In celebration of our recent name change, the theme for this year is “Frontiers at the Intersection of the Life & Quantitative Sciences.” Anyone with an interest in life sciences or quantitative sciences is invited to attend. The Fall Conference will feature excellent science presentations from invited guest speakers, OSU faculty, students and staff.
Because this is our first conference since our name change (and because the event is fully online this year) the conference this year is completely free for all attendees.
The poster session will be held online on Friday, September 17. More details of the format and time will be provided soon. Posters are welcome from all participants. Posters from registered undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows/trainees will be eligible for one of three cash awards, and there will be one award for lighting talks.
DEADLINES
Lightning Talk Registration: September 10
Poster Registration: September 15
Conference Registration: September 15
Thank you to our 2021 Fall Conference Committee
Kevin Brown, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemical, Biological, & Environmental Engineering Molly Burke, Integrative Biology Maude David, Microbiology & Pharmaceutical Sciences Patrick De Leenheer, Mathematics and Integrative Biology Perry Hystad, Public Health & Human Science Natalia Shulzhenko, Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Frontiers at the Intersection of the Life and Quantitative Sciences
Friday, September 17, 2021 Online
Location
Time
Event
Conference Floor
8:00
Doors open. Explore the virtual conference space and watch a SpatialChat tutorial
Stage
9:00
Brett Tyler, Director, CQLSIntroduction to the Center for Quantitative Life Sciences
Stage
9:30
Matthew Bennett, Professor of Biosciences, Rice UniversityDynamics of synthetic gene circuits: from cells to consortia to organisms
Free
10:15
Break (setup for posters)
Stage
10:45
Gail Rosen, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel UniversityMachine Learning of Microbiomes: Learning and Exploring Structure and Function of DNA and Proteins at Multiple Scales
Stage
11:30
Richard Rodrigues, Bioinformatician at Leidos Biomedical Research, IncHost-Microbiome Multi-Omics Data Integration in Cancer Immunotherapy
Discussion Rooms
12:00
Lunch (networking with guest speakers and Presentation by Agilent from 12:15-12:45)
Stage
1:00
Maya Kaelberer, Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Duke UniversitySugar transduction in the gut
Stage
1:45
Marian Hettiaratchi, Assistant Professor, University of OregonDeveloping Biomaterials for Tissue Repair using Bio-transport Modeling
Stage
2:15
Mark Phillips, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State UniversityUsing Experimental Evolution to Study the Genetics of Adaptation
Kevin Brown, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemical, Biological, & Environmental Engineering Molly Burke, Integrative Biology Maude David, Microbiology & Pharmaceutical Sciences Patrick De Leenheer, Mathematics and Integrative Biology Perry Hystad, Public Health & Human Science Natalia Shulzhenko, Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Charisse Madlock-Brown University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Charisse Madlock-Brown is a faculty member in Health Informatics and Information Management at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She received her Master’s in Library Science and Ph.D. in Health Informatics from the University of Iowa. She has expertise in data management, data mining, and visualization. She has a broad background in health informatics, with a current focus on obesity trends and multimorbidity. Other areas of interest are network analysis and emerging topic detection in biomedicine. She has authored several book chapters and journal articles and continues to keep up-to-date on data integration, data architecture, database management, and analytic methods. She runs the UTHSC Research Pipelines labs, which provide online interfaces for distributed computing and storage systems. Her lab can manage projects from data extraction and transformation to modeling and visualization for small-scale and big data projects.
Introductions from DSPG Leaders
1:00 PM
Introduction to the Oregon State University Date Science for the Public Good Project–Brett Tyler, Director, Center for Quantitative Life Sciences, Oregon State University
1:05 PM
Tri-state Data Science for the Public Good Project– Sallie Keller, Director, Social and Decision Analytics Division, University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute
1:10 PM
Data Science Knowledge and Resources for Extension Professionals– Lindsey Shirley, Associate Provost, Oregon State University Outreach and Engagement
Keynote Speaker
1:15 PM
Social determinants of health related to COVID-19: disparities between urban and rural communities– Charisse Madlock-Brown, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
DSPG is a coalition of five public universities across three states: Oregon State University, Iowa State University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, and Virginia State University.
Friday, September 20, 2019 CH2M HILL Alumni Center
Congratulations to our winners! To all the participants and presenters, another thank you for your contributions. We look forward to welcoming the CGRB Community to the 2020 Spring Conference on April 24, 2020.
