About

The High Performance and Scientific Computing (HPSC) group is pleased to announce the 5th Annual UT Bioinformatics Symposium, scheduled for Friday, September 26, 2025. This symposium is an opportunity for bioinformatics researchers across the University of Tennessee system to share recent research findings and foster collaboration.

The primary goal of the symposium is to bridge the gap between experimental and computational scientists in biology. We welcome participation from a broad range of participants, including bioinformatics users, developers, and educators!

Details

What will you get out of the symposium?

• Listen to talks on cutting-edge research from leading UT faculty members as they share their vision for bioinformatics.
• Hear lightning talks from researchers across diverse disciplines who are using bioinformatics in their research.
• Network with fellow UT researchers and foster new collaborations.
• Shape the future of High-Performance Computing at UT by providing valuable feedback to the HPSC group.

Agenda

Start Time	Sessions, Speakers, and Topics
9:00 AM	Doors open
9:00 AM	Coffee and light breakfast
9:30 AM	Introduction—Dr. Scott Emerich, Ph.D.
9:40 AM	Keynote—Terry Hazen, Ph.D. Establishing a Subsurface Observatory at a Contaminated DOE Legacy Site
10:20 AM	Speaker—Jianbin Wang, Ph.D. Why and how organisms edit their own genomes: programmed DNA elimination in nematodes
10:45 AM	Speaker—Albrecht von Arnim, Ph.D. Variations on a Theme by Palade
11:10 AM	Break
11:20 AM	Lightning Talks Transcriptomic responses to heat are phenotype dependent in songbirds Sequencing Support at the UT Genomics Core Hydrated-State TEM Imaging of Biological Samples Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core (BSMMSC) Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Center NMR Facilities UTK IAMM
11:55 AM	Closing remarks
12:00 PM	Lunch and Networking