The Inaugural Bioinformatics Symposium, held on April 29, 2025, at the Science and Engineering Hall, George Washington University, brought together students, faculty members, researchers, and industry leaders to share knowledge and advancements in Bioinformatics, genomics, single-cell analysis, and computational biology.
General Bioinformatics Category-Sponsored by the McCormick Genomic and Proteomic Center (MGPC)
1st Prize
Vania Ballesteros Prieto-Uncovering the Contributions of Expressed Genetic Variants, Isoforms, and RNA Editing to Tumor Heterogeneity via Long-Read Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis
2nd Prize
Gabriel Batzli-Defining Macrophage Heterogeneity in Murine Skin Wounds During Inflammation
3rd Prize
Hovhannes Arestakesyan-Recurrent Somatic scSNVs in Single-Cell RNA-Seq: Insights into Tumor Heterogeneity and RNA-Level Variants
AI-Related Posters Category-Sponsored by the Keith Crandall Lab
1st Prize
Karli Gilbert-Machine Learning Models Predict Treatment Outcome from Serum Proteins in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis That Received Thymectomy
2nd Prize
Ali Taheriyoun-Dynamics of Gut Microbiome and Metabolome of Obesity Patients Under Sleeve Gastrectomy
3rd Prize
Zhe Yu-Automated Tracking of Freezing Behavior in Paired House Mice Using DeepLabCut
We extend our sincere gratitude to our generous sponsors — McCormick Genomic and Proteomic Center (MGPC) and the Keith Crandall Lab — for supporting this initiative. Their commitment makes it possible to highlight and celebrate the groundbreaking research being conducted by our talented students and faculty.