BU Bioinformatics Student-Organized Symposium

The annual Bioinformatics Student-Organized Symposium (SoS) was held on June 5th, 2024. Every aspect of this symposium is organized by graduate students, from nominating and inviting keynote speakers, to planning the schedule of events. Join us for an exciting lineup of invited speakers, with lightning talks and poster presentations on current student research.

SoS 2024 Distinguished Speakers:

Michael Snyder, Ph.D.Chair, Dept. of GeneticsDirector, Center for Genomics and Personalized MedicineStanford

Disrupting healthcare using deep data and remote monitoring

Stephanie Hicks, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and BiostatisticsJohns Hopkins University

Scalable computational methods and software for single-cell and spatial data science

Alison Bennett, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal BiologyThe Ohio State University

Exploring evolution in microbiomes via interdisciplinary collaborations

Robert Cross, PhDAssociate Professor of Microbiology & ImmunologyUniversity of Texas Medical Branch

Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics in High Containment

Kevin Solomon, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular EngineeringUniversity of Delaware

Enzyme discovery for degradation of recalcitrant polymers

Sarah Garamszegi, Ph.D.BU Bioinformatics Program AlumnusAssociate Director, Strategy and Operations Program ManagerBristol Myers Squibb

Careers beyond the bench and server

2024 Student Organizing Committee:

Aubrey Odom

Andrew Chen

Amulya Shastry

Steph Hao

Jill Petrosky