Attendee List: New - See the Schedule Here Name Campus Department Keywords Attend, Poster, and/or Presentation Dr Maryann Martone University of California, San Diego Dept. of Neurosciences (web site) data bases, electron microscopy, neuroinformatics, data mediation •Key Note Speaker Mr. Charles Alexander Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University Medical Center Bioinformatics support and development Attend Only Yesim Aydin Son University of TN, Knoxville UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology Fuctional Genomics Group<br>Life Sciences Division, ORNL<br> Attend Only Dr. Erich Baker ORNL UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology Collaborative and Comparative Bioinformatics Poster, Presentation Dr. Jeffrey Becker Knoxville GST, U. Tennessee GST Attend Only Dr. Michael Berry University of Tennessee, Knoxville Computer Science In collaboration with Dr. Gary Stuart at Indiana State University (Dept. of Life Sciences) we have developed an SVD-based phylogenetic approach for analyzing whole genomes. Presentation Dr. Stan Blatti Memphis Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Biotechnology, Transcription Regulation Attend Only MR. Justin Boyd Memphis Pharmacology high through put screening cDNA libraries protein characterization SNP and array analysis Attend Only Dr. Jack Buchanan UT Health Science Center (Memphis) School of Biomedical Engineering Cardiac Electrophysiology, High Performance Computing, Clinical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering Attend Only Yu Chen UTK GST microarray data analysis, regulatory region analysis , yeast two hybrid data and pathway analysis Poster, Presentation Dr. Rong Cheng Memphis Parmacology Bioinformatics, human complex disease linkage mapping and linkage disequilib Poster Prof. Lloyd Davis University of Tennessee Space Institute Center for Laser Applications single-molecule detection Monte Carlo simulation Maximum Entropy Analysis Neural Networks DNA sequencing genetic screening Center for Laser Applications Presentation William Dockery Knoxville UT Office of Research Coordinator of Research Information Services; science writer; editor, Research Good News Poster, Presentation Dr. Jack Dongarra Knoxville CS high performance computing, grid computing, numerical methods Poster, Presentation Dr Rob Edwards Memphis Molecular Sciences salmonella genome sequencing phage evolution pathogenesis Poster, Presentation Mr. Ben Everett UTHSC Molecular Sciences (Biochemistry) Dopamine Receptors, Parkinson's Disease, Oxidative Stress Attend Only Ms. Leigh Farris UTHSC Molecular Sciences Salmonella, phage, genetics Attend Only Dr. Max Garzon University of Memphis Computer Science DNA chip design<br>Information Encoding in DNA<br>Biomolecular-based computers Presentation Dr. E. Olusegun George University of Memphis Mathematical Sciences Bioinformatics, Statistical Modelling of Developmental Toxicity Data, Exact Procedures for Adjusting Multiple Tests based on Clustered Data Attend only Ph.D. Ivan Gerling UTHSC Dept. of Medicine Molecular phenotyping, Proteomics, 2D-gel database. Presentation Dr. Daniel Goldowitz UTHSC Anatomy & Neurobiology developmental neurobiology, neurogenetics, mutagenesis Poster, Presentation Dr. Karen Goss Knoxville TMGC Director of Primary Behavior Testing sight for the TMGC Attend Only Young-Ran Heo Knoxville Nutrition, UT Obesity, Adipocyte, RAS Attend Only Mr. Robert Hillhouse The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Web Services Group datawarehousing, web GUI development, database-enabled websites, SMD (Stanford MicroArray Database)Support Presentation Dr. Ramin Homayouni UTHSC Memphis Dept. of Neurology Brain development, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer Disease, amyloid precursor protein, reeler, DNA microarray Attend Only Dr. Liz Howell UT Knoxville Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Structure-function studies of an R-plasmid encoded dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). Docking studies to predict the structure of the ternary complex with dihydrofolate and NADPH. Presentation Dr. Yoon Hwang Memphis UY Health Science Center Nicotine Bioinformatics Attend Only Dr. Monica Jablonski UT Memphis proteomics, retina, development Attend only Trupti Joshi UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GENOME SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY bioinformatics Attend Only Timothy Kayes UT Memphis Interdisciplinary Interdiciplinary cell molecular disease Attend Only Ken Kimble UTSI Math visualization chaotic dynamics wavelets pattern recognition Presentation Dr. Abbas Kitabchi Health Science Center, Memphis Co-author with Frankie Stentz, Ph.D. Attend only Dr. John Koontz U Tennessee Knoxville Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology Director, Division of Biology Attend Only D r Lorraine Kraus University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Molecular Sciences Carbamoylated proteins, carbamoyl-amino acids Attend Only Dr Michael Leuze ORNL phylogenetic footprinting<br>motif-finding<br>gene regulatory networks Attend Only Ling Li Knoxville Genome Science and Technology graduate student in GST program Attend Only Yi Li UTHSC Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics Data Analyst and Database Management Attend Only Dr. Shuxin Li Memphis Physiology, UTHSC Graduate student concentration in Bioinformatics Attend Only Dr Ming Li UTHSC Pharmacology Linkage and association analysis; microarray