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2025 Bioinformatics Symposium: Speakers Announced


Speakers Announced, Bioinformatics Symposium

Keynote Address

Establishing a Subsurface Observatory at a Contaminated DOE Legacy Site
Dr. Terry Hazen, Ph.D.

Speakers

Why and how organisms edit their own genomes: programmed DNA elimination in nematodes
Dr. Jianbin Wang, Ph.D.

Variations on a Theme by Palade
Dr. Albrecht von Arnim, Ph.D.

View the complete agenda.

About the Symposium

OIT’s 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 symposium welcomes contributions from a broad range of participants, including computational scientists, experimental biologists, and educators. It aims to bridge the gap between bioinformatics users and developers, encourage collaboration, and facilitate use of HPC resources in biological research.

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What will you get out 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.