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Listing of news from the Institute of Bioinformatics at University of Georgia

Online Seminar by IOB PhD Student David Montgomery | Friday AUG 14th starting at 1:30PM

 

 

David Montgomery

Graduate Student, Institute of Bioinformatics

Woods Research Lab

Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

 

 

 

IOB graduate student, David Montgomery, will give a online seminar on:

 Title: “Finally, a New Approach to Annotating and Finding Carbohydrates in the PDB “

Date: Friday, August 14th, 2020 at 1:30pm

To register please follow the link below:

Webinar @ the Society for Glycobiology 

 

Date: AUG 14th, 2020

Time: starting at 1:30PM

IOB Academic News & Events | week of APR 3rd, 2020

To download a PDF of this news letter click HERE

Research News:

David Montgomery: COVID-19 collaboration submitted to PLOS Pathogens. The title is: “Glycosaminoglycan binding motif at S1/S2 proteolytic cleavage site on spike glycoprotein may facilitate novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) host cell entry”.  

 

Dr. Justin Bahl interviewed on COVID-19:

New York Times

NPR

CGTN

On-line Seminar:

Dr. Alexander Bucksch (is the tenth presenter in the IPPN online webinar.

Title: Computers, Roots & Big Data from the Field: Can new methods identify uncharacterized phenomena in existing data?

To join this webinar on the 10th of April 2020, go on time to Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/734731883   Meeting ID: 734 731 883

Dial by your location – Meeting ID: 734 731 883.  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abyh97W3SI

Dr. Justin Bahl interviewed on NPR to discuss mutational patterns of COVID-19

IOB Academic News & Events | week of MAR 26th, 2020

On-line Seminar:

On April 10th 2020 the IPPN – ‘Imaging for phenotyping’-working group will have its 10th online webinar at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) and at 16.00 PM Central European Summer Time.

NB: To enable you to interact now all conferences/ international travels are cancelled because of Corona. The aim of these IPPN webinars is to easily share new research results with everybody interested world-wide.

 

The 10th presenter is Dr. Alexander Bucksch (University of Georgia) / moderator: Rick van de Zedde (WUR)

 

To join this webinar on the 10th of April 2020, go on time to Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/734731883   Meeting ID: 734 731 883

Dial by your location – Meeting ID: 734 731 883.  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abyh97W3SI

 

Title: Computers, Roots & Big Data from the Field: Can new methods identify uncharacterized phenomena in existing data?

Abstract: The use of mathematical and computational methods in the plant sciences enables two new major areas: The discovery of uncharacterized phenomena in existing phenotyping data and detailing phenotypic measurements beyond the manually achievable. Therefore, plant phenotyping is able to set new breeding targets for rapid increases of grain yields or improved plant functions such as carbon sequestration to lower atmospheric CO2 concentrations. However, the opportunities to phenotype discovery are buried in large amounts of collected phenotyping data that often is only analyzed for one experimental purpose. The computational plant science lab at the University of Georgia makes use of the increased data volume and physical resolution of imaging data to quantify root architecture. In particular, the coupling of high-performance computing with image acquisition systems holds the potential to discover uncharacterized phenotypes that were previously “invisible” to phenotyping researcher. In part, the invisible phenotypes can be attributed to the time-consuming manual evaluation of root phenotypes that resulted in a low coverage of the phenotypic variation. This IPPN webinar will highlight the mathematical challenges in phenotyping root architecture associated with the low coverage phenotypic variation. As a response to these challenges, we introduce computational advances developed at UGA to quantify variation root phenotypes on the population level. Furthermore, the webinar will give a preview of 3D imaging and high-performance computing technologies that will further detail the observed variation of phenotypes from the field.

Bio: Alexander Bucksch received his PhD from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in 2011, where he developed the first algorithm to measure complete tree crowns from laser scanned trees. He then moved as a PostDoc to the Georgia Institute of Technology where he was jointly appointed between the School of Biology and the School of Interactive Computing and began to work on root phenotyping. In 2016, Dr. Bucksch joined the faculty of UGA as an Assistant Professor with joint appointment in the Department of Plant Biology, the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Institute of Bioinformatics.  He leads the computational plant science lab which combines computer vision and shape analysis to analyze the topological and geometrical characteristics of plant architecture. The lab is best known for DIRT (Digital Imaging of Root Traits, http://dirt.cyverse.org<http://dirt.cyverse.org/>), which is the world’s largest root phenotyping platform with over 620 users in over 40 countries. Dr. Bucksch is a founding member of the Georgia Informatics Institutes and the Plant Phenomics and Robotics Center at the University of Georgia. He received the 2020 Early Career Award from the North American Plant Phenotyping Network and the NSF CAREER award in 2019 to quantify and simulate the phenotypic spectrum of roots that he presents today.

To join this webinar on the 10th of April 2020, go on time to

Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/734731883  – Meeting ID: 734 731 883

Dial-in by phone by your location – Meeting ID: 734 731 883. Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abyh97W3SI

 

More info about the IPPN Imaging for Phenotyping working group can be found here: https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/ippn_wg_imaging

Earlier recorded webinars can be found here: https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/Imaging-Workgroup-Webinars

@UGAResearch publishes article on the IOB Symposium

Bioinformatics symposium held online

 

UGA’s Institute of Bioinformatics explored Collective Behavior while practicing social distancing, holding its spring symposium online March 20. The decision to go online was an easy one, according to Jonathan Arnold, professor of genetics and co-chair of the event. He’d been following the spread of the coronavirus closely and anticipated that the university might shut down, so early in March he and co-chairs Travis Glenn and Natarajan Kannan decided to take the symposium online. Arnold said the decision relieved the anxiety of their speakers, who would have had to travel from Maryland, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Arizona and Glasgow, Scotland. “It’s also fun,” he said. “It’s a new way of doing things that allows us to reach more people.” The original plan was to host 150 people, but 407 “showed up.” That included students from the country of Jordan, where one of Arnold’s former students is now a professor. “The university is still doing business,” Arnold said. “We just have to find new ways of making it happen that recognize the need for social distancing.”

To view the original article click here.

IOB Symposium on Collective Behavior switched to on-line ONLY model!

We are sending a quick updated to the IOB community about the upcoming IOB Symposium scheduled to be held at the University of Georgia Conference Center & Hotel.

The IOB Leadership Team has assessed the Novel Coronavirus situation and out an abundance of caution for everyone’s health & safety, the IOB has adopted a on-line only model for the 2020 Symposium.

Monumental Media will be assisting the IOB in a high-quality virtual broadcast of the Collective Symposium. In addition to the presentations, we will work to include some specific online activities and virtual interactions.

How Do I Attend:

The IOB Symposium is FREE to attend and no additional registration is required. The broadcast will begin with introductions at 9AM, on MARCH 20th via the link below.

Online Symposium Portal: IOB at Monumental Media

 

Any additional Symposium details, including the event agenda, will be available on the IOB website & sent to registrants via email prior to the event.

The Collective Behavior Symposium is supported by a State-of-the-Art Conference Grant from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

FYI: It is recommended for attendees to test their internet connection prior to the beginning of the broadcast.
You may test your connection by visiting the Monumental Media link above.