Undergraduate Poster: Kelsey Shimoda “Altering metabolic gene expression in fruit flies: effects on longevity and brain aging” Graduate Poster: Benjamin Americus “Elegant Infection Machines: Nematocyst diversification within Myxozoa” Daniel Schneck “Phenotypic and transcriptional responses to different light regimes in allopatric populations of Tigriopus californicus” Manoj Gurung “Lactobacilli ameliorate western diet induced diabetes by preventing hepatic mitochondrial damage” Miranda Leek “A Biochemical and Biophysical Investigation into the Pathological Gain-of-Function of Nitrated Hsp90” Rebecca Veitch “Exposure to Light at Night Alters DNA Methylation and Expression of Proliferative and DNA Damage Repair Genes” Post-Doc Poster : Allie Graham “Independent losses of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) Pathway within Crustacea” Lightning Talks: Eileen Chow “Daily blue light exposure accelerates aging in Drosophila melanogaster”
Raffle drawing for voting in all categories: 1st place – Miranda Leek 2nd place – Alexandre Sathler
Andrew Annalora, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Exploring Splice Variant Biology in Nuclear Receptor and Cytochrome P450 Genes
9:40
Ed Kelly, University of Washington Tissue Chips for Human Disease Modeling
10:20
Break
10:50
Lightning Talks Moderated by Jeff Anderson Featuring: Martin Pearce, Stephanie Bollmann, Benjamin Americus, Evan Carpenter, Eileen Chow, Lauren Chan, Nolan Newman, Alexandra Weisberg
11:35
Felipe Barreto, Integrative Biology Genomics in the Tidepool: Functional and Population Genetics of Adaptation and Speciation in a Tiny Crustacean
12:00
Kevin Brown, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Adventures in Complex Systems
12:25
Lunch
1:25
Afua Nyarko, Biochemistry & Biophysics Selectivity and Specificity in Cancer Regulatory Proteins
1:50
Daniel Liefwalker, Oregon Health and Science University Therapeutic strategies targeting c-MYC
2:30
Lightning Talks Moderated by Jeff Anderson Featuring: Armando Alcazar Magana, Christine Tataru, Sarah Alto, Anh Ha, Heather Forsythe, Kayla Jara, Rebecca France, Rachel Franklin
3:15
Break
3:45
Morgan Giers, Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Regenerating the Intervertebral Disc: Developing Effective Therapies in a Nutrient Limited Environment
4:10
Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute Building Solutions for Heart Disease: A 2019 Update
5:00-7:30
Poster Session Reception, Sponsor Displays
THANK YOU TO OUR 2019 FALL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
Jaga Giebultowicz, Department of Integrative Biology Craig Marcus, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Jeff Anderson, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Viviana Perez, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
The CGRB 2019 Fall conference registration is now open! Please join us for our annual event this September for informative talks, posters and a reception. This year the Fall Conference will also include lighting talks.
Important Information:
When: Friday, September 20, 2019
Where: CH2M Hill Alumni Center – Oregon State University
Andrew Annalora, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Exploring Splice Variant Biology in Nuclear Receptor and Cytochrome P450 Genes
9:40 – 10:30
Ed Kelly, University of Washington Organs on a Chip – Chips in Space
10:30 – 10:55
Break (Poster and Sponsor displays)
10:55 – 11:35
Morning Lightning Talks (8 talks) – moderated by Jeff Anderson
11:35– 12:00
Felipe Barreto, Integrative Biology Genomics in the Tidepool: Functional and Population Genetics of Adaptation and Speciation in a Tiny Crustacean
12:00 – 12:25
Kevin Brown, College of Pharmacy Adventures in Complex Systems
12:25 – 1:25
Lunch (Poster and Sponsor displays)
Afternoon Session
Hosted By Craig Marcus
1:25 – 1:50
Afua Nyarko, Biochemistry and Biophysics Selectivity and Specificity in Cancer Regulatory Proteins
1:50 – 2:40
Daniel Liefwalker, Oregon Health and Science University Therapeutic strategies targeting c-MYC
2:40 – 3:20
Afternoon Lightning Talks (8 talks) – Moderated By Viviana Perez
3:20 – 3:45
Break 25 mins (Poster and Sponsor displays)
3:45 – 4:10
Morgan Giers, Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Regenerating the Intervertebral Disc: Developing Effective Therapies in a Nutrient Limited Environment
4:10 – 5:00
Doris Taylor, Texas Heart Institute Building Solutions for Heart Disease: A 2019 Update
5:00 – 7:30
Poster Session / Reception, Sponsor Displays
Call for posters!
