{"id":6222,"date":"2014-10-21T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/?page_id=6222"},"modified":"2015-06-16T22:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T02:02:25","slug":"2015-student-organized-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/2015-student-organized-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Student-Organized Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2015 BU Bioinformatics Program<br \/>\nStudent-Organized Symposium<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Congratulations to the SoS 2015 Best Poster Winners!<br \/>\nAnia Tassinari, Andy Rampersaud and Joshua Klein<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><sub><\/sub><\/h2>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2015-sos autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-6462\" data-slideshow-name=\"2015-sos\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: 500px; ; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-6462\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-6462_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2015\/06\/IMG_4143-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\">SOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-6462_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2015\/06\/IMG_4098-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\">SOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-6462_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2015\/06\/IMG_4163-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\">SOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-6462_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2015\/06\/IMG_4166-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\">SOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-6462_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2015\/06\/IMG_4197-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"bu-slide-caption caption-bottom-right\"><p class=\"bu-slide-caption-title\">SOS<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-6462\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>SoS 2015 was held on June 3rd and featured the following distinguished speakers:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Elinor Karlsson, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture1-242x300.png\" alt=\"Picture1\" class=\"  wp-image-6403 aligncenter\" width=\"142\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture1-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture1.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(BU Bioinformatics Alumnus)<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School<\/p>\n<p>FROM ANCIENT HISTORY TO MODERN MEDICINE: NATURAL SELECTION AND CHOLERA RESISTANCE IN BANGLADESH<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Jeff Leek, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/jeffleek.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/jeffleek.png\" alt=\"jeffleek\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6405\" width=\"149\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health<\/p>\n<p>MULTI-RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF RNA-SEQ DATA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>X. Shirley Liu, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/shirley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/shirley.png\" alt=\"shirley\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6406\" width=\"146\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Harvard School of Public Health<\/p>\n<p>USING CRISPR-CAS9 KNOCKOUT SCREENS TO UNDERSTAND CANCER PROGRESSION<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Christopher Mason, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/chrismason.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/chrismason.png\" alt=\"chrismason\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6407\" width=\"203\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/chrismason.png 263w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/chrismason-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/chrismason-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;S TWIN&#8217;S PROJECT: A MODEL FOR INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS APPROACHES TO MEDICINE AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Bin Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture2-219x300.png\" alt=\"Picture2\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6408\" width=\"128\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture2-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/files\/2014\/10\/Picture2.png 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomics Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/p>\n<p>MULTI-SCALE NETWORK MODELING OF COMPLEX HUMAN DISEASES<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Opening remarks by Alexandra Dumitriu, PhD, a 2012 BU Bioinformatics alum and currently a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span face=\"Tahoma\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Previous SoS:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2014:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/2014-student-organized-symposium\/\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/2014-student-organized-symposium\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2013 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/news\/2013-student-organized-symposium\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/news\/2013-student-organized-symposium<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>2012 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/news\/annual-student-organized-symposium\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/news\/annual-student-organized-symposium<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>2011 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/specialevents\/student-symposium-2011\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/specialevents\/student-symposium-2011<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>2010 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/studentsymposium-2010\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bioinformatics\/studentsymposium-2010<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 2015 SoS is being sponsored by the Bioinformatics Program at Boston University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 BU Bioinformatics Program Student-Organized Symposium &nbsp; Congratulations to the SoS 2015 Best Poster Winners! 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