data normalization and analysis; evolutionary analysis Poster, Presentation Yutao Liu Knoxville, TN Genome Science and Technology protein-protein interaction Attend Only Dr. Lu Lu UTHSC Anatomy and Neurobiology microarray, genetics, quantitative trait locus, neurogenesis. Attend only Dr Jennie Ma UTHSC Preventive Medicine Linkage and association analysis Attend Only Dr Kenneth Manly Buffalo, NY Roswell Park Cancer Institute WebQTL complex trait analysis QTL mapping Presentation Terry Mark-Major UTHSC UT Center of Excellence Genomics & Bioinformatics Business manager for COE Attend Only Ms. Swapna Menon UT Memphis Molecular Sciences search for functional counterpart of rho in yeast system initiated by secondary structure-based similiarity, followed up by in vitro studies Attend Only Darla Miller Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tennessee Mouse Genome Consortium Manager of the TMGC Attend only Dr. Terry Moore UT Knoxville Center for Information Technology Research Distributed Computing and Logistical Networking Attend Only Dr. Naima Moustaid-Moussa UTK Department of Nutrition Research focus: Dietary and hormonal regulation of gene expression. Endocrine function of adipose tissue and its role in obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Current interests: Development of Genomics and proteomics applications to adipose tissue, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Presentation Dr. David Nelson UTHSC Memphis Molecular Sciences Bioinformatics and comparative genomics of Cytochrome P450 Poster Mr. William Orr UT, Memphis UTHSC, Ophthalmology Microarray Printing and Scanning;<br>Data Analysis Attend Only Mr. Can Ozen UT Genome Science and Technology Computational biology, protein structure prediction Attend Only Mrs Aysu Ozen UT campus Microbiology bacterial genetics Attend Only Dr. Christian Parigger University of Tennessee Space Institute Center for Laser Application Presented are aspects of current 100++ processors clusters at The University of Tennessee Space Institute, showing a nominal speed of 0.1 TeraFlop. Applications include simulations and numerical predictions, analyses in Biomedical/Biophysics research work. Presentation Dr. Cynthia Peterson Knoxville protein biochemistry, protein structure Attend Only James Phelps UT Knoxville, Memphis Office of Research and Information Technology, Center of Genomics and Biotechnology Developing centralized IT resources for biological research and education. Presentation Jane Razumovskaya Computational Biology Group (Ying Xu) UT-GST Interpreting mass spectrometry data to assist in protein identification and protein structure prediction. Poster Brian Ridenhour Knoxville University Of Tennessee Teaching Assistant Presentation Arnold Saxton UT Knoxville Animal Science Quantitative Genetics, Genetic Architecture, Complex Traits, Systems Biology Presentation Dr. Jay Snoddy ORNL UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology Collaborative and Comparative Bioinformatics Poster, Presentation Mr. Cagdas Son University of Tennessee Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology GPCR peptide ligand interactin, Yeast pheromone receptor, and alpha factor(pheromone ligand) Attend Only Dr. Frankie Stentz UTHSC Dept Medicine Gene Expression in Diabetics during and after recovery from Diabetic Ketoacidosis(DKA) Poster Dr. Gary Stuart Indiana State University Life Science Whole genome analysis<br>Gene Catagorization<br>Gene and Species Phylogeny<br>(Collaborating with Michael Berry, UT Knoxville, Computer Science) Attend Only Dr. Douglas Swanson UT, Memphis Anatomy and Neurobiology Trascriptional Regulation, Neuronal Differentiation, Cerebellar Development, Granule cells, Pax6 Poster Larry Tague UTHSC (Memphis) Physiology Online Campus-toCampus Collaborations, WebDAV for collaborative authoring, Grant proposal development, extensible network-based models for undergraduate and K-12 enrichment Presentation Dr. William Taylor UTHSC Molecular Resource Center Sequencing, Fragment analysis, microarrays,imaging Attend only Dr. Edward Uberbacher University Of Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory Computational biology program, genome analysis, annotation, protein folding, phenotype analysis, comparative genomics Presentation Dr. Ena Urbach UTK Dept of Microbiology, GST Molecular microbial ecology of oceans and lakes, genomic sequencing of uncultured microorganisms, comparative genomics of marine Roseobacter bacteria Presentation Sumithra Urs Knoxville Nutrition, UT Adipocyte biology, differential expression of genes during adipocyte differentiation and impact of obesity on CVD and HTN Attend Only Mr. Sathish Vadhiyar Knoxville Computer Science, University of Tennessee Distributed computing Attend Only Mr Nathan VerBerkmoes UT/ORNL Graduate program in Genomic Science and Technology Mass spectrometry of protein mixtures with an emphasis on bacterial proteomics.<br>Talk will be titled Bioinformatics, mass spectrometry and proteomics Presentation Hsin-Neng Wang UTK GST I'm doing my lab ratation in Dr. Snoddy's lab at ORNL. My work so far is to transfer the data format of pipeline tool (developed by ORNL) to xml format for BioDAS server. Attend Only Bob Ward Knoxville Department of Computer Science computational linear algebra, parallel computing, scientific computing Attend Only Dr. Bruce Whitehead University of Tennessee Space Institute Computer Science Neural networks; Genetic algorithms; Database management Presentation Dr. Rob