Women in Bioinformatics Workshop (2023)

November 3, 2023
Southern Connecticut State University

Agenda

Speakers

Join researchers and industry specialists from computer science, biology and biotechnology, presenting their research and industry experience in the interdisciplinary field of bioinformatics.

Jingyue Ellie Duan
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Cornell University

Duygu Ucar
Associate Professor, JAX Center for Aging Research
JAX Center for 3D Genomics and Biology
The JAX Cancer Center
The Jackson Laboratory

Sheida Nabavi
Associate Professor, Computer Science
University of Connecticut

Jill Wegrzyn
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Director, Computational Biology Core 

Sheng Li
Associate Professor,
JAX Center for 3D Genomics and Biology
The JAX Cancer Center
The Jackson Laboratory

Usha Pillai
Founder and President, Aria Management Consulting, LLC
Member, CT Bioscience Growth Council

Erika Smith
CEO, ReNetX Bio, Inc.

Alexa Wnorowski
Fellow, JAX Genomic Education
The Jackson Laboratory

Rachel O'Neill
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology / Genetics and Genomics
Director, Center for Genome Innovation
University of Connecticut


Organizers

Program Committee Co-Chairs

  • Sahar Al Seesi, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Rachel O’Neill, University of Connecticut

Program Committee Members

  • Judy Brown, University of Connecticut
  • Miranda LynchHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
  • Marmar Moussa, University of Oklahoma
  • Sheida Nabavi, University of Connecticut
  • Jiongdong Pang, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Tatiana Shcheglova, University of Connecticut Health Center
  • Jill Wegrzyn, University of Connecticut
  • Sarah Wojiski, The Jackson Laboratory

Local Organization Chair

  • Amal Abdel Raouf, Southern Connecticut State University

Treasurer

  • Winnie Yu, Southern Connecticut State University

Sponsors

    Office of Faculty Development logoComputer Science Department logoCollege of Arts and Sciences logoMillion Women Mentors Connecticut logoBioPath logoSCSU Innovation Hub, Where the Future Begins logo