UIC Bioinformatics 20th Anniversary Symposium: Celebration and Reunion
Monday, May 6, 2024
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We are delighted to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Bioinformatics graduate program in the Richard Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering at UIC on Monday, May 6 2024. The department is the home of the oldest bioinformatics doctoral and master’s degree programs in the state and was first approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education in 2003. We welcome faculty, students, alumni, and friends to a full day’s celebration on May 6 at the Hyatt Place Chicago – Medical/University District.
The celebration will include presentations from alumni describing their most recent work. Students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to attend and present their research posters. This symposium is also open to the public.
Register at link below by May 1, 2024.
- If you have a position(s) to fill in your lab or company, send the job opening information to cbqb@uic.edu. We will post them on the symposium website as well as the on-site job board.
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Alumni Speakers
- Dennis Bergau – PhD, 2018
- Consultant and Liaison, KarmaSci Scientific Consulting, LLC
- Gamze Gürsoy – PhD, 2016
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Peter Larson – PhD, 2017
- Genomics Assistant Director, Loyola Genomic Facility, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago
- Xiang (Sean) Li – PhD 2007
- CTO & Co-Founder, Seqster
- Hsiao-Mei Lu – PhD 2010
- Vice President of Bioinformatics, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc
- Ahmed Abdelhadi Metwally – PhD, 2018
- Senior Research Scientist, Google
- Nathan Stitziel – MD/PhD, 2006
- Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
- Jinfeng Zhang – PhD, 2004
- Professor, Department of Statistics, Florida State University
hotel
We have reserved blocks of rooms at the Hyatt Place Chicago – Medical / University District with the group rate of $159. You may book a room using the link below or by calling the reservations line at 1-888-591-1234 using code G-ECBO for the group rate. Please note the cutoff date of April 8th, 2024. After this date, the link and code will expire, and the group rate cannot be guaranteed to reservations booked after.
Hotel address: 1835 W Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
Booking link: hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/CHIZT/G-ECBO
Job Postings
If you have a position(s) to fill in your lab or company, send the job opening information to cbqb@uic.edu. We will post them on the symposium website as well as the on-site job board.:
