2023 IOB Symposium

LOCATION:

University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel

ABOUT:

The meeting will include presentations from renowned speakers on recent developments and applications of deep learning models in bioinformatics, genomics, and structural biology, as well as interactive workshops and networking.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Dr. Adrienne Hoarfrost, University of Georgia

Dr. Jian Hu, AI Genomics Lab | Emory School of Medicine

Dr. Arvind Ramanathan, Argonne National Laboratory

Dr. Andrew D. White, Rochester University

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS:

Dr. Jian Hu, AI Genomics Lab | Emory School of Medicine

Dr. Sheng Li, University of Virginia | School of Data Science

Registration for this event is closed.

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TENTATIVE AGENDA:


	IOB Symposium 2023 \| Tentative Agenda
	Agenda \| OCT 16th
	8:00 - 8:45 a.m.	REGISTRATION (Conference Registration Desk)
		BREAKFAST (entry Masters Hall)
		POSTER SETUP (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	8:45 - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions — Dr. Natarajan Kannan
		Remarks (introduction by Dr. Kannan)
		Dr. Karen Burg, Vice President, Office of Research
	9:00 - 9:50 a.m.	Keynote #1 — Dr. Arvind Ramanathan, Argonne National Laboratory
		Title: “Integrating generative AI with automation and simulations for biological systems design”
	09:50 - 10:20 a.m.	REFRESHMENT BREAK (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	10:20 - 11:10 a.m.	Keynote #2 — Dr. Jian Hu, AI Genomics Lab, Emory
		Title: “Statistical and machine learning methods for Spatial Genomics”
	11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Keynote #3 — Dr. Adrienne Hoarfrost, UGA
		Title: “Deep Learning Gateways to Illuminating the Functional Potential and Ecosystem Impacts of Microbial Communities”
	12:00 - 1:15 p.m.	LUNCH (Magnolia Ballroom)
	1:15 - 2:00 p.m.	Poster Session (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	2:00 - 2:45 p.m.	Short talks #1- Student Talk, Zhongliang Zhou
		Title: Explaining the black box - Unraveling Protein Language Model's Learning Mechanisms for Kinase-Specific Phosphorylation Prediction
		Short talks #2- Shan Yang, PhD, MBA, STOmics
		Title: A bioinformatics tool enables accurate single-cell segmentation for spatial transcriptomics dataset
	2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	REFRESHMENT BREAK (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	3:15 - 4:05 p.m.	Keynote #4 — Dr. Andrew D. White, Rochester University
		Title: “From Intent to Compound: Chemistry with Agents”
	4:10 - 4:25 p.m.	Symposium Closing — Awards, Closing Remarks

	4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Cocktail Reption \| Food & Refreshments will be served (Magnolia Ballroom)



	Agenda - Workshop \| OCT 17th
	7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	BREAKFAST (entry Masters Hall)
	8:30 - 8:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions — Dr. Natarajan Kannan

	9:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Workshop Session #1 — Dr. Sheng Li
		Title: "Deep Learning and Protein Language Models: Foundations and Challenges"
	10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	REFRESHMENT BREAK (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Workshop Session #1 — Dr. Sheng Li, continued
		Title: "Deep Learning and Protein Language Models: Foundations and Challenges"
	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	LUNCH (entry Masters Hall)
		Boxed Lunch
	1:00 - 2:15 p.m.	Workshop Session #2 — Dr. Jian Hu
		Title: "Deep Learning and Protein Language Models: Foundations and Challenges"
	2:15 - 2:30 p.m.	REFRESHMENT BREAK (Pecan Tree Galleria)
	2:30 - 3:00 p.m.	Workshop Session #2 — Dr. Jian Hu, continued
		Title: "Deep Learning and Protein Language Models: Foundations and Challenges"
	3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Workshop Closing

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