Larry Helseth, PhD a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at DePaul University presented “Biology is an Informational Science!”

Jacob Furst, PhD, an Associate Professor at DePaul University’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems provided an “Introduction to DNA Microarrays”

Daniela Stan Raicu, PhD, an Assistant Professor at DePaul University’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems gave an “An Introduction to Medical Informatics”

Jonathan F. Gemmell, a PhD student at DePaul University’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems discussed his research in Protein Design on the Illinois Bio-Grid

Ruchaneewan Susomboon, a PhD student at DePaul University’s School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems discussed her research in “Single Organ Segmentation Filters for Multiple Organ Segmentation”

Elizabeth M Glass, PhD from the Bioinformatics Group at the Mathematics & Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory spoke on the “Integrated Bioinformatics Systems and Tools at MCS/ANL.” 

Ming-Yang Kao, PhD a Professor at Northwestern University’s Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science presented “Some Experiences with Formulating Algorithmic Problems for Bioinformatics.”

Samuel Armato III, PhD an Associate Professor of Radiology in The University of Chicago’s Department of Radiology discussed his findings in “Research in Computer-Aided Diagnosis.”