signal Processing: Promise and Obstacles
October 9, 2008;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

David Mathews, Biochemistry & Biophysics

Predicting RNA Secondary Structure by Maximizing Expected Accuracy

November 20, 2008;

Noon

K-307

(Med Center Room 3-6408)

Anne Condon, Computer Science, University of British Columbia

Improved algorithms and parameters for RNA secondary structure prediction

December 11, 2008;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

Kaja Abbas, Wu Lab, Biostatistics & Computational Biology

Simple perspectives on epidemiology models for influenza

Arif Harmanci, Sharma Lab, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Stochastic Sampling of RNA Structural Alignments

January 15, 2009;

3:30 PM

K-207

(Medical Center Room 2-6408)


Martin Meier-Schellersheim, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Co-sponsored by the Department of Biostatistics & Computational Biology

February 12, 2009;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

Harry Stern, Chemistry

Computational Estimation of Receptor-Ligand Binding Affinities
Ha Youn Lee, Biostatistics & Computational Biology

Modeling Intrahost Sequence Evolution in HIV-1 Infection

March 12, 2009;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

Hulin Wu, Biostatistics & Computational Biology

Work flow using quantitative modeling methods in biomedical research: Modeling HIV and influenza infections as examples
Galino Glazko, Biostatistics & Computational Biology

Evolutionary history of bacteriophages with double-stranded DNA genomes

April 9, 2009;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

Daniel Aalberts, Physics Department, Williams College

May 14, 2009;

11:30 AM

Neuman Room

(Med Center Room 1-6823)

Greg Warnes and Brendan Mort, Center for Research Computing

Introduction to the UR Center for Research Computing

If you would like more information about the cluster, please email David Mathews, David_Mathews[at]urmc.rochester.edu.

The 2007-2008 schedule is located here, the 2006-2007 schedule is located here, and the 2005-2006 schedule is located here.