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VCU BBSI Closing Symposium 2005
Monday, August 8, Life Sciences Room 250
Program

Time Presenter Title
8:45 am   Breakfast: Bagels etc
9:10 am   Greetings
9:15 am   Session I: Modeling cells and cell behavior
CJ Williamson Biomechanical behavior of an anatomically represented articular surface and the effects of articular defects
Cailin Andruss T. cruzi meets wall: Modeling parasite interaction with their environment
Kyle Roberts Modeling the flagellum: A continuum model approach
Sterling Thomas Cancer and the Bcl2 protein family: Why can't you get along?
10:40 am   Session II: Finding patterns
Courtney Carwile Analyzing baseline data for use in speech recognition for dysarthric speakers
Aaron Holman [to be announced]
Ethan Thiel Implementing useful microarray functionality in a biologist's programming language
Patrick Koske-
    McBride
The quest to identify the WFS2 gene, or Our genes, our enemies
11:50 am   Lunch / Panel Discussion:
The road to bioinformatics and bioengineering
1:30 pm   Session III: Identification of genes and genomic features
Eric Wilson Identification of cis-acting regulatory elements in the genome of Cryptosporidium hominis
Ben Cohn In search of the elusive motif: A model approach for elucidating recurring transcriptional sequences in Cryptosporidium hominis
Cathy Burke CRISPRs, the beginning and the end
Michiko Kato Origin and propagation of small repetitive elements in cyanobacteria
2:40 pm   Session IV: Bacteriophage propagation
James Kokorelis Host range determinants of the P2-related bacteriophage Wphi
Meghan Feltcher SaPI1 interference and bacteriophage 80alpha capsid size determination
3:15 pm   Final words

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