Dr. Davide Cirillo Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Synthetic Data in Biomedical Research: From Knowledge Discovery to Knowledge Generation
Davide Cirillo is the head of the Machine Learning for Biomedical Research Unit and Juan de la Cierva Incorporación fellow of the BSC Computational Biology group. His area of expertise is data analysis and predictive modeling for precision medicine using network biology and machine learning. His research in precision medicine includes rare diseases and paediatric cancers, as well as ethics of artificial intelligence. He is co-editor of the book Sex and Gender Bias in Technology and Artificial Intelligence: Biomedicine and Healthcare Applications (Elsevier Academic Press 2022).
Michael Lynch School of Medicine, Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre, Health Research Institute (HRI), University of Limerick
Short talk: Supervised multimodal demultiplexing outperforms conventional demultiplexing of scRNAseq
Seyed Aghil Hooshmand School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway
Short talk: Advancing Cancer Research through Integration of Liquid Biopsy Data in cBioPortal: Insights from the All-Ireland Cancer Liquid Biopsies Consortium (CLuB)
Yezhao Zhong University of Galway
Short talk: Adverse Drug Reaction Profile Prediction: Denoising, Signal Enhancement and Missing Row Imputation
Roofiya Koya University College Dublin
Short talk: Mechanistic insights into long noncoding RNAs through high resolution analysis of tumour mutations.
Aideen McCabe School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork
Short talk: Understanding Ovarian Cancer: Lessons Learned from Cells, Apps and Patients
Hannah Nyarko Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Short talk: Assessing the spatial patterns of immune and stromal cells for prognosis in early-stage ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer
Micheál Ó Dálaigh School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway
Short talk: Kinnex Long-Read Resequencing of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Single-Cell RNA Samples for Improved Detection of Malignant Genomic Alterations
Dr. Elisabeth Bik Harbers Bik LLC
Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research
Elisabeth Bik, PhD is a Dutch-American microbiologist who has worked for 15 years at Stanford University and 2 years in industry. Since 2019, she is a science integrity volunteer and consultant who scans the biomedical literature for images or other data of concern. She has found over 8,000 scientific papers, and her work resulted in over 1,200 retractions and another 1,000 corrections. For her work in science communication and exposing research misconduct, she received the 2021 John Maddox Prize.
Ahmad Alkhan University of Limerick
Deep Learning approach for detecting and segmenting Perineural Invasion in Colon, Prostate, and Pancreatic cancers
Stefanus Bernard SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science
Bioinformatics Refinement of CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screens Reveals Additional Genes Modulating Cellular Responses to CDC7 Inhibitors
Catherine Higgins University College Dublin
Clustering imbalanced functional data - enhancing the clustering accuracy of time-course gene expression data
Pouya Motienoparvar University of Galway
A genetic network integrates regulation of the vegetative-reproductive phase transition in Arabidopsis thaliana
Prof. Karen Miga University of California, Santa Cruz
The Human Pangenome Project: Creating a Reference that Better Represents Human Global Genetic Diversity
Throughout my career, I have developed innovative computational and experimental approaches to advance our understanding of centromeric and pericentromeric DNAs. I work at the forefront of genome technologies as part of the T2T and Pangenome initiative to construct genetic and epigenetic maps to expand our understanding of their structure and function. As a group leader, I prioritize fostering a creative and scientifically rigorous environment that supports inclusivity and diversity within our scientific team. I also prioritize training that operates at the intersection of science, justice, and equity.
Elle Loughran Trinity College Dublin
Factors in the Development of Extreme Ploidy States in Cancer
Anna Grossbach School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Galway
Mapping Genetic Determinants of DNA Methylation Across Early Development
Mariagiovanna Pais Queen's University
Exploring endocrine disrupting pathways using knowledge graph and network biology.
Metin Yazar School of Computer Science, University College Dublin
Unravelling Resistance Mechanisms to Synthetic Lethal Therapies in Cancer Through Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
Emma Corley Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, Centre for Neuroimaging, Cognition, and Genomics (NICOG), University of Galway, Ireland
Associating Mood Symptom Severity with Subcortical Brain Volumes in Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder using an Item Response Theory Model
Olivier Dennler School of Medicine, University College Dublin
Short talk: Evaluating Sequence and Structural Similarity Metrics for Predicting Shared Paralog Functions
Sophie Matthews University of Galway
Short talk: Variable gene copy number in cancer-related pathways is associated with cancer prevalence across mammals
Maria Eleonora Rossi School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway
Short talk: Independent origins of spicules reconcile the evolutionary history of sponges (Porifera)
James McInerney University of Liverpool
Short talk: panGPT: An AI transformer for generating large pangenome models.
John-Paul Wilkins Queen's University Belfast
Short talk: Secrets in the Sewers - Revealing the hidden diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Northern Irish wastewater
Kate Ryan Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Ecology (ARME) Group, School of Medicine, University of Galway
Short talk: Genomic identification and characterisation of novel bacterial species from Space Craft Assembly Clean Rooms
Emmet Campbell Queen's University Belfast
Short talk: In silico phage-bacteria infection networks (PBINs) of Streptococcus suis reveal co-evolution patterns between host and prophage
Anna Tumeo University of Galway
Short talk: Validation of a field-deployable automated DNA extraction system as a tool for assessment of microbial diversity in marine ecosystems
Javier Villegas Salmerón Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Short talk: Characterization of the mouse intra-amygdala kainic acid model at single-cell resolution reveals cell-type specific contributions to epilepsy phenotype
Sophia Heneghan School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Short talk: The impact of copy number variants in diagnosis and severity of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Nicole Glendinning School of Biological Sciences, and Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast
Short talk: DNA Methylation in Vulnerability to Opioid Use Disorder
Karen Guerrero Vazquez University of Galway
Short talk: Predicting Age and Identifying Aging-Related Genes from Muscle Gene Expression Data