NorthernBUG 13
- Date: 20th September 2024
- Location: University of Manchester
- Hosts: Ian Donaldson, Syed Murtuza Baker & Mudassar Iqbal
We are excited to announce the next Northern BUG meeting, which will be held on Friday 20th September 2024 at the Michael Smith Building in sunny Manchester.
The Michael Smith Building is about a 15 minute walk from Oxford Road train station, and about a 30 minute walk from Piccadilly train station. There are regular bus services to and from the train stations.
The meeting:
The event will include a keynote talk from Prof. Karen Piper-Hanley: ‘A multi-modal approach to define the patho-architecture and cell state transitions during human liver fibrosis’, and there is an optional morning workshop ‘Basics of Multi-omics data: technologies and methods’.
Call for speakers and poster presentations:
This event is for everyone. We invite you to contribute to its success by submitting your abstracts for talks (both short 20 minutes talks, and 5 minutes flash talks) and poster presentations.
The BUG is a friendly community and this will be an excellent opportunity to get feedback from other bioinformaticians about your project. We particularly welcome abstracts from people wishing to: talk about real world bioinformatics issues; share methods; problem solve a project; or seeking feedback at the early stage of a project.
Prizes:
To recognise exceptional contributions, we will award £100 for the best talk and the best poster presentations. Take this opportunity to share your work, you could be a winner!
Limited Spaces:
Please note that spaces for this event are limited. Priority will be given to presenters and those who register early. Don’t delay!
Registration:
Secure your spot and register now by following this registration link
Agenda:
| Time | Speaker | Presentation | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00-10:30 | Registration opens and Tea/coffee | Registration open all day | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Optional Workshop | Basics of Multi-omics data: technologies and methods | |
| 12:00-13.00 | Lunch and Posters | ||
| 13:00 - 13.40 | Karen Piper-Hanley - University of Manchester | A multi-modal approach to define the patho-architecture and cell state transitions during human liver fibrosis | |
| 13:40 - 15.00 | Short talks 1 | ||
| Eva Caamaño Gutierrez - University of Liverpool | Robust Omics Biomarker Identification by Machine Learning – TRUTH or DARE? | ||
| Dave Gerrard - University of Manchester | GenomicLayers - Simple, sequence-anchored simulation of epi-genomes | ||
| Muhammad Ahtazaz Ahsan - University of Manchester | Predicting Pathway Expression from Histopathology Images Using Deep Learning | ||
| Matthew Birket - University of Manchester | Understanding the regulation of cell diversity in cardiac differentiation using gene editing and single cell genomics | ||
| 15:00 - 15.20 | Tea/coffee | ||
| 15.20 - 15.40 | Flash talks | ||
| William Morgans - University of Manchester | Scalable joint non-negative matrix factorisation for analysis of paired single cell gene expression and chromatin accessibility data | ||
| Matthew Roberts - Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute | Efficient and transparent analyses with Shiny apps | ||
| Jorge Peinado Izaguerri - University of Manchester | Optimization of peptide selection for absolute protein quantification using QconCATs | ||
| Tengyue Zheng - Manchester NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | Critique of cloud platforms for NGS processing, should we all jump on BOARD? | ||
| 15.40 - 17.00 | Short talks 2 & Prizes | ||
| Amin Ali - Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute | Bioinformatic landscape of prostate zones in cancer evolution | ||
| Sankari Nagarajan - University of Manchester | Subtype matters- identification of gene regulatory networks in breast cancers | ||
| Francis Gyapong - University of Nottingham | The effects of environmental metals on the spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the stickleback skin microbiome | ||
| Seung Hyun Lee - Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute | Integrating histopathology, Co-Detection by Indexing (CODEX) highly multiplexed imaging and computational analysis to create a single cell resolution atlas of human pancreatic cancer development | ||
| 17.00 - 19.00 | Drinks reception |
Contact:
For any query please contact Ian Donaldson (ian.donaldson@manchester.ac.uk), Syed Murtuza Baker (syed.murtuzabaker@manchester.ac.uk), Mudassar Iqbal (mudassar.iqbal@manchester.ac.uk)
NorthernBUG 13 is supported by Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at University of Manchester
Location:
Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre
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