Thursday, March 7,
9am-5pm
Lake Huron Room,
Oakland Center
The 2019 OU Genomics Symposium will bring together students of genomics and bioinformatics from many different areas, including evolutionary, functional, population genomics, genomic medicine, genome assembly, annotation, big data bioinformatics and other topics.
OU Genomics Symposium Schedule
- Wednesday March 6, 2019. 220 Hannah Hall
- 3:00 – 5:00 pm Open Human Evolutionary Genomics Class by Dr. Juan Rodriguez-Flores (Well Cornell Medical School, NYC)
- Thursday March 7, 2019. 220 Lake Huron Room, Oakland Center
- 9:00 – 11:30 am Morning session
- 11:30 – 12:00 pm Coffee Break
- 12:00 – 12:10 pm Welcome by Oakland University President, Dr. Ora Pescovitz
- 12:10 – 1:00 pm Keynote Lecture by Dr. Stephen J. O’Brien
- 1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
- 2:00 – 4:30 pm Afternoon session
- 4:30 – 5:00 pm Concluding remarks
- 6:00 pm Dinner on your own
Since the first publication of the Human Genome Project in 2003, genomic and bioinformatic tools have empowered a new generation of biologists. It opened incredible perspectives in human health, resulting in new approaches to diagnostics and treatment in medicine. It also provided new tools for those who are interested in studying natural history, and the interplay between ecological and evolutionary forces that is shaping biodiversity.
This meeting welcomes graduate students and faculty from many universities and provides a place to meet, network and discuss the latest technological developments in genomics, genome manipulation, emphasizing their application to non-model species. Join us and participate in productive discussions in an inclusive social and scientific setting. Attend OU Genomics to learn how to empower the future research in this rapidly developing field of science.
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Stephen J. O’Brien
“Promises-promises. Has the genome science revolution fulfilled a few?”
Dr. Stephen J. O’Brien is well known geneticist whose career spans several decades, going back to a 25-year tenure as the Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1986-2011. In 2011 he organized the Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics in St. Petersburg State University (Russia) where he served as first Chief Scientific Officer. Since 2012, Dr. O’Brien has been a professor at NSU Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography. In 2018, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. O’Brien’s research interests and expertise span human and comparative genomics, genetic epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, retro-virology, bioinformatics biodiversity and species conservation. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science, to the Explorer’s Club, and to the Cosmos Club, served as President of the NIH Assembly of Scientists, as Chairman of the International Committee on Comparative Gene Mapping for the Human Genome Organization (HUGO). Dr. O’Brien founded and still co-directs NOAHS (New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences), a consortium of scientists and apprentices, part of the Smithsonian Institution/National Zoological Park, dedicated to applying biomedical technology on behalf of species conservation and to training a generation of conservation scientists. He is presently the Chairman of the Science Advisory Board for The International BarCode of Life Project and Chairman of the Board of the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
Open Class in Genomic Medicine
Dr. Juan L. Rodriguez-Flores
Genomic Medicine is a new and exciting field contributing to the research in human health. We are pleased to feature an open lecture by Dr. Juan L. Rodriguez-Flores in the genomics of the Arab populations. The lecture will be part of the Human Evolutionary Genomics course at OU Biological Sciences, and will serve as an example of how genomics and bioinformatics tools can contribute to understanding history of human populations and genetic disease. Dr. Rodriguez-Flores is the Assistant Professor of Research in Genetic Medicine of Weil Cornell Medical School in New York.
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Taras K Oleksyk
Assistant Professor
367 DH
(248) 370-3359
Lab location: 368 DH
Lab phone: (248) 370-3359
oleksyk@oakland.edu
Fabia Ursula Battistuzzi
Assistant Professor
340 DH
(248) 370-3593
Lab location: 335B DH
Lab phone: (248) 370-2658
battistu@oakland.edu