Invitation to present a Poster at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept 20, 2019) Students, Post Docs, Research Staff and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a Poster. Presenters are strongly encouraged but not required to consider utilizing a revolutionary new trend in poster format: https://twitter.com/mikemorrison
https://osf.io/ef53g (Posters in any format displayed at recent meetings are also welcome) Prizes for Best Posters: $100 (Undergraduate, Graduate and Post Doc Categories).
All fields and research topics welcome. To submit a Poster, please navigate to https://beav.es/ZPd DEADLINE Sept. 7, 2019.
Call for lightning talks!
Invitation to present a Lightning Talk at the 2019 CGRB FALL CONFERENCE (Sept. 20, 2019) https://cgrb.oregonstate.edu/fall-conference Students, Post Docs, Research Staff (FRA, Res. Associates, etc.), and Research Faculty are invited to present their research as a 5-minute Lightning Talk at the annual CGRB Fall Conference, Friday Sept. 20, 2019. First Prize for Best Lightning Talk = $100 Conference Registration Fee is waivedfor all Lightning Talk Presenters
All fields and research topics welcome. To submit a lightning talk: Please navigate to beav.es/ZPA
Talks are limited to 5 minutes and 5 slides maximum. Please Submit no Later Than: August 15, 2019. Talks will be selected by the Program Committee and Presenters notified by Aug. 31, 2019.
Committee Members
Thank you to our 2019 Fall Conference Committee:
Jaga Giebultowicz, Department of Integrative Biology Craig Marcus, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Jeff Anderson, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Viviana Perez, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Undergraduate student: Michaela Buchanan, Computer Sci/Biochemistry & Biophysics Using GPUs to Classify Oceans of Data Graduate student: Courtney Armour, MCB A Metagenomic Meta-Analysis Reveals Functional Signatures of Health and Disease in the Human Gut Microbiome Postdoc/Trainer: T. William O’Neill, Biomedical Sciences Creating 3-Dimensional Models from Serial Histologic Sections Using Open-Source Software
Helen Poynton, University of Massachusetts The Toxicogenome of Hyalella Azteca, building genomic resources for healthy ecosystems
10:20
Break (Poster & sponsor setup / displays)
10:45
Gerrad Jones, Biological & Ecological Engineering Environmental Change Drives Global Soil Element Fluxes
11:15
James Watson, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science Manifold Learning of Multi-scale Dynamics in Complex Systems
11:45
Joe Christison, Office of Commercialization & Corporate Development Patenting and Commercializing University Discoveries
12:10
Lunch (Poster and Sponsor setups / displays)
1:15
Daniel Coleman, OHSU Targeting BET Bromodomain Proteins in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
2:10
Maria Franco, Biochemistry & Biophysics Role of Redox Signaling in Tumor Metabolic Reprogramming
2:40
James Strother, Integrative Biology Elucidation of neural circuit structures through imaging, optogenetics, and behavior
3:05
Break
3:30
Maude David, Depts of Microbiology & Pharmacy Children with autism and their typically-developing siblings differ in exact sequence variants and predicted functions of stool-associated microbes
4:00
Vladimir Shulaev, University of North Texas Neuroprotective effect of 17β-Estradiol (E2) on rat brain
4:50
Closing remarks
5:00 – 7:30
Poster Session/Reception, Sponsor Displays
Thank you to our conference committee:
Jared LeBoldus, Assistant Professor, Botany & Plant Pathology Claudia Maier, Professor, Chemistry Natalia Shulzhenko, Assistant Professor, Vet Biomedical Science
Lightning Talk: Ellie Bors, Population genomics of rapid range expansion during marine invasions Poster: Lilian Padgitt-Cobb, Toward a phased, diploid assembly of the hop genome
Lunch and Poster Session (Poster & Lightning Talk slides judged) Poster & lightning talk ballot envelopes will be picked up for counting right after lunch
Moderator: Rebecca Hutchinson, Assistant Professor, Fisheries & Wildlife, EECS
1:20 – 1:45
Susan Tilton, Assistant Professor, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology A 3D Vitro Respiratory Model for Predicting Chemical Toxicity
1:45 – 2:10
Stephen Ramsey, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences, EECS Machine-Learning for Identifying Functional Noncoding SNPs
2:10 – 2:35
Clinton Epps, Associate Professor, Fisheries & Wildlife, CAS Genetic applications in the Conservation and Management of Bighorn Sheep
2:35 – 3:00
Break
3:00 – 3:50
Fei Fang, Carnegie Mellon Machine Learning and Game Theory for Biodiversity Conservation
3:50 – 4:00
