About this Event
Welcome to the 2026 MidAtlantic Bioinformatics Conference!
Presented annually by the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics (DBHi) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI), the MidAtlantic Bioinformatics Conference brings together recognized leaders in bioinformatics as well as emerging voices in the field. Conference attendance has grown significantly with each successive year bringing in researchers from around the world.
Don't miss this opportunity to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in bioinformatics. Register now and secure your spot!
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM
Welcome
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:30 AM
Christina Leslie, PhD
Info: Professor
Computational and Systems Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Ruli Gao, PhD
Info: Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Morning Break
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Paul Geeleher PhD
Info: Associate Member
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Wenpin Hou, PhD
Info: Assistant Professor Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Division of Integrative Genomics
Duke University
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Lightning Talks
Info: Poster abstract authors who received the highest rankings from the poster review will present 3-minute Lightning Talks. Three (3) awards will be presented and the closing of the conference day
🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:45 PM
Lunch/Poster Session
Info: Location: The Poster Session will be held in the lobby of the Colket Translational Research Building, at 3501 Civic Center Blvd.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Keynote 2 - Christopher Burge, PhD
Info: CSB Program Director; Uncas (1923) and Helen Whitaker Professor; Extramural Member of KIICR;Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Member of the Broad Institute
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
Mitchell Machiela, ScD, MPH
Info: Senior Investigator
Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch
National Institutes of Health
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Afternoon Break
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Niamnh Mullins, PhD
Info: Associate Professor
Psychiatric Genomics
Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
JangKeun Kim, PhD
Info: Research Associate
Computational Biology
Director, Spaceflight Research/Mason Lab
Weill Cornell Medical College
Staff Scientist; Fellowship Mentor
Bioastra
Closing Remarks and Presentation of Trainee Awards
Info: Anurag Verma, PhD
Assistant Professor Translational Medicine and Human Genetics
Associate Director, Clinical Informatics
and Genomics for Penn Medicine BioBank
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Event venue & nearby stays
Smilow Center for Translational Research, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, United States
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