Low Wai Yee

Invited Talk Title: To snake or to flow: comparison of Snakemake and Nextflow Abstract: Computational pipelines are integral in bioinformatics, particularly for high-throughput sequenced data. While traditional Shell scripting is a common method, alternatives like Snakemake and Nextflow have gained popularity. Notably, the verkko assembler for assembling complete human telomere-to-telomere genomes uses a Snakemake pipeline. … Read more

Supreet Kaur

Invited Talk Title: AI in Demand Forecasting, with a Focus on Healthcare Sector Abstract: The presentation will cover how AI can be leveraged for demand forecasting, especially in the healthcare sector. The talk will entail the need for using AI, and techniques to build scalable AI solutions

Dr. Kiyoko F. Kinoshita

Invited Talk Title: Understanding the Extended Central Dogma through the Human Glycome Atlas Project Abstract: The Human Glycome Atlas (HGA) Project was launched in April, 2023, spearheaded by three Japanese institutes: the Institute for Glyco‐core Research (iGCORE), Nagoya University and Gifu University, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System; the Exploratory Research Center on Life … Read more

Dr. Andrew Lynn

Talk Title: Using metabolic networks as a base to model microbial populations involved in soil remediation Abstract: The remediation of damaged ecological systems through the introduction of appropriatebiological agents is a major requirement. One such aid would be a predictive system that canlist the required biotic agents for remediation. For metabolic mapping of pathways fromknown … Read more

Michael Hu

Workshop title:Prompt Bioinformatics with ChatGPT Abstract: In this workshop I will introduce the concept of prompt bioinformatics, namely the use of natural language instruction to guide chatbots for bioinformatics coding. ChatGPT is knowledgeable in both biology and informatics, exhibiting the potential of being a virtual assistant for learning bioinformatics. However, the accuracy of response depends … Read more