Stormo Symposium on Computational Biology – “History and Current Developments in Computational Biology”

May 21, 2024
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Moore Auditorium (Medical Campus, North Building)

The symposium will honor Dr. Gary Stormo and is hosted by the Department of Genetics.

The Department of Genetics will celebrate the career of Dr. Gary Stormo on May 21, 2024, with the Stormo Symposium on Computational Biology.  It is an all-day symposium (9am-5pm) in Moore Auditorium, with 12 speakers comprised of Dr. Stormo’s former mentees and collaborators. There will be a lunch and at the end of the day, a brief reception.

Speakers
  • Sean R. Eddy, PhD (Harvard University)
  • Takis Benos, PhD (University of Florida)
  • Martha L. Bulyk, PhD (Harvard Medical School)
  • Larry Gold, PhD (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  • Steven Henikoff, PhD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
  • Mark Johnston, PhD (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
  • Jin Billy Li, PhD (Stanford University)
  • X. Shirley Liu, PhD (GV20 Therapeutics)
  • Eugene W. Myers, PhD (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics)
  • William R. Pearson, PhD (University of Virginia)
  • Zhiping Weng, PhD (UMass Chan Medical School)
  • Scot A. Wolfe, PhD (UMass Chan Medical School)

For inquiries contact Michelle Gibbs.