Vrushali Bokil, Associate Professor, Mathematics Awards and Closing Remarks
Thank you to our conference committee:
Vrushali Bokil – Associate Professor, Mathematics Rebecca Hutchinson – Assistant Professor, EECS, Fisheries & Wildlife Duo Jiang – Assistant Professor, Statistics Molly Megraw – Assistant Professor, Botany & Plant Pathology
Moderator: Aleksandra Sikora, Pharmaceutical Sciences
9:25
Caroline Attardo Genco, Tufts University Sex as a variable: Distinct Neisseria gonorrhoeae gene expression signatures expressed during mucosal infection in men and women
10:10
Break (Poster & sponsor setup / displays)
10:30
Nathan Campbell, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Genotyping in Thousands by sequencing: A low cost, high-throughput, targeted SNP genotyping method
11:15
Olena Taratula, College of Pharmacy A Tumor-Activatable Theranostic Nanomedicine Platform for NIR Fluorescence-Guided Surgery and Phototherapy
11:40
Posy Busby, Botany & Plant Pathology Host genetic structuring of leaf endophyte communities in Populus and Maize
12:05
Lunch (Poster and Sponsor setups / displays)
Moderator: Brent Kronmiller, CGRB
1:20
Melissa Haendel, OHSU Crossing the chasm of semantic despair: ontologies to unify genomics and phenomics
2:05
Brett Tyler, Botany & Plant Pathology Does the pathogen always win – the co-evolutionary struggle between soybean and its oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae
2:30
Molly Burke, Integrative Biology Genomic lessons from laboratory evolution experiments
2:55
Break
3:15
Marian Waterman, UC Irvine WNT signaling and tumor heterogeneity
4:00
Maria Clara Franco, Biochemistry & Biophysics The Two Faces of Nitrated Proteins: Neurodegeneration and Cancer
4:25
David Myrold, Crop & Soil Science Glimpses into the microbial communities of Oregon soils
4:50
Janine Trempy, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Closing remarks
5:00 – 7:30
Poster Session/Reception, Sponsor Displays
Thank you to our conference committee:
Pankaj Jaiswal, Botany & Plant Pathology Ryan Mehl, Biochemistry & Biophysics Aleksandra Sikora, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brian Wall, Assistant Vice President, Research, Commercialization & Industry Partnerships, Oregon State University Introduction
Session 1
Moderator: Joseph McGuire, OSU; Monique Lajeunesse, OSU
8:40
Joseph Beckman, Distinguished Professor, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University Towards curing ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and other neurodegenerative diseases.
9:00
Laura Heiser, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health Science University
9:20
John Bial, CEO, Yecuris Commercial Translation, taking ideas from theory to practice
9:40
Kristina Young, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute Translational Research: Rational and Relevant Science
10:00
Discussion
10:20
Coffee Break
Session 2
Moderator: Jeff Chang, OSU; Kristof Torkenczy, OHSU
10:50
Hilary Ely, Life Sciences Applications R&D Engineer, HP Inc. Advancing HP Beyond Ink: Applying HP’s technology to life sciences and healthcare
11:10
Robyn Tanguay, Distinguished Professor, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University Integrating the power of the zebrafish model with automation to accelerate scientific discoveries
11:30
Sandra Rugonyi, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health Science University Predicting risks and outcomes in cardiovascular disease. Progress and challenges
11:50
Yigit Menguc, Assitant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University Soft Robotics combining Soft Materials, Mechanisms, and Manufacturing
Kyle Ellrott, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health Science University Big Data and Cancer Genomics
1:50
Elain Fu, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Oregon State University Paper-based testing for precision health
2:10
Matthew Ryder, Research & Development Surface Biochemist, Qorvo Qorvo Biosensors
2:30
Summer Gibbs, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health Science University
2:50
Discussion
3:10
Coffee Break
Session 4
Moderator: Summer Gibbs, OHSU; Ward Shalash, OSU
3:40
Karl Schilke, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Oregon State University Bionanoparticles: A versatile platform technology for personalized medicine and bioprocessing
4:00
Brian Maloney, Chemical Engineer, Patheon Patheon Oregon Site Overview
4:20
Greg Herman, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University See Through Sensors
4:40
Discussion
5:00
Brett Tyler, Director, Center for Genome Research & Biocomputing, Oregon State University Closing
5:10 – 7:00
Poster Session and Networking Reception (cash bar)
