The second bioinformatics symposium for OKBIOS (OKBIOS 2005) was quite a success. Feedback so far has been very positive. About 140 people pre-registered for the conference and 30 more registered on site. Overall, there were approximately 100 attendees from all major Oklahoma universities, companies, government agencies and regional colleges  We had a very interesting group of invited speakers (9 speakers) who presented on a diverse range of topics, encompassing academic, goverment and commercial efforts in bioinformatics.

Sponsors included Oklahoma Idea Network  program, OUHSC Surgery Department and Oklahoma State Chamber who sponsored the student poster awards. In total, we had 16 posters submitted.

The winners of the OKBIOS 2004 student poster competition are:

1. First place: Rhonda M. Clark

Title: Locus-specific expansion of GAA triplet-repeats in the human genome

Authors: Rhonda M. Clark, Gillian L. Dalgliesh, Dan Endres and Sanjay I. Bidichandani    

Affiliation:Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center. Oklahoma City   

2. Second place: Elvin Varughesekutty

Title: Systems Bioinformatics Analysis of Molecular Interaction Networks for Common Cancers

Authors: Elvin Varughesekutty, Son Do, Dan Brackett, Yuriy Gusev 

Affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,Oklahoma City   

3. Third place: Nicolas Knowlton

Title: Use of an internal standard to establish a baseline number of replicates in microarray experiments

Authors: Nicholas Knowlton 

Affiliation: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and OU Health Sciences Center

 

The first bioinfomatics symposium for OKBIOS (OKBIOS 2004) was quite a success. Feedback so far has been very positive. About 220 people pre-registered for the conference and 30 more registered on site. Overall, there were approximately 160 attendees from all major Oklahoma universities, companies, government agencies, regional colleges and even a few from high schools. We had a very interesting group of invited speakers (9 speakers, including one who spoke through an interactive Internet videoconference) who presented on a diverse range of topics, encompassing academic, goverment and commercial efforts in bioinformatics.

Vendors included ISC Bioexpress, who provided a door prize for filling out evaluations and Silicon Genetics, who sponsores the student poster awards. In total, we had 16 posters submitted.

The winners of the OKBIOS 2004 student poster competition are:

1. First place: Rhonda M. Clark

Title: Locus-specific expansion of GAA triplet-repeats in the human genome

Authors: Rhonda M. Clark, Gillian L. Dalgliesh, Dan Endres and Sanjay I. Bidichandani    

Affiliation:Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center. Oklahoma City   

2. Second place: Elvin Varughesekutty

Title: Systems Bioinformatics Analysis of Molecular Interaction Networks for Common Cancers

Authors: Elvin Varughesekutty, Son Do, Dan Brackett, Yuriy Gusev 

Affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,Oklahoma City   

3. Third place: Nicolas Knowlton

Title: Use of an internal standard to establish a baseline number of replicates in microarray experiments

Authors: Nicholas Knowlton 

Affiliation: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and OU Health Sciences Center

 

 We are  very encouraged by the level of interest in Bioinformatics in Oklahoma and it provides us with the hope for  the bright future of bioinformatics in our state.