2010 NCIBI / RCMI - Workshop on Translational Bioinformatics

U-M, Ann Arbor, MI / July 29 - 30, 2010

About the Workshop

The 2009 NCIBI/RCMI Workshop on Translational Bioinformatics provided a platform to identify mechanisms to build and/or strengthen research collaborations on integrative biomedical informatics between The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI), RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN), and NCIBI. The feedback from last year’s workshop participants provided the basis to organize the 2010 NCIBI/RCMI Workshop on Translational Bioinformatics - July 29-30, 2010.

The two day workshop provided RCMI investigators training in the use of NCIBI tools and resources for translational research, and helped build research relationships to develop resources for the study of health disparities. The workshop provided an introductory hands-on tutorial with the NCIBI tools, followed by sessions tentatively focus on RTRN translational research clusters that overlap with the NCIBI driving biological projects in cancer, diabetes and nephropathy.

The hands-on tutorials this year focused on Next Generation Sequencing, specifically RNA-Seq, presented by Jim Cavalcoli, Rich McEachin, Xiao-Wei Chen and Yongsheng Bai (Download PDF). A second tutorial on Metabolomics was presented by Alla Karnovsky (Download PDF). Additional files and materials for both tutorials are found in rcmi2010.zip.

NCIBI Presenters

	Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D. Associate Dean, Clinical Research American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor University of Michigan Medical School "Welcome" Watch Workshop Presentation
	Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. Sr. Director, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, Public Health and Bioinformatics University of Michigan Medical School
	Brian Athey, Ph.D. Chair Designate, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Psychiatry and Internal Medicine University of Michigan Medical School "Translational Informatics 2010: Catching the Wave" - Watch Workshop Presentation
	H V Jagadish, Ph.D. Bernard A. Galler Collegiate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan Medical School "Overview of NCIBI Tools" - Watch Workshop Presentation
	Charles Burant, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Medical School "Metabolomics Introduction" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF

NIH Guests

Anthony Hayward, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health

"CTSAs: Informatics Resources for an Age of Translation"
- Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF

Karin Remington, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institutes of Health

Michael Sayre, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Research Infrastructure
National Center for Research Resources National Institutes of Health

RCMI Participants / Presenters

	Hassan Brim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Howard University "Do the Gut Flora Play a Role in Colon Carcinogenesis in African Americans?" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Romulo de Castro Jr., Ph.D. Professor, Director of Translational Research Concierge Services Charles Drew University of Medicine & Sciences
	Bonnibel Delgado Research Assistant II University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus "Clinical Proteomics Discovery Core Facility Provides New Resources for Biomedical Research" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Robert Dottin, Ph.D. Professor, of Biology, Director Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function Hunter College "International Collaborative Technologies for Bioinformatics Education and Community Health" - Watch Workshop Presentation
	Yayin Fang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry Howard University
	Furqan Haq, Ph.D. Project Manager, Research Centers in Minority Institutions Translational Research Network Charles Drew University of Medicine & Sciences "RTRN Collaborative Research Activities" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Raphael Isokpehi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biology Jackson State University "Exploration of Collaborative Projects using NCIBI Tools and Datasets"
	Hae Ji Kang, Ph.D. Researcher, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research University of Hawaii at Manoa
	Ming-Ying Leung, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of Bioinformatics Program University of Texas at El Paso "Developing Computational Tools for RNA Structural Prediction, Proteomics Analysis, and Mammogram Enhancement" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Omolola Ogunyemi, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Medical Sciences Institute Charles Drew University of Medicine & Sciences "Probabilistic Reasoning for Medical Decision Support" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Srinivas Patkar Bioinformatics Research Associate RTRN Data Technology Coordinating Center
	Wei-Gang Qiu, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Hunter College "Population Genomics of the Lyme Disease Pathogen" - Watch Workshop Presentation
	Romonia Renee Reams, Ph.D. Ph.D., Associate Professor Florida A & M "Genomics of Prostate Cancer Health Disparity-Beyond the Gene List" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF
	Keyur Talsania, MS Research Associate, Biostatistics DTCC – RTRN, Jackson
	Clayton Yates, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research Tuskegee University "Influence of Tumor-Stromal Interactions on Metastatic Prostate Cancer" - Watch Workshop Presentation / Download PDF