Archive News
October 8, 2010: Bioinformatics Walks the Freedom Trail
On October 8th students and staff from the Bioinformatics department enjoyed a walking tour of Boston's historic Freedom Trail.
Happy Hour Set for November 19, 2010
Bioinformatics students are welcome to attend a happy hour hosted by the department on November 19, 2010 at 5 p.m. Join us for drinks and conversation in the student lounge!
December 8, 2010: Bioinformatics Department Holiday Party
The annual Bioinformatics Holiday Party will be held at The Castle at Boston University on December 8, 2010.
10th Annual International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (July 25-28, 2010)
The Tenth Annual International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology will take place from July 25-28, 2010 at Kyoto University. This student-focused event is a part of a collaborative educational program involving the BU Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, the International Research Training Group (IRTG) in Berlin and the Joint Bioinformatics Education Program of Kyoto University and University of Tokyo. Held every year since 2001, it provides doctoral students an opportunity to present and discuss their research objectives, approaches and results in the emerging fields of genomics, systems biology and bioinformatics. Please visit the official site for more information.
2010 Student-Organized Symposium
Assembling the Puzzle of Our Biology
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, 2010, 10AM - 6PM
BU Life Science and Engineering Building (LSEB) Room B01
24 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215
The Symposium is free and open to the general public. To view the schedule of speakers, please visit the site.
Participants will hear a panel of scientific innovators from the academic and private sectors share their work and ideas as they relate to this highly important field.
Scheduled Speakers
Peer Bork, PhD
Group Leader and Senior Scientist
Structural and Computational Biology Unit
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg
Peer Bork's bio
Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD
Chair, Informatics Program
Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology
Children’s Hospital Boston
Isaac Kohane's bio
Paul de Bakker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Director, Genomics Program, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (HU CFAR)
Paul de Bakker's bio
Martha Bulyk, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology (and Health Sciences and Technology)
Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Martha Bulyk's bio
Translational Medicine Paper Receives National Recognition
The paper that represents bioinformatics alumni Adam Gustafson's thesis work in Avrum Spira's lab was published in Science Translational Medicine on April 7, 2010. The paper is receiving widespread media attention, including a segment on NBC nightly news with Brian Williams.
The TODAY show on NBC also highlighted the lab's work on the morning of April 8.
Bioinformatics Faculty/Staff Retreat (May 22-23, 2010)
The 2010 Bioinformatics Faculty and Staff Retreat will take place in Westminster, Massachusetts on May 22 and 23.
The Tenth International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (July 25-28, 2010)
The Tenth Annual International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology will take place from July 25-28, 2010 at Kyoto University. This student-focused event is part of a collaborative educational program involving the BU Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, the International Research Training Group (IRTG) in Berlin and the Joint Bioinformatics Education Program of Kyoto University and University of Tokyo. Held every year since 2001, it provides doctoral students an opportunity to present and discuss their research objectives, approaches and results in the emerging fields of genomics, systems biology and bioinformatics. Please visit the official site for more information.
The Bioinformatics Program’s 10th Anniversary Symposium was held October 3-4, 2009
Please check out the Anniversary page for more details.
2009 Student-Organized Symposium, June 3rd
Organization of each aspect of this symposium is controlled by the entire Bioinformatics Program graduate student community, including the selection of a theme, proposal of candidate speakers, and ultimately voting for invitees. This year’s theme of Bioinformatics and Human Health was at the forefront of many students’ minds. Join us to hear a panel of scientific innovators from the academic and private sectors share their work and ideas as they relate to this highly important field. The Symposium is free and open to the general public.
