UNC Biotech Day
The UNC Computational Medicine Program and Bits In Bio RTP are excited to present the UNC Biotech Day symposium. We have invited ten speakers from the local biotech ecosystem to present their work to an audience of students and academic researchers. Our hope is to foster connections and collaborations between academia and industry across the Research Triangle.
Schedule
Lunch and snacks served at 1:00pm
1:30pm - 1:55pm: Joel Parker (LifeEdit Therapeutics): Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at LifeEdit Therapeutics
1:55pm - 2:20pm: Anupama Reddy (Vindhya Data Science): Biomarker development to advance precision medicine: translating 'omics signatures to the clinic
2:20pm - 2:45pm: Victor Weigman (Bioskryb Genomics): Understanding molecular impacts of gene therapies through multi-omic profiling of individual cells
Coffee break
2:55pm - 3:20pm: Marshall Thompson (Rare Cancer Research Foundation): Direct patient participation in oncology research as a catalyst for innovation
3:20pm - 3:45pm: Sara Selitsky (Tempus AI): Development of a prognostic signature through molecular subtyping of a rare squamous cancer
3:45pm - 4:10pm: Nicholas Dietrich (Kriya Therapeutics): Next-generation sequencing and gene therapy product development
4:10pm - 4:35: Mariano Alvarez (Avalo): Interpretable machine learning for discovery and prediction tasks in commercial breeding programs
Coffee break
4:45pm - 5:10pm: Mark Lovern (InSilicoTrials): Introduction to model-informed drug development
5:10pm - 5:35pm: Umut Eser (Weave): Challenges and opportunities of modernizing the drug development process with AI
5:35pm - 6:00pm: Marcel Frenkel (Ten63): Molecular voxel theory, exploring vast chemical and conformational space to drug the undruggable
Other Information
The closest spot to park near the Bioinformatics Building is the Dogwood Deck visitor parking lot.
Organizers: Alex Rubinsteyn, Natalie Stanley, Tim Elston, Alice Woolard, Meaghan Kennedy Ng